Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Name a few major producers of petroleum in the world.
Advertisements
उत्तर
The main oil-producing areas are the Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the USA, Venezuela, Algeria, and Russia.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Why are we looking at alternate sources of energy?
On what basis would you classify energy sources as
(a) renewable and non-renewable?
(b) exhaustible and inexhaustible?
Are the options given in (a) and (b) the same?
What is the difference between a renewable and a non-renewable source of energy? Explain with examples.
Coal is said to be formed from the wood of trees. Why then is coal considered to be a non-renewable source of energy whereas wood is a renewable source of energy?
An examples of a renewable source of energy is:
(a) petrol
(b) natural gas
(c) biogas
(d) kerosene
Which of the following fuels has the highest calorific value?
(a) natural gas
(b) methane gas
(c) hydrogen gas
(d) biogas
Most of the fuels contain carbon as one of the constituents. Name a fuel which has very high calorific value but not contain carbon.
What are the various steps which can be taken to control (or reduce) pollution caused by burning fossil fuels?
Coal cannot be converted into one of the following forms of energy. This is:
(a) coal gas
(b) electricity
(c) oil
(d) charcoal
The energy in petrol originally came from the sun. Explain how it got into petrol.
Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
Tidal waves build up and recede ........... a day.
What is biomass? Give three examples of biomass.
The fuel which is not obtained from biomass is:
(a) firewood
(b) cow-dung cakes
(c) coke
(d) charcoal
Why is the use of wood as a fuel not advisable although wood is a renewable source of energy?
Fill in the blank
Coal, petroleum, and natural gas are _________fuels.
What are renewable energy resources?
Who is the odd one out?
Name the major constituent of natural gas.
Tidal energy is ______ type of energy.
Imagine that all the exhaustible natural resources are exhausted by human activities. Do you think survival of living beings would be possible? If yes, why? If not, why not?
