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Carbon and Fossil Fuels

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Review fundamental concepts regarding carbon compounds, coal distillation, and fossil fuel formation. This segment covers the chemical properties and industrial applications of natural gas and crude oil. Practicing these questions will strengthen your chemistry foundation for general science sections.

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Carbon and Fossil Fuels Questions

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The combustion of candles, containing paraffin wax, to carbon dioxide and water vapour is sublimation.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The term sublimation refers to a physical change of state and is not used to describe transformation of a solid to a gas in a chemical reaction. The combustion of candles, containing paraffin wax, to carbon dioxide and water vapor is not sublimation but a chemical reaction with oxygen.

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Which one of the following is a compound?

  1. The black residue left when sugar is charred

  2. Nitrogen gas

  3. Air

  4. Carbon dioxide
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Among these only carbon dioxide is a compound.

Compound is a substance formed from two or more elements chemically bonded in a definite proportion.
Example- Carbon dioxide, water, glucose, etc.
In the given options,
A- the black residue that is left after charring sugar is carbon. Carbon is an element in pure state.
B- Nitrogen gas is a molecule as it is composed of only one element ie., Nitrogen so this can't be termed as a compound.
C- Air is a homogeneous mixture of different gases.

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Pyrolysis means

  1. Burning in absence of carbon dioxide

  2. Burning in absence of oxygen

  3. Burning in absence of carbon monoxide

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pyrolysis is a thermochemical decomposition of organic material at high temperatures in the absence of oxygen. It involves the change of chemical composition as well as physical state. It is an irreversible process. The process is used heavily in the chemical industry to produce charcoal, activated carbon, to convert biomass into biochar, to turn waste into safely disposable substances.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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Biogas is a good substitute for

  1. Natural gas

  2. Crude oil

  3. Coal

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Biogas is a renewable energy source produced from organic waste. It can serve as a substitute for various conventional fuels like natural gas, coal, and petroleum products in different applications.

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Biogas can be a good substitute for

  1. Fuel gas

  2. Petroleum and oil

  3. Coal

  4. Charcoal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Biogas is produced by the decomposition of organic material from plants and animals. It consists of mainly methane gas which can be used as fuel. Old feeds of organic matter of biogas process can be dried and used as soil manure or fertilizers. Thus the correct answer is A.
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Hydrogen fuel is used in:

  1. liquid-propellant rockets

  2. portable fuel cell applications

  3. cars

  4. all of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Hydrogen fuel can provide motive power for liquid-propellant rockets, cars, boats and airplanes, portable fuel cell applications or stationary fuel cell applications, which can power an electric motor. The problems of using hydrogen fuel in cars arise from the fact that hydrogen is difficult to store in either a high pressure tank or a cryogenic tank.

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Hydrogen is a cleaner fuel than $CNG.$ 

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hydrogen gas is cleaner fuel than $CNG$ as $CNG$ contains hydrocarbons which in turn contains carbon and it is a form of pollutant present in $CNG.$  But hydrogen is waste-free. The fusion of hydrogen does not produce any waste and therefore it is cleaner than $CNG.$

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Biofuels are different from fossil fuels in regard to greenhouse gases but are similar to fossil fuels in that biofuels contribute to air pollution

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Fuels extracted from plants and crops are known as biofuels. They not only help a struggling economy by providing jobs but also helps in reducing greenhouse gases up to much extent by emitting less pollution. 

Biofuels are produced from wheat, corn, soybean, and sugarcane which can be produced again and again and thus they are sustainable.
Like fossil fuel, biofuel also causes air pollution.

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Biomass can be converted into fuels by:

  1. thermal conversion

  2. biochemical conversion

  3. chemical conversion

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Biomass is an organic material that comes from plants and animals and it is a renewable source of energy.

This biomass can be converted into fuels by thermal conversion, biochemical conversion, and chemical conversion as well.

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A biofuel is produced by:

  1. agricultural digestion

  2. anaerobic digestion

  3. geological process

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B Correct answer
Explanation

$\Rightarrow$  Bio-fuels are designed to replace gasoline, diesel fuel and coal, which are called “fossil fuels” because they are made from animals and plants that died millions of years ago. 

$\Rightarrow$  Bio-fuels are made mostly from plants that have just been harvested.
$\Rightarrow$  A Bio-fuel is produced by: $Agriculture\,digestion$ and $Anaerobic\,digestion$.