Greater Valley School, Greater Noida

Subject: Chemistry
Chapter- Combustion and Flame
Revision Worksheet

Q1. What are the states in which fuel may exist?

Q2. What are the three essential requirements for combustion?
Q3. What is the composition of the head of a matchstick?
Q4. What is combustion? What does coal produce during its combustion?
Q5. What is the calorific value of fuel? Compare the calorific values of coal and petrol and state
which fuel is better.
Q6. What is slow combustion? Give two examples.
Q7. Write three characteristics of an ideal fuel.
Q8. What are inflammable substances? Give examples.
Q9. Explain how water gets boiled in a paper cup without burning it.
Q10. If you hold a piece of iron wire with a pair of tongs inside a candle flame or a Bunsen
burner flame, what will you observe? Will it produce a flame?