D.A.V.

PUBLIC SCHOOL
SEC-14 GURGAON

TOPIC: CARBON AND UNIVERSE

CLASS-VIII SUB:
PHY/CHEM

(A) Complete the following reactions and balance:

1. NaOH + CO2 ? + H2O

2. CO2 + H2O ?

3. ? Na2CO3 + CO2 + H2O

4. CaCO3 + HCl CaCl2 + ? + ?

5. ? + NaOH CH4 + ?

(B) Answer the following questions:

1 Name the gas which gives

tangy taste to aerated cold
drinks.

2 Write chemical formula of a

compound that will be formed
by substituting four atoms of
chlorine in a molecule of
methane.

3 What happen when methane is

burnt in air?

4 Why methane is also called as

mars gas?

5 Why lime water turns milky

when carbon dioxide gas is
bubbled through it?

6 Which property of methane

 gas makes it suitable to be
used as a fuel?

7 The level of carbon dioxide in

the atmosphere remains the
same. Explain how this level is
maintained.

8 Write down differences

between meteors and stars.

9 Why does the sun not appear

like other stars?

(C) Write short notes on the following:

1 Meteors

2 Galaxy

3 Jupiter

4 Mars

5 Meteorites

6 Saturn

7 Solar
System

(D) Write the number of stars present in following constellation:

1 Ursa Major

2 Ursa Minor

3 Orion