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Writing Skills: Summarising

CBSE · Class 11 · English

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1Under what conditions did the present-day supplies of coal and petroleum lay down some 200 to 600 million years ago?Show solution
The present-day supplies of coal and petroleum were laid down about 200 to 600 million years ago when tropical conditions were widespread. At that time there were lush, swampy forests with huge trees, and warm coastal seas full of microscopic life.

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2How were coal and petroleum produced and preserved under pressure?Show solution
With time, layer upon layer of fine sediment was deposited over the dead material. The sheer weight of these layers turned the sediments into rock. The coal and petroleum were then produced and preserved under pressure, sandwiched between the layers. In other words, the organic matter got compressed between rocks over time.

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3What is the source of the energy stored in coal and petroleum?Show solution
The passage says that the energy stored in coal and petroleum originally came to the earth from the sun.

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4Write down points without fully expanded verbs, numbering them as you do.
5Now read the following text.
6After you have finished check with the notes given below.

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