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Revision Worksheet
Grade: 8B
Subject: Saudi Social Studies
(English)
Date: 28-09-2025
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. What covered the landmass of Arabia millions of years ago?
a) Forests
b) Deserts
c) A shallow warm sea
d) Glaciers
Answer: c) A shallow warm sea
2. What sank to the sea floor when the plants and animals in the ancient sea died?
a) Rocks
b) Their remains
c) Water
d) Air
Answer: b) Their remains
3. What was formed from the decayed remains of plants and animals over millions of years?
a) Gold
b) Coal
c) Crude oil and natural gas
d) Diamonds
Answer: c) Crude oil and natural gas
4. What holds oil and gas deep underground?
a) Caves
b) Reservoirs
c) Rivers
d) Valleys
Answer: b) Reservoirs
5. What are the rock layers that encase oil reservoirs?
a) Absorbent
b) Impermeable
c) Fragile
d) Soft
Answer: b) Impermeable
6. How do geologists and geoscientists discover oil and gas?
a) By guessing
b) Using special equipment and technology
c) Digging randomly
d) By observing trees
Answer: b) Using special equipment and technology
7. What technology is used nowadays to find oil beneath the surface?
a) Satellites
b) Drills
c) Cameras
d) Thermometers
Answer: a) Satellites
8. What is used to create images of the land surface for oil discovery?
a) Paintings
b) Special equipment
c) X-rays
d) Telescopes
Answer: b) Special equipment
9. Where are findings from surveys put to analyze the possibility of oil presence?
a) Notebooks
b) Computers
c) Maps
d) Satellites
Answer: b) Computers
10. What covers the dead matter on the sea floor, turning it into oil and gas?
a) Trees and plants
b) Sand and mud
c) Fire
d) Air
Answer: b) Sand and mud
Fill in the Blanks
1. Oil was formed millions of years ago before it was ______ out of the ground.
Answer: brought
2. A shallow warm sea once covered the landmass of ______.
Answer: Arabia
3. The remains of dead plants and animals decayed and were covered by ______ and mud.
Answer: sand
4. Over time, great ______ and heat produced crude oil and natural gas.
Answer: pressure
5. Crude oil and natural gas are found in underground ______.
Answer: reservoirs
6. The rock layers encasing the oil reservoir are ______ or non-absorbent.
Answer: impermeable
7. Scientists use ______ and special equipment to locate oil deposits today.
Answer: satellites
8. Findings from surveys are entered into ______ for analysis.
Answer: computers
9. In the past, scientists looked to ______ for clues of oil deposits.
Answer: rocks
10. Special equipment produces ______ of the land surface during surveys.
Answer: images
True and False
1. Oil was formed only a few years ago.
False
2. The Arabian landmass was covered by a shallow sea millions of years ago.
True
3. Crude oil is created from the decayed remains of plants and animals under heat and pressure.
True
4. Reservoirs are large open spaces where oil is stored above ground.
5. The rock layers that encase oil are absorbent.
False
False
6. Early scientists used satellites to find oil.
False
7. Nowadays, scientists use computers and advanced technology to find oil.
True
8. Oil and gas are trapped in reservoirs until they are discovered by scientists. True
9. The pressure and heat that formed oil also created gold.
10. Special equipment used in surveys produces images of the land's shape.
Questions and Answers
False
True
1. What covered the landmass of Arabia millions of years ago?
Answer: A shallow warm sea covered the landmass of Arabia millions of years ago.
2. How was crude oil formed?
Answer: Crude oil was formed from the decayed remains of plants and animals, which were covered by
sand and mud and subjected to pressure and heat over millions of years.
3. Where is crude oil and natural gas held underground?
Answer: Crude oil and natural gas are held in reservoirs underground.
4. Why can't oil and gas escape from the reservoirs?
Answer: Oil and gas cannot escape because the rock layers encasing the reservoirs are impermeable or
non-absorbent.
5. How did scientists look for oil deposits in the past?
Answer: In the past, scientists looked to rocks for clues of oil deposits.
6. What technology do scientists use today to locate oil?
Answer: Today, scientists use satellites and special equipment to locate oil.
7. What does special equipment used in surveys do?
Answer: Special equipment produces images of the land's surface during surveys.
8. Where do scientists input their survey findings for analysis?
Answer: Scientists input their survey findings into computers for analysis.