Carbon Compounds & Fuels

Question 1

What is Crude Oil made up of?

Answer 1

A mixture of hydrocarbons.

Question 2

What is hydrocarbon made up of?

Answer 2

Hydrogen and Carbon

Question 3

What is the structural formula for alkanes?

Answer 3

CnH2n+2

Question 4

What is fractional distillation?

Answer 4

Heats crude oil to separate it into molecules with different boiling points.

Question 5

What do we produce through fractional distillation?

Answer 5

Fuels: Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene and LPG.

Question 6

What happens to the BP as the hydrocarbons get larger?

Answer 6

The boiling point increases.

Question 7

What is the cracking of hydrocarbons?

Answer 7

The breaking of hydrocarbons into shorter, more useful ones.

Question 8

What are the names of the first four hydrocarbons?

Answer 8

Methane, Ethane, Propane and Butane.

Question 9

What does Methane contain?

Answer 9

1 Carbon atom bonded with 4 hydrogen atoms.

Question 10

What does Ethane contain?

Answer 10

2 Carbon atom bonded with 6 hydrogen atoms.

Question 11

What does Butane contain?

Answer 11

4 Carbon atom bonded with 10 hydrogen atoms.

Question 12

What does Propane contain?

Answer 12

3 Carbon atoms bonded with 8 hydrogen atoms

Question 13

What are hydrocarbons?

Answer 13

Molecules made up of only hydrogen and carbon atoms.

Question 14

What are Alkanes?

Answer 14

Saturated hydrocarbons

Question 15

What is the structural formula for alkenes?

Answer 15

CnH2n

Question 16

What can be used to test for alkenes?

Answer 16

Bromine Water (will turn from orange to colourless)