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Chemistry GCSE: Products from crude oil

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what was crude oil made?

  • The bodies of tiny sea creatures kept buried under high pressure and temperature for millions of yea
  • The bodies of tiny sea creatures kept buried under high pressure and temperature for thousands of ye
  • The bodies of tiny sea creatures kept buried under high pressure and temperature for hundreds of yea
  • The bodies of tiny sea creatures kept buried under high pressure and temperature for about twenty ye

2. Which method is used to separate the components of crude oil?

  • Filtration
  • Chromatography
  • Distillation
  • Fractional distillation

3. Which of these is not made from one of the components of crude oil?

  • Polythene
  • Petrol
  • Rubber
  • Margarine

4. Which of these components of crude oil has the highest boiling point?

  • bitumen
  • kerosene
  • petrol
  • petroleum gas

5. How many carbon atoms are found in the petroleum gas fraction of crude oil?

  • 0
  • 1-4
  • 4-8
  • 8-12

6. What is the name given to the process that makes long chains of carbon atoms shorter?

  • Hydrogenation
  • Reforming
  • Cracking
  • Fractional distillation

7. What name is used to describe hydrocarbons that have 1 set of double bonds between 2 carbon atoms?

  • saturated
  • unsaturated
  • polyunsaturated
  • polysaturated

8. Which group of hydrocarbons have the general formula CnH2n+2?

  • alkanes
  • alkenes
  • alkynes
  • arenes

9. What chemical could be used to tell the difference between an alkane and an alkene?

  • Fluorine water
  • Chlorine water
  • Bromine water
  • Iodine water

10. Which of the following pairs could not have been made by cracking decane?

  • C6H12 and C4H10
  • C5H12 and C5H10
  • CH4 and C9H18
  • C4H10 and C6H10

11. What is the molecular formula of butane?

  • C5H12
  • C4H10
  • C4H8
  • C3H8

12. What is the structural formula of propene?

  • H2C=CH-CH3
  • H2C=C=CH2
  • H3C-CH2-CH3
  • H2C=CH-C2H5

13. Polythene is a polymer of ethene (C2H4). What type of polymer is polythene?

  • Oxidation
  • Reduction
  • Condensation
  • Addition

14. Explain the term condensation polymer.

  • A polymer that when it is made a small molecule is eliminated
  • A polymer that is made by adding the monomer together
  • A polymer that collects water when it is made
  • A polymer that has water is one of the monomers

15. Which of the following is not a condensation polymer?

  • Protein
  • Perspex
  • PVC
  • Nylon

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