READING: Fractional Distillation

What is fractional distillation?

• a process used to separate crude oil

• a process used to burn up fuels

• a way to make different products

• how oil is extracted from the ground

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which is not true about crude oil?

• a liquid component of petroleum

• composed of 85% carbon and the rest is Hydrogen

• formed many years ago from dead organic matter in the ocean floor

• it is found naturally underground

• crude oil is a gas

Which of these substances is not a hydrocarbon?

• methane

• ethane

• propane

• butane

• ammonia

Hydrocarbons are fossil fuels that release energy when burning with nitrogen

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

Fractions that are separated include all of the following except ________

• gasoline

• diesel

• kerosene

• bitumen

• crude oil

Fractions are categorized into ______

• Light and Heavy

• Light, Middle and Heavy

• Light Middle and High

• Elementary Middle and High

Light distillate have a boiling point of ____

• 70 - 200 ° C

• 200 - 350 ° C

• above 350 ° C

• below 70 ° C

At the very top of the tower are the gases that are too volatile to condense,such as ___________

• propane and butane

• butane methane

• methane and hectane

• hexane and butane