Week 3 Crude oil

Your best definition of a hydrocarbon.

The general formula for an alkane

• CH₄

• methane

• C_nH_2n+2

• C_nH_2n

Check all the correct ways to articulate an alkene

• C_nH_2n+2

• C_nH_2n

• CH₂ CH CH₃

• C₄H₈

• C₄H₁₀

Just like other natural resources crude oil is obtained through?

• Excavation

• Drilling

• Dredging

• Researching

Fossil fuel, like coal, have been harvested in one way or another for?

• Centuries

• Decade

• Months

• only in the twentieth century

Heavy reliance on fossil fuels is cited as one of the main causes of?

• Earthquake

• Drought

• Hurricanes

• Global warming

Determine if the following statement is correct or incorrect, justify your answer.

"Crude Oil is also called fossils fuel because it is made from the remains of dinosaurs like, t-rexs and brontosauruses"

Crude oil is made the remains of prehistoric ____________.

The energy that is locked in the bonds during photosynthesis is called

• kinesthetic energy

• sugar

• uv radiation

• chemical energy

A waxy substance of long chains of carbon is called

• Kerogen

• Catagenesis

• Hydrocarbons

• Asphalt