Hydrocarbons: Alkanes and Alkenes

All living systems are made from carbon-based molecules.

• True

• False

Hydrocarbons, the simplest family of carbon compounds, are made from these two elements:

• Hydrogen and Copper

• Helium and Carbon

• Hydrogen and Carbon

Besides carbon dioxide and water vapor, another greenhouse effect gas is:

• propane

• butene

• ethane

• methane

What is the simplest alkane?

• ethane

• methane

• propane

• pentane

The names of all alkenes end with the suffix:

• -ane

• -hex

• -ene

Nonane contains the following number of carbons:

• 3

• 4

• 9

• 7

Propane contains the following number of carbons:

• 3

• 4

• 9

• 7

Heptane contains the following number of carbons:

• 3

• 4

• 9

• 7

Butane contains the following number of carbons:

• 3

• 4

• 9

• 7

Hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon-carbon double covalent bond.

• alkane

• alkene

• alkyne