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Crude Oil Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is crude oil?

a)

A substance found at the bottom of the sea made by the movement of water against the sea floor

b)

A substance found in the earth's crust made from the remains of organisms that died millions of years ago

c)

A substance found in mountains made from stuff that fell off meteors

2.

Crude oil is a complex mixture of:

a)

Hydrocarbons

b)

Dead animals

c)

Water and carbon

d)

Space goo

3.

Crude oil is an important source of:

a)

Building materials

b)

Oxygen

c)

Fuel and feedstock

d)

Food

4.

Alkanes form a:

a)

Homologous Series

b)

Harmonious Series

c)

Homogenised Series

d)

Homogenate Series

5.

Alkanes are:

a)

Something

b)

Unsaturated Hydrocarbons

c)

Desaturated Hydrocarbons

d)

Saturated Hydrocarbons

6.

Alkanes use ___ bonds

a)

Single Ionic

b)

Single Covalent

c)

Double Covalent

d)

Double Ionic

7.

Crude oil is seperated by a:

a)

Fractual Distillation Tower

b)

Factual Distillation Tower

c)

Fractional Distillation Tower

d)

Actual Distillation Tower

8.

Crude oil is separated by:

a)

Centrifugal Forces

b)

Envelopation and Condensating

c)

Heating

d)

Evaporation and Condensation

9.

Small molecules have:

a)

A low boiling point, high volatility, low viscosity and high flammability

b)

A high boiling point, high volatility, low viscosity and high flammability

c)

A low boiling point, low volatility, low viscosity and low flammability

d)

A high boiling point, low volatility, high viscosity and low flammability

10.

The gas fraction contains:

a)

1-3 carbon atoms

b)

1-4 carbon atoms

c)

2-8 carbon atoms

d)

1-8 carbon atoms

11.

Bitumen contains more than:

a)

24 carbon atoms

b)

48 carbon atoms

c)

17 carbon atoms

d)

35 carbon atoms

12.

Carbon and hydrogen atoms in the fuel react with oxygen in an ____ reaction:

a)

exothermic

b)

endothermic

13.

Cracking is where hydrocarbon molecules are:

a)

Burned away

b)

Put together

c)

Broken down

d)

Cooked until hard, and then smashed so that small cracks form

14.

Cracking =

a)

Alkanes -> Alkenes

b)

Alkenes -> Alkanes

c)

Alkanes -> Alkanes and Alkenes

15.

Alkenes are:

a)

Saturated with at least 2 C-C bonds

b)

Unsaturated with only C-C bonds

c)

Unsaturated with at least 1 C=C double bond

d)

Saturated with at least 1 C=C double bond

16.

The general formula for alkenes is:

a)

C2nH2n

b)

CnH2n

c)

CnH2n+n

d)

CnH2n+2n

17.

Which one is an alkene?

a)
b)
18.

Decene is an alkene. Its molecules contain 10 carbon atoms. Predict the molecular formula of decene:

a)

C10H24

b)

C12H20

c)

C10H20

d)

C20H40