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crude oil and polymers

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Crude oil is made up of:

a)

Ethane

b)

Butane

c)

A mixture of different hydrocarbons

d)

Extremely large hydrocarbons which are broken up once extracted

2.

A fraction of crude oil is made up of:

a)

Hydrocarbons of similar chain lengths

b)

Numbers

c)

Large hydrocarbons

d)

Alkenes only

3.

Different fractions in crude oil are separated by:

a)

Cracking

b)

Fractional Distillation

c)

Filtration

d)

Crystalisation

4.

Shorter hydrocarbons have:

a)

Higher boiling points

b)

Lower boiling points

5.

Gases/LPG are used for:

a)

Fuel in cars

b)

Fuel for large ships

c)

Roof and road surfacing

d)

Domestic heating and cooking

6.

Petrol is used for:

a)

Fuel in cars

b)

Fuel in aircraft

c)

Domestic heating and cooking

d)

Road surfacing

7.

Kerosene (paraffin) is used for:

a)

Fuel for cars

b)

Domestic heating and cooking

c)

Fuel in aircraft

d)

Fuel for large ships and in power stations

8.

Diesel oil is used for:

a)

Fuel in cars

b)

Fuel in aircraft

c)

Road and roof surfacing

d)

Fuel in some cars and larger vehicles

9.

Fuel oil is used for:

a)

Fuel in some cars and larger vehicles

b)

Fuel for large ships and in some power stations

c)

Roof and road surfacing

d)

Fuel for cars

10.

Bitumen is used for:

a)

Fuel for large ships and in some power stations

b)

Roof and road surfacing

c)

Fuel in aircraft

d)

Fuel in cars

11.

What is the structure shown?

a)

Methane

b)

Propane

c)

Ethane

d)

Butane

12.
Petroleum and natural gas form from...
a)
strong winds
b)
cooled magma
c)
radioactive materials
d)
remains of plants and animals 
13.
Crude oil is also called what?
a)
biomass
b)
fossils
c)
coal
d)
petroleum
14.

Where do long chain hydrocarbons collect?

a)

At the top

b)

In the middle

c)

At the bottom

15.

Where do short chain hydrocarbons collect?

a)

At the top

b)

In the middle

c)

At the bottom

16.

What does viscosity tell you about a hydrocarbon?

a)

How easy it is to ignite

b)

How runny it is

c)

What is boiling point is

17.

The shorter the hydrocarbon, the more viscous it is

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What process happens as the crude oil enters the fractionating column?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Combustion

19.

What process happens at each level in the fractionating column?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Combustion

20.

Alkenes have the general formula:

a)

CnH2n

b)

CnH2n+1

c)

CnH2n+2

d)

CnHn

21.

Alkanes have the general formula:

a)

CnH2n

b)

CnH2n+1

c)

CnH2n+2

d)

CnHn

22.

What term describes alkane molecules that contain C-C single bonds?

a)

saturated

b)

unsaturated

23.

What are the 2 products of complete combustion?

a)

carbon dioxide + hydrogen

b)

carbon dioxide + water

c)

carbon monoxide + water

d)

carbon monoxide + hydrogen

24.

What are the products of incomplete combustion?

a)

carbon monoxide

b)

water

c)

carbon

d)

hydrogen

25.

What does a fuel react with when it burns?

a)

oxygen

b)

water

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

methane

26.

What is the term given to the process by which longer chain hydrocarbons are broken down into shorter length alkanes and alkenes?

a)

fractional distillation

b)

evaporation

c)

cracking

d)

polymerisation

27.

What conditions are needed for cracking?

a)

high temperature

b)

high pressure

c)

catalyst

d)

low temperature

28.

Name the following hydrocarbon

a)

butane

b)

hexane

c)

heptane

d)

hexene

29.

C10H22 --> C5H12 + C3H6 + ?

a)

C2H4

b)

C3H4

c)

CO2

d)

CH4

30.

When testing for alkenes (unsaturation) bromine water turns from...

a)

orange --> blue/black

b)

colourless --> pink

c)

orange --> colourless

d)

orange --> clear

31.

Large molecules made up of small monomers are called

a)

polymers

b)

peptides

c)

peptones

d)

monomers

32.

Monomers of ethene in thousand numbers react together in addition polymerization to produce

a)

polyamides

b)

polyesters

c)

poly(ethene)

d)

all of them

33.

What is the name of the addition polymer?

a)

poly(ethene)

b)

poly(propene)

c)

poly(butene)

34.

What is the name of the addition polymer?

a)

poly(bromoethane)

b)

poly(bromoethene)

c)

poly(bromoethanol)

35.

Identify the type of polymer involved

a)

addition polymer

b)

polyester

c)

polyamide

36.

Identify the type of polymer involved

a)

addition polymer

b)

polyester

c)

polyamide

37.

Identify the type of polymer involved

a)

addition polymer

b)

polyester

c)

polyamide

38.

Identify the type of polymer involved

a)

addition polymer

b)

polyester

c)

polyamide

39.

What is the name given to the small molecules that join together to make a polymer

(a)  

40.

What would the polymer formed from ethene monomers be called?

a)

polyethene

b)

poly(ethene)

c)

poly(propene)

d)

polyene

41.

Which one of these could polymerise to make poly(propene)

a)
b)
c)
d)
42.

What are the key points to remember when writing an equation for polymerisation?

a)

Monomer has a C=C

b)

Repeat Unit has C-C

c)

Brackets (with stalks)

d)

n before monomer and after bracket of repeat unit

43.

What monomer forms this polymer chain?

a)
b)
c)
d)
44.

What monomer forms this polymer chain?

a)
b)
c)
d)
45.

Which one of these monomers would form poly(1,2-difluoroethene)?

a)
b)
46.

Polymerisation in which double bonds in monomers break and a polymer with single bonds only is called...

(a)  

47.

True of false - this is the repeat unit for poly(propene)?

a)

True

b)

False