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Crude oil

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which fraction of petroleum is not matched to its correct use?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

Cracking is an important process in the petroleum industry.

The products of cracking include ......1...... and an ......2...... of ......3...... relative molecular mass

than the ......4...... that was cracked.

Which words complete gaps 1, 2, 3 and 4?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

A hydrocarbon W burns to form carbon dioxide and water.

W decolourises bromine water.

What is the name of W and what is its structure?

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

Which compound rapidly decolourises aqueous bromine?

a)

ethane

b)

ethanoic acid

c)

ethanol

d)

ethene

5.

Which fuel could be gasoline?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

The first three members of a homologous series are shown. Why do these molecules represent a homologous series?

a)

because they contain fluorine and carbon atoms

b)

because they have saturated bonds

c)

because they have the same functional group

d)

because they react differently from each other

7.

Compound Q decolourises bromine water.

Compound Q has two carbon atoms in each molecule.

Which statement about compound Q is correct?

a)

It contains carbon-hydrogen double bonds.

b)

It has six hydrogen atoms per molecule.

c)

It has two carbon-carbon double bonds.

d)

It is produced by cracking alkanes.

8.

Which of the compounds shown are in the same homologous series?

1 CH3OH

2 CH3CH2OH

3 CH3COOH

4 CH3CH2CH2OH

a)

1,2 and 3

b)

1, 2 and 4

c)

1, 3 and 4

d)

2,3 and 4

9.

The diagram shows the separation of petroleum into fractions. What could X, Y and Z represent?

a)

X fuel oil

Y diesel

Z kerosene

b)

X diesel

Y kerosene

Z fuel oil

c)

X kerosene

Y diesel

Z fuel oil

d)

X kerosene

Y Fuel oil

Z diesel

10.

Which statement about homologous groups is NOT correct

a)

Each successive member increases in length by CH2

b)

They all have the same general formula

c)

They have the same physical properties

d)

They have the same functional group

11.

What type of formula is CnH2n+2?

(a)  

12.

Which properties decrease down the fractionating column?

a)

boiling point

b)

darkness of colour

c)

flammability

d)

viscosity

13.

crude oil is a mixture of

(a)  

14.

Long-chain alkanes are converted to alkenes and shorter-chain alkanes

by catalytic cracking, using silica or (a)   as the catalyst.