Chemistry - Crude Oil and Plastics

GCSE End of topic test , Year 10

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What group does ethanol belong to?
Alcohols
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What is the general formula of alkenes
CnH2n
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What is the word equation for fermentation?
sugar(glucose)---->yeast----->ethanol+carbon dioxide
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What is the process of using ethene to make ethanol called?
Hydration
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What are polymers made with specific properties called?
Designer Polymers
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What are hydrogels?
Polymers made to absorb water forming in a gel substance
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What is PET?
A recycleable plastic used for it's properties
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What is PET short for?
Poly(ethene terephalate)
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Do alkenes contain a single or double bond?
Double bond
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What is special about the bond alkenes contain?
They allow them to react in ways alkanes can not
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What is polymerisation?
The reaction of monomers to make polymers
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What are polymers?
Large hydrocarbons made up of monomers
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What are alkenes a product of?
Cracking
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Are alkanes saturated or unsaturated
Saturated
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What is the purpose of cracking?
To break down heavier fractions left after fractional distillation into smaller more useful ones
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What is cracking an example of?
Thermal Decomposition
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Where does cracking take place?
In a cat cracker
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What does cracking produce?
shorter chain hyrdrocarbons,alkenes
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What colour do alkenes turn bromine water?
colourless
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