OCR 21st century C1,2,3

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What 6 things make up the atmosphere?
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Water vapour, Carbon dioxide and other gases
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What is the arrangement of particles in a gas?
They have large spaces between them.
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What % of the atmosphere is Nitrogen?
78%
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What % of the atmosphere is Oxygen?
21%
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What % of the atmosphere is Argon?
1%
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What element makes coal?
Carbon
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Petrol, diesel fuel and fuel oil are made from 2 elements, what are they?
Carbon and Hydrogen (Hydrocarbons)
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When oxygen combines with another element, what is it known as?
Oxidation
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When oxygen is removed from a compound, what is this known as?
Reduction
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In which gas would fuel burn better - pure oxygen or air?
Pure oxygen
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Name 4 pollutant gases released when power stations burn fossil fuels.
Carbon dioxide, Sulfur dioxide, Carbon monoxide and Nitrogen oxides.
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The materials we use are chemicals or mixtures of chemicals name 3 examples
metals, ceramics and polymers
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What materials can be obtained or made from living things, name 4?
cotton, paper, silk and wool
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Where do we get the materials to make synthetic materials?
From the Earth's crust, they are raw materials
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Crude oils contains chain of carbon and hydrogen, what are these chains called?
Hydrocarbons
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Are all Hydrocarbon chain in crude oil the same length?
No, they have different lengths
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What do we mostly use crude oil for?
Fuel
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What process is used to refine crude oil?
Fractional distillation
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In Nanotechnology what size are the objects being studied?
Very small,(1 to 100 nanometres in size)
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What are the two main uses of salt?
In the food industry for taste and for clearing ice/snow from roads.
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Where do we obtain salt from?
Underground salt deposits and the sea.
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Name two traditional sources of alkali.
Burnt wood and stale urine
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What is chlorine used for?
To kill microorganisms in water and it is the main component of bleach
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Brine (salt water) contains Sodium Chloride, what process can we use to remove the chlorine?
Electrolysis
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What 3 elements is PVC made from?
Carbon, Hydrogen and Chlorine
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