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Unit 2 - Topic 1 - Hydrocarbons

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#1
Front (Question)

Name the hydrocarbons obtained from crude oil fractions

Back (Answer)

Candle Wax Petrol Diesel Bottled Gas

#2
Front (Question)

Name the different ways you can show the formula of hydrocarbons

Back (Answer)

Molecular Formula Covalent Bonding Full Structural Formula Shortened Structural Formula

#3
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 1

Back (Answer)

Meth-

#4
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 2

Back (Answer)

Eth-

#5
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 3

Back (Answer)

Prop-

#6
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 4

Back (Answer)

But-

#7
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 5

Back (Answer)

Pent-

#8
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 6

Back (Answer)

Hex-

#9
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 7

Back (Answer)

Hept-

#10
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 8

Back (Answer)

Oct-

#11
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 9

Back (Answer)

Non-

#12
Front (Question)

Give the prefix for 10

Back (Answer)

Dec-

#13
Front (Question)

What is the general formula of the alkanes?

Back (Answer)

CnH2n+2

#14
Front (Question)

Do paraffin and methane have similar properties?

Back (Answer)

Yes. The only difference is that methane is a gas and paraffin is a liquid.

#15
Front (Question)

Give the state and colour of paraffin

Back (Answer)

Pale-pink liquid

#16
Front (Question)

Give the state and colour of methane

Back (Answer)

Colourless gas

#17
Front (Question)

Does paraffin give a smell?

Back (Answer)

Strong smell

#18
Front (Question)

Does methane give a smell?

Back (Answer)

Odourless

#19
Front (Question)

Describe the flammability of paraffin

Back (Answer)

Very flammable Smokey flame

#20
Front (Question)

Describe the flammability of methane

Back (Answer)

Very flammable Little smoke

#21
Front (Question)

Is paraffin soluble in water?

Back (Answer)

No it is immiscible

#22
Front (Question)

Is methane soluble in water?

Back (Answer)

No it is immiscible

#23
Front (Question)

Give the pH of paraffin

Back (Answer)

Neutral (7)

#24
Front (Question)

Give the pH of methane

Back (Answer)

Neutral (7)