C1 Flashcards

1
Q

Something that contains carbon and hydrogen only is called a…?

A

Hydrocarbon

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2
Q

Name two alkanes

A

Ethane, methane

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3
Q

What does saturated mean?

A

Every bond is full- no double bonds

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4
Q

What group is carbon in on the periodic table?

A

4

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5
Q

How many covalent bonds can carbon form?

A

4

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6
Q

How can long chain hydrocarbons be made into useful shorter chain hydrocarbons?

A

Cracking (from crude oil to smaller hydrocarbons is fractional distillation)

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7
Q

Name two methods for extracting vegetable oils

A

Pressing, distillation

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8
Q

How can you test for the presence of a double bond?

A

Alkenes turn bromine water from orange to colourless

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9
Q

What two conditions are needed for hydration?

A

100•C +

acid catalyst

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10
Q

What two conditions are needed for hydrogenation?

A

60•C

Nickel catalyst

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11
Q

Give one use for vegetable oils

A

Cooking, biodiesel

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12
Q

What does hydrophilic mean?

A

Attracts water

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13
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What does hydrophobic mean?

A

Repels water

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14
Q

What two things must an emulsifier have to work?

A

1 hydrophilic end and 1 hydrophobic end

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15
Q

Name the thickest part of the earth’s structure

A

Mantle

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16
Q

What process heats the mantle creating convection currents?

A

Radioactive decay

17
Q

What do convection currents in the mantle cause?

A

Continental drift

18
Q

What two hazards might you face if you live on a plate boundary?

A

Volcanoes and earthquakes

19
Q

What gas occupies the largest percentage of the atmosphere?

A

Nitrogen

20
Q

How can you separate out the gases in the air?

A

Condensing then fractional distillation

21
Q

Name two ways the atmosphere has changed since the early earth atmosphere

A

Less carbon dioxide more oxygen

22
Q

Name two stores of carbon

A

Fossil fuels and sedimentary rock

23
Q

What does carbon neutral mean?

A

Take in and release the same amount of carbon dioxide

24
Q

How do humans contribute to the disruption of the carbon cycle?

A

Deforestation, pollution

25
Q

What process stores carbon in living organic matter?

A

Photosynthesis