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1
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What is an organic compound?

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Something that contains carbon atoms

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2
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How did crude oil form?

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From the remains of dead animals and plants millions of years ago

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3
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What is crude oil a mixture of?

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Hydrocarbons

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4
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What is a hydrocarbon?

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Molecules made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms only

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5
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What is an alkane?

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A saturated hydrocarbon

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6
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What is the general formula for an alkane?

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CnH2n+2

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7
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What is a saturated hydrocarbon?

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Contains only single covalent bonds between atoms

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8
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What is displayed formula?

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Represents the covalent bonds present in a molecule as it lines

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9
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How do we name alkanes?

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Look at the carbon chain length, apply the right prefix and add ‘ane’ on the end

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10
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What is the prefix for one carbon?

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Meth-

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11
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What is the prefix for two carbons?

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Eth-

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12
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What is the prefix for three carbons?

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Prop-

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13
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What is the prefix for four carbons?

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But-

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14
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How are the hydrocarbons in crude oil separated?

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Fractional distillation

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15
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What is a fractional distillation ‘fraction’

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Contains molecules with a similar number of carbon atoms

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16
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Describe temperature changes in the fractional distillation column

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Hotter at the bottom, colder at the top

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17
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Why do the different fractions condense at different temperatures?

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Different chain lengths have different boiling points

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18
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What are the two physical changes involved in fractional distillation?

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Evaporation and condensation

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19
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What can crude oil fractions be used for?

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Fuels as a raw material for the petrochemical industry

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20
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What different fuels come from crude oil?

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Petrol, diesel, kerosene, heavy fuel oil, petroleum gases

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21
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What substances are made from crude oil, other than fuels?

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Solvents, lubricants, polymers, detergents

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22
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What properties are affected by hydrocarbon chain length?

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Boiling point, viscosity, flammability

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23
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How does hydrocarbon chain length affect boiling point?

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The longer the chain, the higher the boiling point

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24
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What is flammability?

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How easily a substance ignites or burns

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25
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How does hydrocarbon chain length affect the flammability?

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The longer the chain, the less flammable it is

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26
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What is viscosity?

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How thick a liquid is

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27
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How does hydrocarbon chain length affect viscosity?

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The longer the chain length, the more vicious it is

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28
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Why do we burn hydrocarbon fuels?

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To release energy

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29
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What type of reaction is combustion?

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Oxidation

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30
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What are the two products when a hydrocarbon undergoes complete combustion?

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Carbon dioxide, water

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31
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What is cracking?

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Breaking down large hydrocarbons to smaller, more useful molecules

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32
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Why are smaller hydrocarbons more useful than larger molecules?

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Make better fuels

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33
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What are the two types of cracking?

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Catalytic cracking, steam cracking

34
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What conditions are needed for catalytic cracking?

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Vapour passed over a hot catalyst at high temperature

35
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What conditions are needed for steam cracking?

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Mix vapours with steam at high temperature

36
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What are the products of cracking?

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Alkane(s) and alkene(s)

37
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What is an alkene?

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An unsaturated hydrocarbon with a carbon-carbon double bond

38
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What is the test for an alkene?

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Turns bromine water from orange to colourless

39
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What are alkenes used for?

A

Producing polymers and other chemicals

40
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How do we name alkenes?

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Look at the carbon chain length, apply the right prefix and add ‘ene’ on the end

41
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What does the functional group on a molecule determine?

A

How it reacts

42
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What functional group do alkenes contain?

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Carbon-carbon double bond

43
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What is a homogolous series?

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A series of compounds with the same functional group

44
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What causes incomplete combustion?

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A lack of oxygen

45
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What are the products of incomplete combustion?

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Carbon monoxide, soot, water

46
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What is an addition reaction?

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A reaction hat adds a molecule across the carbon-carbon double bond

47
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What conditions are needed for the addition of hydrogen to alkenes?

A

A heated catalyst of nickel at 300 degrees Celsius

48
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What is produced when an alkene reacts with hydrogen?

A

A saturated hydrocarbon

49
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What conditions are needed for the addition of water to alkenes?

A

React with steam passed over a catalyst of hot phosphoric acid

50
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What is the product when an alkene reacts with water?

51
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What functional group do alcohols contain?

52
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What are the main uses of alcohol?

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Fuels and solvent, making alcoholic drinks and bread

53
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How do we name alcohols?

A

Look at the carbon chain length and apply the right prefix and add ‘anol’ on the end

54
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What are two ways alcohols can be produced?

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Fermentation and hydration of ethene

55
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What conditions are needed for the fermentation of sugar?

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Add sugar to yeast at 25-40 degrees Celsius in anaerobic conditions

56
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What are the products of the fermentation of glucose?

A

Ethanol and carbon dioxide

57
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What is produced when an alcohol reacts with oxygen?

A

Carbon dioxide and water

58
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What gas is produced when an alcohol reacts with sodium?

59
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What is formed when alcohols react with an oxidising agent?

A

A carboxylic acid and water

60
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What is formed when alcohol is dissolved in water?

A

A neutral solution

61
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What functional group do carboxylic acids contain?

62
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How do we name carboxylic acids?

A

Look at the carbon chain length, apply the right prefix and add ‘anoic’ on the end

63
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What is formed when a carboxylic acid dissolves in water?

A

An acidic solution

64
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Why do carboxylic acids form weak acids in solution?

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They are only partially ionised in water

65
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What is produced when a carboxylic acid reacts with a metal?

A

A salt and hydrogen

66
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What is produced when carboxylic acids react with carbonate?

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Salt, carbon dioxide, water

67
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What is produced in a reaction between carboxylic and alcohols?

A

An ester and water

68
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What ester is produced in the reaction between ethanoic acid and ethanol?

A

Ethyl ethanoate

69
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What is a monomer?

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A molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer

70
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What is a polymer?

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A long chain molecule made from many monomers

71
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What is addition polymerisation?

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A reaction that joins many monomers together to form a polymer

72
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Why can alkenes be used in addition polymerisation?

A

They contain a double bond

73
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How are polymers represented?

A

The displayed formulae are written as repeating units with a square bracket at each end, with an n outside the bracket

74
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What is condensation polymerisation?

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When monomers with different functional groups react to produce a new functional group plus a small molecule

75
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How is the polymer structure represented after a condensation reaction?

A

-[[X][Y]]-

76
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What functional groups do amino acids contain?

77
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What polymer is formed from amino acids?

78
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What is DNA?

A

A naturally occurring polymer essential for life

79
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What is the function of DNA?

A

Encodes genetic instructions for the development and functioning of living organisms and viruses

80
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What is the structure of DNA?

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Two polymer chains, made from four different monomers called nucleotides, in a double helix

81
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What are other examples of naturally occurring polymers?

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Proteins, starch, cellulose

82
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What polymers are formed from glucose monomers?

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Starch and cellulose

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