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Edexcel GCSE Combined Science (Chemistry) STANDARD > Topic 8 Fuels and Earth science > Flashcards

Topic 8 Fuels and Earth science Flashcards

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1 What are the chemical symbols for the elements carbon and hydrogen?

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C; H

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3 What state (solid, liquid or gas) is crude oil at room temperature?

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liquid

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8 How many years hundreds, thousands or millions does it take for crude oil to form?

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millions

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11 Name the two elements found in hydrocarbons.

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carbon; hydrogen

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12 Crude oil is forming extremely slowly. Does this make it a finite resource or a non-renewable one?

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finite

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13 Petrol comes from crude oil. Give one use for petrol.

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fuel for cars

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14 Name the main hydrocarbon found in natural gas.

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methane

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15 Diesel oil is being used up faster than crude oil forms. Does this make it a finite resource or a non-renewable one?

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non-renewable

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16 Name the polymer formed from ethene, which comes from crude oil.

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polyethene

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21 Give one typical use of fuel oil.

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fuel for large ships/fuel for some power stations

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26 What process is used to separate crude oil into useful mixtures?

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fractional distillation

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28 Which fraction is more easily ignited, bitumen or kerosene?

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kerosene

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29 Which fraction is more viscous, bitumen or kerosene?

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bitumen

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32 What is the most abundant element in air?

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nitrogen/N2

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33 Which gas reacts with hydrocarbons when they burn?

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oxygen/O2

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34 Name one fossil fuel used in cars.

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petrol/diesel oil

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35 Name a gas produced when carbon burns.

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carbon monoxide/carbon dioxide

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36 What compound forms when hydrogen burns in air?

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water

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38 To get a roaring blue Bunsen burner flame, do you open or close the air hole?

A

open it

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41 What are the products of the complete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels?

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carbon dioxide; water

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42 Which gas is produced during incomplete combustion, but not complete combustion, of hydrocarbon fuels?

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carbon monoxide

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43 What solid element is produced during the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels?

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carbon

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55 Name the homologous series to which ethane belongs.

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alkanes

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57 What type of rain forms when sulfur dioxide, from some hydrocarbon fuels, dissolves in rainwater?

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acid

25
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58 Name the greenhouse gas released when any hydrocarbon fuel burns.

A

carbon dioxide

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61 Which common compound of carbon and oxygen is thought to have been an abundant gas in Earths early atmosphere?

A

carbon dioxide

27
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63 Name the biological process that increases oxygen levels and reduces carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

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photosynthesis

28
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71 Where were the gases that formed the Earths early atmosphere released from?

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volcanoes

29
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72 What two compounds are thought to have formed most of the Earths early atmosphere?

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water, carbon dioxide

30
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73 What is the chemical test for carbon dioxide?

A

turns limewater milky/cloudy

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75 Which element that makes up about 21% of the atmosphere of Earth today was not thought to be present in the atmosphere 4.5 billion years ago?

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oxygen

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77 What gas given out by volcanoes is thought to have condensed to form oceans?

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water vapour

33
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79 What process in plants releases oxygen?

A

photosynthesis

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80 What is the chemical test for oxygen?

A

relights a glowing splint

35
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87 Photosynthesis affects the concentrations of two gases in the atmosphere - carbon dioxide, and what other gas?

A

oxygen

36
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89 Certain gases in the atmosphere keep the Earth warm. What is this effect called?

A

greenhouse effect

37
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90 Give the name of one of the most common greenhouse gases.

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carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour

38
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96 What word beginning with c describes the way in which two variables appear to be linked because they show similar patterns of change?

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correlation

39
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99 What type of human activity has mainly increased the level of greenhouse gases since 1750?

A

burning fossil fuels

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