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Unit 20 & 21 - Fuels/ Earth And Atmospheric Science Flashcards

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1
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How are natural gas and crude oil formed from?

A

Remains of microscopic animals and plants in the sea that had layers on sediment on top

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What are finite resources

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Resources that are not made any more

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3
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What is crude oil?

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A complex mixture of hydrocarbons

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4
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What is a hydrocarbon?

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A compound that contains hydrogen and carbon atoms

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5
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What state is crude oil at room temp?

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Liquid

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6
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Give 2 uses of crude oil

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Fuels for vehicles, feedstock or raw materials

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7
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What are petroleum Chemicals?

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Substances made from crude oil such as poly(ethene)

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What is natural gas?

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A mixture of hydrocarbons in a gas state

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9
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What is the main hydrocarbon in natural gas?

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Methane

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10
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What is methane used for

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Cooking

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11
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What is petrol and diesel oil used for

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Fuel in vehicles

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12
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What is kerosene used for

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Fuel in aircrafts

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13
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What is diesel used for

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Fuel in some cars and trains

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14
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What is fuel oil used for

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Fuel for large ships and power stations

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15
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What is bitumen used for

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Surfacing roads and roofs

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16
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In terms of number of bonds, which hydrocarbons have the lowest boiling points?

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With the least number of bonds

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In terms of number of bonds, which hydrocarbons have the highest viscosity

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With the highest number of bonds

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In terms of number of bonds, which hydrocarbons are easiest to ignite

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With lower number of bonds

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19
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Are compounds in crude oil mostly alkenes or alkanes

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Alkanes

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20
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What is a combustion reaction?

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When hydrocarbon fuels are reacted with oxygen

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21
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What is complete combustion?

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A combustion reaction where only CO2 and water are produced, energy is given out, there is enough oxygen

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22
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What is the main hydrocarbon found in natural gas?

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Methane

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23
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How can you test for an alkane?

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Combustion reaction with enough oxygen, the CO2 produced should make limewater turn cloudy when bubbled through

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24
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What is incomplete combustion

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A combustion reaction where there is a limited supply of oxygen so water, CO and C (soot) are all produced

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Why does incomplete combustion happen

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When there isn’t enough O2, the C atoms can’t all form CO2 if there isn’t enough oxygen so they are either made into CO or just C

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26
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What are 2 problems of using incomplete combustion

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It creates soot and CO

27
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Why is CO a problem

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It is a toxic gas, bind to Haemoglobin limiting oxygen supply

28
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Why might cracking be used

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If a certain fraction is in high demand but not a lot is produced by distillation

29
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As well as a different hydrocarbon, what else does cracking produce

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Hydrocarbons with C=C bonds that are used to make polymers

30
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How does cracking happen?

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The crude oil fraction is evaporated and passed over a catalyst containing aluminium oxide and heated to about 650C

31
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What is cracking

A

Breaking larger alkanes to make a smaller alkane and an alkene

32
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What are 3 benefits of using hydrogen as fuel

A

It releases a lot of energy
It only produces water vapour
It is easy to ignite

33
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What is a negative of using hydrogen as a fuel

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It is a gas at room temp so difficult to store

34
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How is acid rain formed

A

Sulphur dioxide is an impurity from hydrocarbon fuels
Sulphur dioxide dissolved in water in the clouds to form a mixture of acids, including sulphurous acid (H2SO3)
This is oxidised by oxygen in the air to form sulphuric acid (H2SO4)

35
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What is a problem of acid rain

A

It corrodes metals like iron

36
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What reaction take solace in a car engine

A

Internal combustion

37
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What is internal combustion

A

When fuel is mixed with air and ignited inside the engine

38
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Why is oxides it nitrogen harmful

A

It makes acid rain, causes pollution, produces a toxic gas

39
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What are oxides of nitrogen produced from

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The reaction inside an engine

40
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What was the earths early atmosphere mainly made of

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CO2, some water vapour

41
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What helped to form the atmosphere

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Volcanic activity

42
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What supports the idea that our atmosphere used to be mainly CO2

A

Venus and Mars are

43
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What is evidence for the earths atmosphere to mainly be nitrogen?

A

Titan and a moon of Saturn is

44
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What formed the oceans

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4 billion years ago, the earth cooled which cause water vapour to become liquid

45
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True/false, there was a lot of oxygen in our early atmosphere

A

False

46
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Where was oxygen mainly found

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Often found in ancient rock

47
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What evidence supports that there wasn’t much oxygen?

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A rock called iron pyrite only forms if there isn’t oxygen

48
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What does rocks containing bands of iron oxide show

A

There was more oxygen

49
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What do scientists think happened to the CO2 in terms of oceans

A

It dissolved in the oceans when they were formed

Sea creatures used it to form shells made of calcium carbonate

50
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What are stromatolites

A

Rocky shapes caused by the build up of sediment and mucus by Cyanobacteria

51
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How much O2 is there in the atmosphere

A

20%

52
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What is the greenhouse effect

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When gases in the atmosphere absorb energy from the sun and re-emit it to the earth and warms it

53
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Give 3 greenhouse gases

A

CO2, methane and water vapour

54
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What supports the idea that CO2 causes temperature rise?

A

Satellite data confirms that as CO2 levels increase, there has been a reduction in infrared waves leaving the earth

55
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How can historical evidence be obtained for CO2 levels

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Using ice cores and measuring concentration of gas

56
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What equipment is used today to find temperature

A

Modern thermometers

57
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What greenhouse gas is more powerful that CO2

A

Methane

58
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When is methane released

A

When extracting oil and natural gas from the ground and processesd

59
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Besides oil extraction, what also produces methane (2)

A

Cattle farming as they have bacteria in their stomachs which produce methane
Soil bacteria in landfill sites

60
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Give 5 effects of climate change

A 
Sea level rise
Animals moving from natural habitats
Species becoming extinct
More extreme weather
Sea organisms harmed due to acid
61
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What can reduce climate change

A

Using renewable energy resources

62
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Give a negative of global engineering solutions

A

So,e countries may not help

63
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What are global engineering solutions

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When sunlight is reflected back into space or capture CO2 and bury in underground

64
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Give a way of limiting the impact of the effects of climate change

A

Helping local people adapt to new conditions e.g building flood defences

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