Hydrocarbon Video Task (Fuse School)

What is crude oil?

• oil used to make hydrocarbons

• Unprocessed oil that has been taken directly from the ground

• processed oil made in the ground

What can hydrocarbons be used for?

• Manufacturing chemicals, plastic and used in transport

• To make hydrogen and carbon

• Combustion and extraction of metals

How are the hydrocarbons in crude oil different?

Explain how small hydrocarbons molecules differ from the large hydrocarbon molecules.

Explain how fractional distillation of crude oil works using the following words: hotter, top, condense, fractions and small molecules

CHALLENGE: Draw a small hydrocarbon molecule