Quiz on Crude Oil and Its Products

What is the main use for many alkanes?

• As solvents

• As fuels

• As lubricants

• As plastics

Which of the following is NOT a product obtained from the fractional distillation of crude oil?

• Petrol

• Diesel oil

• Water

• Bitumen

Which product from crude oil is used primarily for road surfacing?

• Petrol

• Bitumen

• Kerosene

• Naphtha

Which fraction is commonly used in the production of chemicals?

• Naphtha

• Bitumen

• Diesel oil

• Refinery gas

Which of the following is a gaseous product from crude oil?

• Petrol

• Diesel oil

• Refinery gas

• Bitumen

Which alkane is used as chemical feedstock?

• Bitumen

• Naphtha

• Kerosene

• Diesel oil

What does fractional distillation produce more of than we can use?

• Short chain hydrocarbons

• Long chain hydrocarbons

• Water

• Oxygen

How can you tell which product is an alkane?

• It has a double bond

• It has a single bond

• It has a triple bond

• It has a ring structure

What is the main difference in products between steam cracking and catalytic cracking?

• Steam cracking produces more large alkanes

• Catalytic cracking produces more small alkanes

• Steam cracking produces more small alkanes and alkenes

• Catalytic cracking produces more alkenes

Why is there no methene?

• Methene is unstable

• Methene is too reactive

• Methene does not exist because a double bond cannot form with one carbon atom

• Methene is too rare