Group 2: Alkanes

I. MCQ

1. What is an alkane?
a. Unsaturated hydrocarbons
b. Saturated hydrocarbons
c. Reducted hydrocarbons
d. Oxidized hydrocarbons
e. Ionised hydrocarbons
2. How many bonds do all alkanes have?
a. Single bond
b. Double bond
c. Triple bond
d. Quadraplet bond
e. Quintuplet bond
3. What atoms do alkanes consist of?
a. Hydrogen and oxygen
b. Hydrogen and alkaline
c. Hydrogen and carbon
d. Hydrogen and cobalt
e. Hydrogen and sulfur
4. Which is an example of an alkane?
a. HCO3
b. C2H2
c. C4H10
d. C5H10
e. HCl
5. What are alkanes used as?
a. Food
b. Building material
c. Soap
d. Cleaning product
e. Fuel
6. All alkanes .
a. Form salt
b. Turn litmus paper blue
c. Are colourless and odourless
d. Dissolve in water
e. Conduct electricity
7. What do alkanes produce during complete combustion?
a. Carbon dioxide and water
b. Acid rain
c. Sulphuric acid
 d. Liquid nitrogen
e. Methane
8. What inter-molecular force do alkanes experience?
a. Normal force
b. Van der Waals force/London force
c. Gravitational force
d. Molecular force
e. Polar force
9. Incomplete combustion of alkanes produces?
a. Carbon dioxide and water
b. Salt and water
c. Carbon monoxide and water
d. Acid and base
e. Chlorine gas and oxygen
10. Alkanes are generated from organic matter by?
a. Polymerisation
b. Respiration
c. Pollination
d. Combustion
e. Fermentation

II. Essay

1. What happens during halogenation?

2. As the Van der Waals forces become stronger, the boiling point
3. Halogenation can lead to an explosion, therefore it is highly
4. Natural gas contains primarily and , with some
and
5. Methane is also called