Reaction Rates
Will an increase in temperature increase or decrease the rate of reaction?
Increase
Name a fossil fuel.
Coal OR oil OR natural gas
What name is given to the study of compounds containing carbon?
Organic chemistry
What is the reactant common in all combustion reactions?
oxygen
What does the atomic number of an atom tell us?
The number of protons
To decrease the reaction rate, should you increase or decrease the concentration of the reactants?
Decrease
What word is used to describe any substance that can't be replenished in a life time?
How many covalent bonds can carbon make?
4
What are the three products of an incomplete combustion reaction?
carbon monoxide, water and carbon
What is the name given to an element that has the same atomic number but different atomic mass?
isotope
If you cut up a solid reactant into smaller pieces, are you increasing or decreasing the surface area?
Increasing
Which fossil fuel is made from fossilised and compressed vegetation?
coal
What is a hydrocarbon in which carbons are joined together by single covalent bond?
alkane
What is the name given to the reaction that produces energy for cells?
Respiration
What type of force holds the nucleus of an atom together?
nuclear
Do catalysts speed up or slow down a reaction?
Speed up
Diesel and kerosene are ______?______ of oil.
Fractions
What is the name of the hydrocarbon with 1 carbon and 4 hydrogens?
Methane
What is made when glucose reacts with oxygen?
Carbon dioxide and water
What is the name of the instrument that measures radiation?
Geiger counter
What is the name given to biological catalysts?
Enzymes
What is the name of the process that separates substances based on their boiling points?
Fractional distillation
What is the name of the hydrocarbon with 5 carbons and a double bond?
pentene
Combustion is an exothermic reaction. What does this mean?
Releases heat
Which type of radiation has no mass or charge?
gamma