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Organic chemistry: cracking and alkenes
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Cracking is the process of breaking:

  1. Long-chain hydrocarbons into shorter, more useful ones
  2. Short hydrocarbons into long ones
  3. Atoms into electrons
  4. Water into hydrogen
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✓ Answer: ALong-chain hydrocarbons into shorter, more useful ones
Cracking breaks long-chain hydrocarbons into shorter alkanes and alkenes, which are in higher demand.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 2/3

Cracking produces shorter-chain alkanes and also:

  1. Alkenes
  2. Metals
  3. Acids
  4. Salts
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✓ Answer: AAlkenes
Cracking yields shorter alkanes plus alkenes (such as ethene), which are used to make polymers.
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