8 Fuels and Earth science

Practice questions on Fuels and Earth science

• Explain how carbon particulates produced from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels ca… (4 marks, Explain)
• Explain how burning fossil fuels that contain sulfur impurities can lead to damage to tree… (4 marks, Explain)
• Alkenes are produced during the cracking of crude oil fractions. Describe the differences … (4 marks, Describe and Explain)
• Explain why incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels is harmful to human health and the … (4 marks, Explain)
• Crude oil is separated by fractional distillation. Describe how fractional distillation wo… (4 marks, Describe)
• Cracking is an important industrial process. Describe what cracking is and explain why the… (4 marks, Describe and Explain)
• Sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide are both pollutants produced when fossil fuels are burn… (4 marks, Describe)
• Explain how the burning of fossil fuels contributes to climate change. (4 marks, Explain)
• Describe the greenhouse effect and explain how greenhouse gases lead to an increase in the… (4 marks, Describe)
• Explain how the early atmosphere of the Earth changed to produce the atmosphere we have to… (4 marks, Explain)