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Advanced Combustion MCQ

1. What is the function of a calorimeter?

Determining the heat of combustion

Measurement of quantities of heat

Detection of radiation

Recording the energy of a event

Answer

Correct Answer: Measurement of quantities of heat

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2. What is the temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid?

Absolute zero

Freezing point

Melting point

Boiling point

Answer

Correct Answer: Melting point

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3. What is the form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature?

Magnetism

Electromagnetic radiation

Heat

Kinetic energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Heat

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4. What is the temperature at which a liquid boils in a vacuum?

Vapor pressure

Absolute zero

Boiling point

Answer

Correct Answer: Boiling point

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5. What is typically burned at Christmas?

Hindu festival of lights

Holly bough

Yule log

Bonfire

Answer

Correct Answer: Yule log

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6. What is an example of a flammable liquid that is poisonous?

Gasoline

Kerosene

Alcohol

Paint

Answer

Correct Answer: Alcohol

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7. What has not been treated with a lead compound?

Unleaded petrol gasoline

A battery

Water

A computer monitor

Answer

Correct Answer: Unleaded petrol gasoline

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8. What word describes gasoline that has not been treated with a lead compound?

Pre-mix

Reformulated

Unleaded

Ethanol

Answer

Correct Answer: Unleaded

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9. What is made for domestic and industrial use?

Electric coal

Diesel

Gas coal

Electric

Answer

Correct Answer: Gas coal

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10. What do we use Tinder for?

Meeting new people

Starting a fire

Finding a date

Connecting with friends

Answer

Correct Answer: Starting a fire

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11. What type of material burns easily?

Paper

Wood

Tinder

Plastic

Answer

Correct Answer: Tinder

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12. What is coal used for under steam boilers?

Bituminous coal

Coke

Steam coal

Coal for generating electricity

Answer

Correct Answer: Steam coal

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13. What coal was used as a foundry facing?

Coal slag

Coal pulverized bituminous coal

Coal with a low ash content

Coal black

Answer

Correct Answer: Coal pulverized bituminous coal

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14. What is a material that burns bright red called?

Red fire

Red wine

Red hot chili peppers

A battery

Answer

Correct Answer: Red fire

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15. What type of substance ignites easily when ignited?

Gasoline

Punk

Charcloth

Bleach

Answer

Correct Answer: Punk

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16. What is a joint of pine wood used for?

Table

Wicker furniture

Fuel

Construction

Answer

Correct Answer: Fuel

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17. What is the name of the joint of wood used for fuel?

Oak knot

Pine knot

Poplar knot

Maple knot

Answer

Correct Answer: Pine knot

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18. What can be used as a source of electricity in nuclear reactors?

Solar panels

Wind turbines

Nuclear fuel

Answer

Correct Answer: Nuclear fuel

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19. What type of material is used to start a fire?

Newspaper

Kindling

Lighter fluid

Matches

Answer

Correct Answer: Kindling

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20. What is another name for the flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters?

Diesel

Kerosine

Jet fuel

Gasoline

Answer

Correct Answer: Kerosine

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21. What is the name of the device that is used to ignite a fire?

Igniter

Matches

Lighter

Answer

Correct Answer: Igniter

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22. What type of oil is used for heating?

Mineral oil

Vegetable oil

Liquid gas

Petroleum PRODUCT

Answer

Correct Answer: Petroleum PRODUCT

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23. What type of coal is used to produce coke?

Hard

Bituminous

Semibituminous

Sub-bituminous

Answer

Correct Answer: Hard

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24. How is a viscoelastic oil formed?

Condensation of steam

Hydrolysis of oil

Hydrogenation of heavy oil

Distillation of petroleum

Answer

Correct Answer: Distillation of petroleum

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25. What substance is formed through the distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range?

Heavy oil

Gas oil

Diesel fuel

Kerosene

Answer

Correct Answer: Gas oil

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26. What percent of the gasohol contains alcohol?

10%

30%

20%

50%

Answer

Correct Answer: 10%

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27. What percent of gasohol is made up of gasoline?

25%

90%

50%

10%

Answer

Correct Answer: 90%

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28. What is the main component of fossil oil?

Coal

Nitrogen

Petroleum

Hydrocarbons

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydrocarbons

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29. What is another name for wood used for fuel?

Woodchips

Pallet wood

Yard waste

Firewood

Answer

Correct Answer: Firewood

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30. What is the term used to describe a piece of coal that is used to start a fire?

Lighter

Firelighter

Tinder

Kindling

Answer

Correct Answer: Firelighter

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31. What's another word for "firebrand"?

Crusader

Rebel

Burning

Blaze

Answer

Correct Answer: Burning

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32. What type of fuel is used to cook food?

Coal

Electric

Fire

Gasoline

Answer

Correct Answer: Fire

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33. What are heavy mineral oils used for?

As lubricants in machinery

To cool engines

As a component of paint

As fuel in diesel engines

Answer

Correct Answer: As fuel in diesel engines

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34. What is diesel oil used in?

Industrial lubricants

Cars and lorries with diesel engines

Railroads

Boats

Answer

Correct Answer: Cars and lorries with diesel engines

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35. What does a combustible substance provide?

Heat or power

Light

Fuel

Answer

Correct Answer: Heat or power

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36. What is the product of coal that is distilled to get coke?

Oil

Carbon fuel

Raw oil

Tar

Answer

Correct Answer: Carbon fuel

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37. What type of oil is used as fuel in lamps and heaters?

Flammable hydrocarbon oil

Petrol

Kerosene

Vegetable oil

Answer

Correct Answer: Flammable hydrocarbon oil

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38. What did a gas from distillation of bituminous coal get used for?

Making gasoline

Synthetic gas

Making kerosene

Automobile fuel

Heating and lighting

Answer

Correct Answer: Heating and lighting

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39. What are fossils made of?

Mineral

Stone

Carbonized vegetable matter

Animal

Answer

Correct Answer: Carbonized vegetable matter

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40. What does the process of obtaining charcoal require?

Heating

Pulverizing

Chemical treatment

Chopping

Answer

Correct Answer: Heating

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41. What is the scientific term for a bituminous coal that burns with a luminous flame?

Anthracite

Anthracite coal

Bituminous coal

Cannel coal

Answer

Correct Answer: Cannel coal

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42. What is filled with oil or coal?

Can

Bunker

Pipe

Filling station

Answer

Correct Answer: Bunker

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43. What is the second type of coal known as?

Lignite coal

Bituminous coal

Subbituminous coal

Anthracite coal

Answer

Correct Answer: Bituminous coal

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44. What substance can be burned for a campfire?

Charcoal

Wood

Paper

Gasoline

Answer

Correct Answer: Wood

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45. What fossil fuel is rich in tarry hydrocarbons?

Bituminous coal

Oil shale

Peat

Natural gas

Answer

Correct Answer: Bituminous coal

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46. What can be used to produce energy from biomass?

Solar photovoltaic cells

Wind energy

Solar energy

Plant materials and animal waste

Answer

Correct Answer: Plant materials and animal waste

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47. What is the name of the large log at the back of a hearth fire?

Log pile

Addy

Log Rack

Backlog

Answer

Correct Answer: Backlog

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48. What type of coal is anthracite?

Sub-bituminous

Bituminous

Hard natural

Soft natural

Answer

Correct Answer: Hard natural

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49. What is an example of anthracite?

A metal that is white and has a high melting point

Coal that has had its water removed

Hard natural coal that burns slowly

A black powder used in fireworks

Answer

Correct Answer: Hard natural coal that burns slowly

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50. What type of coal produces intense heat?

Subbituminous

Anthracite

Bituminous

Answer

Correct Answer: Anthracite

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51. What is methane used for?

As fuel

As a building material

As a chemical

As a coolant

Answer

Correct Answer: As fuel

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52. What kind of materials can be set on fire by incendiaries?

Combustible

Inflammable

Non-inflammable

Answer

Correct Answer: Inflammable

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53. What process does the firing of a gun begin?

Ignition

The bullet leaving the barrel

The gunpowder inside the cartridge

Combustion

Answer

Correct Answer: Combustion

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54. What does the process of combustion of inflammable materials result in?

Heat

Fire

Smoke

Answer

Correct Answer: Fire

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55. What were the jelled gasoline and aluminum soaps used for?

Polishing silver

Toiletries

Toilet brushes

To clean cars

Bombs

Answer

Correct Answer: Bombs

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56. The jelling of gasoline with what was used for bombs?

Aluminum soaps

Sulfur

A weather balloon

Nitrogen

Answer

Correct Answer: Aluminum soaps

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57. When is complete combustion achieved?

When there is enough oxygen reacting with a hydrocarbon

When the heat of the fire melts the metal

When the flame reaches a certain height

When the fuel is completely consumed

Answer

Correct Answer: When there is enough oxygen reacting with a hydrocarbon

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58. What are pollutants formed by burning fossil fuels?

Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Dioxide

Particulate Matter, Nitrogen Dioxide

Sulfur Dioxide, Hydrogen Sulfide

Answer

Correct Answer: Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Dioxide

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59. What could happen if the fire is put out in the wrong way?

People could be trapped

The water will not put out the fire

People could be injured

A larger fire

Answer

Correct Answer: A larger fire

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60. How do you extinguish liquid fires?

Use carbon dioxide

Use water

Put a lid on top of the flame

Use foam

Answer

Correct Answer: Use carbon dioxide

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61. How do you extinguish solid fires?

Use carbon dioxide

Use water

Use a CO2 fire extinguisher

Use foam

Answer

Correct Answer: Use water

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62. How do you put out a gas fire?

Turn off the gas

Put a lid on top of the flame

Open the windows

Using a fire extinguisher

Answer

Correct Answer: Put a lid on top of the flame

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63. What is the change in the area surrounding a reaction called?

Exothermic change

Catalytic change

Thermodynamic change

Endothermic change

Answer

Correct Answer: Exothermic change

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64. What is the same as the sum of the mass of the product?

The sum of the masses of the atoms in the products

The sum of the mass of the reactants

The sum of the mass of the products

The difference in mass between the reactants and products

Answer

Correct Answer: The sum of the mass of the reactants

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65. What are created when oxygen and metals are combined?

Metal sulfides

Metal oxides

Copper carbonate

Metalloids

Answer

Correct Answer: Metal oxides

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66. What kind of energy does an exothermic reaction release?

Kinetic energy

Potential energy

Light or heat

Heat or kinetic energy

Answer

Correct Answer: Light or heat

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67. What type of reaction releases energy through light or heat?

Endothermic

Catalytic

Exothermic

Photochemical

Answer

Correct Answer: Exothermic

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68. Describe the reactants and products in the combustion of a hydrocarbon.?

Hydrocarbon+Oxygen—->Hydrocarbon +Water.

Hydrocarbon+Oxygen—->Carbon Dioxide +Water.

Water+Oxygen—->Carbon Dioxide +Water.

Carbon Dioxide+Oxygen—->Carbon Dioxide +Water.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydrocarbon+Oxygen—->Carbon Dioxide +Water.

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69. What two products are produced when a hydrocarbon is combined with oxygen?

Ethane +Water

Nitrogen +Oxygen

Carbon Dioxide +Water

Carbon Dioxide +Oxygen

Answer

Correct Answer: Carbon Dioxide +Water

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70. What is created when methane reacts with oxygen?

Methane and water

Heat and carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide and hydrogen

Carbon dioxide and water

Answer

Correct Answer: Carbon dioxide and water

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71. What is created when hydrogen and oxygen react?

Oxygen

Water

Hydrogen oxide (water)

Oxygen gas

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydrogen oxide (water)

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72. What is a chemical substance that transfers energy by heat?

A chemical

A fuel

A metal

A light bulb

Answer

Correct Answer: A fuel

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73. What is the action of making something chemically neutral?

Neutralization

Subtraction

Reduction

Oxidation

Answer

Correct Answer: Neutralization

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74. What is released from fossil fuels that contributes to acid rain?

Carbon dioxide

Nitrogen oxides

Sulfur dioxide

Answer

Correct Answer: Sulfur dioxide

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75. What device is fitted to the exhaust pipe of a vehicle to change harmful pollutant gases into less harmful gasses?

Exhaust pipe

In-line filter

Polluting vehicle

Catalytic converter

Answer

Correct Answer: Catalytic converter

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76. Anything that can change and be measured is known as what?

Thing

Constant

Element

Variable

Answer

Correct Answer: Variable

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77. The variable that you chose the values of in an investigation is called what?

Dependent variable

Variable

Measurement

Independent variable

Answer

Correct Answer: Independent variable

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78. An experiment in which only changes in the independent variable cause changes in the dependent variable is known as what?

Phenomenon

Fair test

Controlled experiment

Randomized control trial

Answer

Correct Answer: Fair test

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79. What is the variable that is measured in an investigation?

The dependent variable

The motive

The moderator

Answer

Correct Answer: The dependent variable

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80. What can the control variable be?

Dependent variable

The number of observations

Independent variable

Variable other than the independent variable

Answer

Correct Answer: Variable other than the independent variable

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81. What could the variable other than the independent variable that could affect the dependent variable be called?

Intervening variable

Dependent variable

Control variable

Covariate

Answer

Correct Answer: Control variable

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82. What does the word exothermic mean?

A reaction that doesn't release energy and therefore doesn't heat the surroundings

A Reaction that gives out heat

Producing heat

A reaction that gives out energy that can be felt as it heats the surroundings

Causing a heat increase

Answer

Correct Answer: A reaction that gives out energy that can be felt as it heats the surroundings

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83. What can exothermic reactions give off?

Gas

Energy

Light

Heat

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy

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84. What substance did scientists once think explained why things burn?

Phlogiston

Oxygen

Carbon

Nitrogen

Answer

Correct Answer: Phlogiston

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85. What does a oxidiser provide?

Food

Oxygen

Heat

Fuel

Answer

Correct Answer: Oxygen

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86. A substance that supplies oxygen for a reaction is called what?

Product

Catalyzer

Oxidiser

Fuel

Answer

Correct Answer: Oxidiser

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87. Magnesium oxide is an example of what?

A compound with a negative charge

A compound with a double bond

A chemical compound

A mineral

A compound of a metal or non-metal with oxygen

Answer

Correct Answer: A compound of a metal or non-metal with oxygen

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88. What does oxidation consist of?

Adding electrons

Adding hydrogen atoms

Adding water

Reacting with oxygen

Answer

Correct Answer: Reacting with oxygen

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89. What is an example of a metal oxide?

Copper oxide

Aluminum oxide

Magnesium oxide

Iron oxide

Answer

Correct Answer: Magnesium oxide

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