StudentActivitySheet Name: Janella Rose D.

Mendoza

Part II: Creating Hydrocarbons

Example: Carbon dioxide CO2
O C O

1.CH4 6.C6H14

2.C2H6 7. C7H16

3. C3H8 8. C8H18

4.C4H10 9.C9H20

5.C5H12 10.C10H22

Part III: Analysis

1. Which is the simplest alkane compound? Methane

2. Which atom in an alkane is capable, of forming 4 bonds? Carbon

3. Which atom can only form 1 bond? Hydrogen

4. As you proceed down the list of the first ten continuous-chain alkanes, what
happens to the number of carbon atoms in each compound? The number of
carbon atoms in each compound increases by 1.
5. Referring to the same list as in #4, what happens to the number of hydrogen
atoms in each compound? The number of hydrogen atoms in each compound
increases by 2.

6. Write the correct number for each prefix.

Dec- 10 Meth- 1
Hex- 6 Hept- 7
Bu†- 4 Pent- 5
Oct- 8 Eth- 2
Prop- 3 Non- 9

7. What energy source is composed of hydrocarbon compounds? Fossil Fuels

(Natural gas, coal, and crude oil).

8. What are the only 2 elements found in hydrocarbon compounds? Hydrogen

and Carbon

9. What is an alkane? Alkanes acyclic saturated hydrocarbon with single bonds only

10. What shape does a methane molecule have? Tetrahedral shape

11. What is the advantage of a ball-and-stick model over a structural formula? We

can clearly and easily see where everything bonds. It also can show how atoms
are linked and organized in space, including angles between links

12. Why are structural formulas used more than ball-and-stick diagrams? The
ball-and-stick model is more difficult to utilize than the structural formula, which is
easier and takes less time.

13. What pattern appears when going down the list of alkanes? It increases the
carbons by 1 and hydrogens by 2.

14. Is there a limit to how big an alkane can become? No, there is no limit on
how big an alkane can be.

15. Where do the stem or root words for the names of alkanes come from? On the
number of carbons it has.
16. Write the names of 2 alkanes that are used commercially and how. Propane and
butane are used, for example, in the propane gas burner, or as propellants in
aerosol sprays. Butane is used in cigarette lighters.