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ZIMSEC O-Level Combined Science

7.2.6.2Hydrocarbons

Hydrocarbons in ZIMSEC O-Level Combined Science: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Form 3.

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 7.2.6.2.1Define the term hydrocarbon.
  2. 7.2.6.2.2Name and draw the displayed structures of methane, ethane, propane, ethene and propene, and state their uses.

Lessons

  • Alkanes

    30 min

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  • Alkenes and addition reactions

    30 min

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  • Organic formulae and homologous series

    30 min

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Sample question

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Hydrocarbons: sample question

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Which gas, formed when fuels burn in too little oxygen, is poisonous because it reduces the amount of oxygen the blood can carry?

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