Oxidation of an Organic Compound

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1	Organic compounds
		contain primarily carbon atoms
		do not contain hydrogen atoms
		may be potentially explosive
		are necessary for life
		may be oxidized to carbon dioxide

2	Inorganic compounds
		are based primarily on the element carbon
		are not as prevalent as organic compounds
		include rocks and minerals
		are synthetically produced
		are just as abundant as organic compounds

3	An oxidizing agent
		acts on a reducing agent
		undergoes oxidation
		undergoes reduction
		is the same thing as an oxidant
		gives up oxygen

4	What was responsible for the violet flame in this demonstration?
		the glycerine
		the permanganate
		the potassium ion
		the iodine
		the carbon dioxide

5	The organic compound glycerine contains this many carbon atoms in each molecule:
		one
		two
		three
		four
		fourteen

6	The compound potassium permanganate
		contains 7 atoms total
		contains 3 different atoms
		contains a negative cation
		contains a metal ion
		contains four oxygen atoms

7	Which is (are) true in this demonstration?
		the reducing agent is glycerine
		the oxidizing agent is potassium permanganate
		the substance that was oxidized was glycerine
		the product of glycerine oxidation was carbon dioxide


8	In this demonstration
		the oxidation was accompanied by a simultaneous reduction
		heat was used
		the reaction was exothermic
		glycerine was a liquid


9	Oxidation in this reaction most closely resembles
		dissolving
		mixing
		burning
		cooling
		boiling

10	The molecular formula for glycerine is
		C3H3O3
		C3H4O4
		C3H7O5
		C3H8O3
		C3H5O5