crude oil and hydrocarbons

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    • what can you use crude oil for
      plastics
      petrol
      pharmaceuticals
      cosmetics
    • where can you find crude oil
      in rocks
    • crude oil is a finite resources, what does finite mean
      it will run out eventually
    • how is crude oil formed
      it is formed over millions of years from the remains of tiny sea creatures called plankton which were buried in mud
    • define crude oil
      a mixture of molecules called hydrocarbons
    • describe the structure of methane
      contains one carbon atom covalently bonded to four hydrogen atoms
    • what are hydrocarbons
      molecules made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms only
    • what is the general formula for alkanes
      CnH2n+2
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