Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Elements, compounds and mixtures

Elements, compounds and mixtures — practice question

Eight substances are listed below. aluminium oxide calcium oxide ethanol nitrogen iron(III) oxide methane oxygen silicon(IV) oxide Use the substances to answer the questions that follow. A substance may be selected once, more than once, or not selected at all. State which substance is:
(a)[1]

the principal constituent of natural gas

(b)[1]

a reactant used in respiration

(c)[1]

the principal constituent of bauxite

(d)[1]

a product formed in photosynthesis

(e)[1]

a greenhouse gas

(f)[1]

an example of a macromolecular solid

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