Matter and Materials: Identify and apply knowledge of organic molecules in everyday life and industrial context
Subject outcome
Subject outcome 5.3: Identify and apply knowledge of organic molecules in everyday life and industrial context
Learning outcomes
- Define hydrocarbon and organic molecules and identify their use as fuels.
- Identify fractional distillation of crude oil as a source of different fuels.
- Identify physical property as the effect of chain length and give examples.
- Identify functional groups, saturated and unsaturated structures of organic molecules and relate to chemical properties.
- Draw structural formulae and name (IUPAC) organic molecules.
- Describe plastics and polymers refer to related South African industry.
- Describe thermoplastics and thermosets.
Unit 1 outcomes
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify organic molecular structures with functional groups, saturated and unsaturated structures.
Unit 2 outcomes
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
- Understand isomers.
- Name (IUPAC) organic molecules and write their structural formulae.
Unit 3 outcomes
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
- Understand physical and chemical properties of organic molecules.
Unit 4 outcomes
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
- Understand that crude oil is distilled into different components.
- Understand the process of fractional distillation and the uses of the different compounds separated from crude oil.
Unit 5 outcomes
By the end of this unit you will be able to:
- Understand how plastics and polymers are made and refer to related South African industry.
- Understand the difference between thermoplastics and thermosets.
