Chapter 23, 28 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What do we need fuels for? | Fuels power all the machines we have today. |
What are fossil fuels? | Fossil fuels are fuels which took millions of years to form and which we cannot renew. They are a finite fuel. |
Give examples of fossil fuels. | Coal, oil, gas. |
What are they a source of? | Hydrocarbons. |
What do fuels need to burn? | Oxygen and a source of ignition. |
What two things do they produce when they are burned? | Carbon dioxide and water. |
What is natural gas made of? | Methane. |
What is the greenhouse effect? | The greenhouse effect is the trapping of heat from the sun due to greenhouse gases in out atmosphere. |
What gas causes the greenhouse effect? | Carbon dioxide. |
What is acid rain? | Acid rain is rain that has turned into a weak acid and damages buildings and farm land. |
What acids cause acid rain and where do they come from? | Carbonic acid and sulphuric acid. They come from the gases given off while burning of fossil fuels. |
What are the effects of CO2 and SO2 on the environment? | CO2 is one of the main greenhouse gases, and SO2 can create acid rain. |
What is the effect of acid rain on limestone and on plants? | It slowly dissolves limestone and can burn plants and destroy their soil. |
What are plastics? | Plastic are man made long chain polymers. |
What are they made of? | They are made from the products of crude oil. |
Outline the role of crude oil in the production of plastics. | Crude oil is separated out into it's parts at different temperatures, plastics are one of these byproducts. |
Discuss the impact of plastics on the environment. | Plastics take hundreds of years to breakdown and never fully return to their original state. This leaves lots of plastics as waste in the environment. |
What role does chemistry play in the pharmaceutical industry? | Chemists help develop new drugs and treatments for the pharmaceutical industry. |
What role does chemistry play in medicine? | Chemists make medicine to treat illness. |
What role does chemistry play in the production of food? | Chemists make new flavours, additives and preservatives to keep food fresher for longer. |
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