C3 Flashcards
Combustion :
Burning of fuel in oxygen
Incomplete combustion
Burning fuel where there is a lack of oxygen
Combustion word equation
Fuel+Oxygen➡️carbon dioxide +water
Products of incomplete combustion
-carbon monoxide, soot, sulfur dioxide
What is a greenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is rhe radiation of heat that travels from the sun to the earth, it reaches the earth’s atmosphere and reflects the heat, but some heat is reflected back to earth by the greenhouse gases. It is a layer around the earth, a gas
What is Global warming?
It is the long term heating of the earths climate system
Consequences of global warming
Higher global temperature
What is the periodic table?
A table that contains all the known elements positioned according to their chemical and physical properties
Where are metals?
Metals are the elements beofre the staircase
Ehat is the staircase
Boron till Ogneseum
What is a non-metal
All the elements after the staircase
What is the group?
A coloum down the periodic table
What is a period
A row across the periodic table
Where are Alkali metals ?
Metals in group 1
Where are Noble gases
Group 18