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Chapter 3 - The Chemistry of Global Climate Change Flashcards

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1
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What do greenhouse gases do?

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absorb radiation/trap heat

ex. CO2, H2O, CH4

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CO2

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on the rise more now than 150 years ago (due to Industrial Revolution), earth’s temp has risen

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What is the Greenhouse Effect?

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process where gases trap heat –> heat stays and warms the planet

  • essential for life, planet would freeze otherwise (but too much = bad “enhanced greenhouse effect”)
  • energy return of over 80% –> increases earths temp
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What is the history of our earth’s atmosphere in relation to climate?

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early atmosphere: 1000x more CO2

bacteria used CO2 to make sugars

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How do we know that the earth’s temp has increased?

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  • core samples from ocean, bacteria remaining tells temp
  • magnetic alignment of earth
  • “heavy water” composition of ice
  • trapped bubbles tells concentration of ice when bubbles formed
  • all data seems to agree
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Global Warming:

  1. Theory
  2. What’s possible…
  3. Fact
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Theory: global warming is cased by an increase of CO2 and CH4 levels
Possible: increases in CO2 and CH4 levels are a result of warming, not a cause
Fact: CO2 and CH4 trap heat and contribute to global warming
–> cause or effect?

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Recent evidence of global warming

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  • atmospheric CO2 is increasing
  • global temps are increasing
  • -> biggest boom from Industrial Revolution
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Other factors to global warming

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  • orbital changes: temp maxima, major/minor ice ages
  • Airborne dust: volcanic activity
  • Cloud cover: weather patterns
  • Greenhouse gases
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What is the outlook for the future?

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In the past 100 years:
-CO2 conc. has increased 25%
-avg temp increased .5-.7 degrees C
Current:
-doubling the CO2 conc. --> 1.8-6.3 degree F increase
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What are examples of greenhouse gases? what are not examples? Why the difference?

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Examples: CO2, CH4, N2O, O3, H2O, CFCs
Not examples: O2, N2, Ar
Difference due to shape!

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Bonds are made of ______

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electrons

neg charge, repel each other

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Molecular Shape: Tetrahedral

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bonded atoms: 4

lone pairs: 0

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Molecular Shape: Bent

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bonded atoms: 2

lone pairs: 2 or 0

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Molecular Shape: Trigonal Pyrimidal

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bonded atoms: 3

lone pairs: 1

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Molecular Shape: Trigonal Planar

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bonded atoms: 3

lone pairs: 0

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Molecular Shape: Linear

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bonded atoms: 2

lone pairs: 0

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Shape of a molecule determines ______

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HOW a molecule can vibrate

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18
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Types of light

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UVB/UVC –> bonds break

IR –> can’t break bonds (not enough energy), can cause vibration

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How do you determine which wavelength?

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  • can’t look at a molecule and determine wavelength

- bond strength and flexibility, atom masses

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What is symmetric stretching?

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21
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What is asymmetric stretching?

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—-><—-

22
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What are bending modes?

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up/down OR diagonal

*need at least three atoms to bend (O2 can’t bend)

23
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Where does CO2 come from?

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natural sources: respiration/photosynthesis

manmade sources: deforestation/burning fossil fuels

24
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Why are O2 and N2 not greenhouse gases?

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they don’t absorb IR radiation

can’t vibrate = can’t trap heat

25
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What is the fossil fuel contribution to atmospheric CO2?

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6-7 billion tons of carbon released

–> 1/2 goes into the atmosphere

26
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Increasing CO2 levels

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Since 1860:
-concentration: 290-385ppm
-increases 1.5 ppm/year
excess CO2 = global warming = big concern

27
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How much does an atom weigh?

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depends on the atom

28
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What is the standard for atomic weight?

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one Carbon-12 = 12 amu

atomic mass = 12.01 (weighted average atomic mass for carbon –> no carbon atoms actually equal 12.01 amu)

29
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What does the 12 mean in Carbon-12?

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mass #, total protons = neutrons

30
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Weighing Carbon

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can’t weigh individual atoms
define in grams, not amu
–> 12g C contains 6.022 x 10^23 carbon atoms

31
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Conversions

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grams—-(use molar mass)—–> moles —-(use Avagadro’s #)—–> atoms/molecules

32
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How many atoms are in .551g of K?

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8.49 x 10^21 atoms K

33
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What is molecular mass (or molar mass)?

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the sum of the atomic masses (in amu) in a molecule

–>mass of one mole of “anything” in grams

34
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What is the molecular mass of SO2? Molar mass?

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  1. 07amu

64. 07g

35
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How many moles of C3H8O are in 72.5g?

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1.2 moles

36
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  1. one mole of CO2 = ________

2. has molar mass of…..?

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  1. 6.022 x 10^23 molecules CO2

2. 12.01 + 16 + 16 = 44.01 g

37
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What is a chemical reaction telling?

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substances –> new substances

38
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What is a chemical equation telling?

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reactants –> products

39
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How do you read this equation?

2Mg + O2 –> 2MgO

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  1. two atoms Mg + one molecule O2 makes 2 MgO units
  2. two moles Mg + one mole O2 makes two moles MgO
  3. 48.6g Mg + 32g O2 makes 80.6g MgO
    NOT: 2g Mg + 1g O2 makes 2g MgO
40
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How to solve stoichiometry problems

A
  1. Balance chemical equation
  2. Convert to grams of known substances into moles
  3. Use coefficients - calculate # of moles unknown
  4. Convert moles to grams
41
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What is the Global Warming Potential (GWP)?

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relative contribution of a molecule of an atmospheric gas to global warming

42
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Loss of Polar Ice Cap

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  • year round sea ice in arctic is decreasing 9% per decade
  • ocean warms/ice melts –> more solar energy absorb by water creating pos feedbacks –> more ice melting
  • impacts water salinity, changes marine habitats, and widens shipping lanes (adds pollution)
43
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What is one way to reduce the severity of the greenhouse effect?

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CO2 sequestration - take CO2 out of atmosphere and compress it

44
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Ozone Hole vs. Global Warming

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Ozone Hole: O3, UV light, Montreal Agreement (US did sign)
Global Warming: CO2/CH4, IR radiation, Kyoto Protocol (US did not sign –> it charged each nation for CO2 emissions and US couldn’t scale back enough to not be fined)

45
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What is the enhanced greenhouse effect?

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When atmospheric gases trap and return over 80% of the heat energy radiated by the earth

46
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What is global warming?

A

Increase in average global temps as a result of the enhanced greenhouse effect

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