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Chemistry 4 - Analysis and the Earth's resources (C12 - C15 Not chronological) Flashcards

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1
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What formed the Earth’s early atmosphere?

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Volcanic activity

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What was the most abundant gas in the earth’s early atmosphere?

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Carbon Dioxide.

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What changed the amount of Carbon dioxide and increased the amount of Oxygen?

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The evolution of green, photosynthetic plants.

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What are the stages of Sewage Treatment?

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  • Passed through pumping station
  • Screened
  • Primary sedimentation
  • Biological treatment
  • Secondary sedimentation
  • Water is disinfected/sterilised at this point
  • Added to river
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What is the Anode?

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The positive electrode

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What is the Cathode?

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The negative electrode

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What is the difference between a pure and impure substance?

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A pure substance can be a compound, but it must contain only one substance. An impure substance is a mixture of two or more different elements or compounds.

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What can be used to identify pure substances?

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The fact that they each have a specific boiling and melting point.

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What can melting and boiling point data be used for in pure substances?

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Identifying and distinguishing them.

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What are formulations?

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Useful mixtures made up in different proportions.

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What can scientist use to analyse unknown substances in solution?

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Paper chromatography.

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What is an Rf value?

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A retention factor, it can be measured and matched against databases to identify specific substances.

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What is the equation for an Rf value?

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Rf = distance moved by substance / distance moved by solvent.

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What does hydrogen gas do when you apply a lighted splint?

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Burns rapidly with a pop.

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What does oxygen do to a glowing splint?

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Relights it.

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What does Carbon dioxide gas do to limewater?

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Turns it milky

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What does chlorine gas do to damp blue litmus paper?

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Turns it white.

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Name two ways that some positive ions (Cation) can be identified.

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  • Some metal ions (including Group 1 and 2 cations) can be identified in their compounds using FLAME TESTS.
  • SODIUM HYDROXIDE solution can be used to identify metal ions that form insoluble hydroxides in precipitation reactions.
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How can you identify carbonates?

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By adding dilute ACID, which produces CARBON DIOXIDE GAS. The gas turns limewater milky.

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What is a carbonate?

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A compound containing carbonate ions (-2 charge)

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21
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What is a halide ion?

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A halogen atom bearing a negative charge.

22
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How is the presence of halides identified?

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Adding NITRIC ACID to the solution, then SILVER NITRATE SOLUTION. This produces a precipitate of silver halide.

23
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When a halide is identified resulting in the production of a silver nitrate precipitate, what colour will this precipitate be in the presence of chloride, bromide or iodide ions respectively?

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If chloride ions are present (Cl-) - White
If bromide ions are present (Br-) - Cream
If iodide ions are present (I-) - Yellow

24
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Name an instrumental method of analysing chemical substances.

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Flame emission spectroscopy

25
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What does flame emission spectroscopy identify?

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Which metal ions are present from their characteristic line spectra, and also the concentration of the metal ions in a solution.

26
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Name 3 renewable sources of energy.

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Biofuels, wind energy, hydroelectricity

27
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Name 3 non-renewable sources of energy.

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Crude oil, uranium and natural gas

28
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What is potable water?

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Water that is safe to drink

29
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Name 3 ways that water can be made fit to drink specifically by sterilising it.

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  • Adding chlorine
  • Adding ozone
  • Passing UV light through
30
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Why is water rarely purified by distillation?

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Expense due to energy requirement.

31
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Name and explain a desalination method that does not include sterilisation or distillation.

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Reverse osmosis uses membranes to separate dissolved salts from salty water.

32
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How is copper extracted from ore most commonly?

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Smelting.

33
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How can copper be extracted from solutions of copper compounds?

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Electrolysis.

34
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What is a Life Cycle Assessment? (LCA)

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An assessment carried out to identify environmental impact of products, processes or services.

35
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How can the 4 stages of an LCA be summarised?

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Raw material extraction - > Manufacture - > Use/Reuse/Maintenance - > Recycle/Waste management

36
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What two things are needed to cause iron to oxidise (Rust)

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Oxygen and Water

37
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What can prevent iron from rusting?

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Creating a barrier between the air/water and the iron.

38
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What is sacrificial protection?

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When rusting is prevented by attaching the iron to a more reactive metal.

39
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What are alloys?

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Combinations of metals that are harder than pure metals.

40
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Why are alloys harder than pure metals?

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Because the regular layers in a pure metal are distorted by differently sized atoms in an alloy.

41
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What are polymers?

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A substance made up of very large molecules made up of many repeating units.

42
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What are monomers?

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Small reactive molecules that react together to form large molecules.

43
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What affects the properties of a polymer? Two things.

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  • The monomers that produces the polymer.

- Changing reaction conditions

44
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What are thermosoftening polymers?

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Polymers that will soften or melt easily when heated because their intermolecular forces are relatively weak.

45
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What are thermosetting polymers?

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Polymers that do not melt when heated because their covalent bonds are strong forming cross links between polymer chains.

46
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What is soda glass made of?

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Sand, limestone, and sodium carbonate

47
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What is borosilicate glass made of?

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Sand and boron trioxide

48
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What are the conditions under which the Haber process is most frequently executed and why?

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450 degrees celsius and 200 atmospheres using an iron catalyst. These are the most efficient conditions economically for the process.

49
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Why are higher pressures not used in the Haber process?

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Because despite the higher ammonia yield, it is too expensive.

50
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Why are lower temperatures not used in the haber process despite yielding more ammonia?

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Because this would make the process less efficient due to the slower speed.

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