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Rain containing dissolved sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides

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Acid rain

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The layer of gases that surrounds the earth

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Atmosphere

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Smallest particle (of an element) capable of existing on its own

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Atom

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Fuel produced from renewable plant material (biomass)

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Biofuel

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A device fitted to a vehicle exhaust that changes waste gases to less harmful ones.

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Catalytic converter

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A chemical reaction that occurs when fuel burns in oxygen releasing heat

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Combustion

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A substance consisting of two or more elements chemically joined together

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Compound

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A substance consisting of only one type of atom

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Element

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Gases in the atmosphere which absorb infra-red radiation (e.g. water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and ozone)

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Greenhouse gas

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Organic compounds consisting of only carbon and hydrogen.

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Hydrocarbons

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A chemical that can harm the environment and health

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Pollutant

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The substances formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

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Products

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A substance that takes part in, and undergoes change during a reaction.

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Reactant

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A source that will not run out

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Renewable

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A type of rock made from layers of compressed sediment

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Sedimentary

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Acidic compounds such as sulphur dioxide are removed from power station emissions through reaction with an alkali or base and water.

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Wet scrubbing

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The process by which raw chemicals are made into new products

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Chemical synthesis

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18
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A liquid mixture of hydrocarbons found in rocks

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Crude Oil

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A solid formed by a regular, repeating 3D arrangement of particles

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Crystalline

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20
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Mixture of hydrocarbons with similar boiling points separated from crude oil

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Fraction

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The separation of the components in a liquid mixture into fractions which differ by boiling point (and hence chemical composition) by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating column.

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Fractional distillation

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A small hydrocarbon molecule containing a double bond.

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Monomer

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A unit used to describe the various ‘nano’ things

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nanometer

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The control and production of materials on the nanoscale

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Nanotechnology

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A material added to a plastic to make it more flexible by allowing molecules to slide over each other

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Plasticiser

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A giant long-chained hydrocarbon

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Polymer

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The joining of monomers to make a polymer

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Polymerisation

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Salt water, NaCl in solution.

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Brine

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The process by which an electric current causes a solution to undergo chemical decomposition.

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Electrolysis

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When rocks are broken down weathering – from things such as the rain or the wind

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Erosion

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When a liquid turns to gas

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Evaporation

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A multi-step analysis of the environmental of an object from manufacture through to disposal.

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Life Cycle Assessment

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A pure solid element or compound that is found in the Earth’s crust

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Mineral

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To add oxygen to an element or compound, or to remove electrons

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Oxidise

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When particles of a solid that have been carried by a river settle out on the bottom of a river or ocean.

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Sedimentation

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NaCl, Table salt.

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Sodium Chloride

37
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Meeting the needs of today without damaging the future

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Sustainable

38
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Produced by combustion of fossil fuels

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Carbon dioxide

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A lethal, odourless gas that results from the incomplete combuction of carbon and its compounds

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Carbon monoxide

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gaseos molecules containing nitrogen and oxygen atoms according to the formula NOx . these pollutants are formed due to the high temperatures created by the combustion of fossil fuels.

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Nitrogen oxide

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pollutant gas released from burning sulphur- containing fuels, which cause acid rain.

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Sulphur dioxide

42
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a tiny bit of a solid

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particulate

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being able to draw a conclusion form two variables in a set of data, how one effects the other.

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Correlation

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a compound produced by polymerisation, capable of being moulded into various shapes or drawn into filaments and used as textile fibres

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Plastic

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a measure of resistance of a solid to a pulling or stretching force

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Tensile strength

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a measure of the resistance of a solid to bending forces

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Stiffness

47
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bonds that link one polymer chain to another

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Cross links

48
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a very tiny particle, whose size can be measured in nanometers

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Nanoparticle

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secton of earth’s crust that slowly moves relative to other plates

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Tectonic plates

50
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a type of polymer (polyvinylchloride)

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PVC

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