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Chemistry in our lives Flashcards

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Chemist

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is a person who actually manufactures medicine in the labratory

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Pharmacy

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A building the pharmacist works in

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Rubber

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Naturally occurring plastic

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Natural materials

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Wool, water, silk, crude oil, cotton and fur

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Synthetic material

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Artificial or man made e.g nylon, polyester, polythene, glass, and terylene, acrylic, melamine

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Nylon

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Tights

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Polyester

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Shirts

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Polythene

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Plastic bags

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Glass

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Windows

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Terylene

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Crease free clothes

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Acrylic

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Yarn

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Melamine

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Plastic plates

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Plastics

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Are made from crude oil

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Fossil fuels

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Are formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago e.g coal, oil and gas

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Hydrocarbons

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All fossil fuels are made mainly of the elements hydrogen and carbon, and so are called

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Methane

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Natural gas is mainly CH4

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Fossil fuels produce

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Carbon dioxide CO2 and water H2O when burned

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The gas sulfur dioxide SO2 is released

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On the burning of some fossil fuels coal and oil which contain sulfur compounds

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Acid rain

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Sulfur dioxide comHines with rainwater to from sulfuric acid rain

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Acid rain harm

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Kills fish, harmful to plants and erodes limestone buildings

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Fuel

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A substance that burns an oxygen to produce heat

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The fire triangle

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Fuel, heat and oxygen a fire can be put out if you remove one of these can use water, sand or carbon dioxide

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Pharmacist

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take a doctor’s prescription. He\she also dispenses the medicine

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