Fertilisers

Question 1

What are fertilisers essential for?

Answer 1

The grow of crops

Question 2

What are the two different types of fertiliser?

Answer 2

Natural

Man-made

Question 3

What are the three main nutrients of healthy plant growth?

Answer 3

Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium

Question 4

What is an example of a natural fertiliser?

Answer 4

Animal Waste

Question 5

What is Ammonia?

Answer 5

Ammonia is an extremely important chemical which can be used as a fertiliser

Question 6

What can Ammonia be used to make?

Answer 6

Other Fertilisers

Question 7

What does the Haber process manufacture?

Answer 7

Ammonia

Question 8

How does the Haber process work?

Answer 8

We collect nitrogen from the air and add it to Hydrogen. They are then heated at 400 degrees with and iron catalyst at a pressure of 200 atmospheres

Question 9

Some say that the Haber process is uneconomical. Why is this?

Answer 9

Only around 15% Ammonia is produced

Question 10

What is done to ensure that the process is more economical?

Answer 10

The left over Nitrogen and Hydrogen is plugged back into the reaction chamber to be reused

Question 11

What is the last step of the Haber process?

Answer 11

Cooling the Ammonia down to a liquid