General Chemistry Flashcards
Name a harmful impurity in fossil fuels
Sulphur
What happens to sulphur when fossil fuels burn
Turns into sulphur dioxide
What causes acid rain
Sulphur dioxide
What is a hydrocarbon
Fossil fuels
What are the only differences between fuels
Size of there hydrocarbons
Where did the earths co2 come from
Early volcanoes
How does sulphur dioxide leave the atmosphere
Acid rain
How is sulphuric acid formed
Sulfur dioxide reacts with the moisture in the clouds
What is different about coal
Not a hydrocarbon
What does so2 and co2 cause
Acid rain so2
Climate change co2
Burning fossil fuels is an example of what
Oxidation reaction
What is a molecule
2 or more atoms
What are fossil fuels
Hydrocarbons
What state are hydrocarbons
Compound
What dies acid rain cause
Acidic rivers
Dead trees
Where does sulfur impurities come from
Impurities In fuels
What are fossil fuels burned for
Power cars
Power stations
Name three carbon pollutants
Co2
Co2
Co particulates
How is co2 removed from air
Photosynthesis
Dissolves in lakes and rivers
What can Carbon monoxide do to humans
Drowsy headachy kill because poisonous
What does carbon particulates cause why
Soot because co particles are formed when fuels burn
Name the sulfur pollutants
Sulphur dioxide
Sulfur monoxide
Sulfuric acid
How does nitrogen dioxide form
Nitrogen in air reacts with oxygen = nitrogen monoxide then that racts with more oxygen
What is NOx
Nitrogen oxides
How is nitric acid formed
Nitrogen dioxide + cloud moisture
