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Name a harmful impurity in fossil fuels

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Sulphur

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What happens to sulphur when fossil fuels burn

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Turns into sulphur dioxide

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What causes acid rain

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Sulphur dioxide

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What is a hydrocarbon

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Fossil fuels

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What are the only differences between fuels

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Size of there hydrocarbons

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Where did the earths co2 come from

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Early volcanoes

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How does sulphur dioxide leave the atmosphere

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Acid rain

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How is sulphuric acid formed

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Sulfur dioxide reacts with the moisture in the clouds

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What is different about coal

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Not a hydrocarbon

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What does so2 and co2 cause

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Acid rain so2

Climate change co2

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Burning fossil fuels is an example of what

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Oxidation reaction

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What is a molecule

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2 or more atoms

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What are fossil fuels

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Hydrocarbons

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What state are hydrocarbons

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Compound

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What dies acid rain cause

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Acidic rivers

Dead trees

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Where does sulfur impurities come from

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Impurities In fuels

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What are fossil fuels burned for

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Power cars

Power stations

17
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Name three carbon pollutants

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Co2
Co2
Co particulates

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How is co2 removed from air

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Photosynthesis

Dissolves in lakes and rivers

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What can Carbon monoxide do to humans

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Drowsy headachy kill because poisonous

20
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What does carbon particulates cause why

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Soot because co particles are formed when fuels burn

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Name the sulfur pollutants

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Sulphur dioxide
Sulfur monoxide
Sulfuric acid

22
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How does nitrogen dioxide form

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Nitrogen in air reacts with oxygen = nitrogen monoxide then that racts with more oxygen

23
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What is NOx

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Nitrogen oxides

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How is nitric acid formed

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Nitrogen dioxide + cloud moisture

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