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Worksheet time: 47mins
How many neutrons does sulfur have?
(a)
Wat is the correct electron configuration for sulfur?
2,6,6
2,8,6
2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
2,8,8
Sulfur reacts with oxygen to produce sulfur dioxide.
Complete the word equation for this reaction
Sulfur + (a) --> (b)
What effect is caused by sulfur dioxide?
Acid Rain
Global Dimming
Global Warming
Sea Levels Rising
Match the trend in the fraph
Increases
1984-1987
Constant
1988-1990
Decreases
1990-1994
Calculate the percentage of sulfur dioxide released by industry
(a)
What percentage of the Earth’s atmosphere is nitrogen?
5%
20%
50%
80%
During the first billion years of the Earth’s existence the amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere increased.
Give one source of this nitrogen.
(a)
This question is about the Earth’s atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
What is another greenhouse gas?
Argon
Methane
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Greenhouse gases cause global climate change.
Give two effects of global climate change.
Melting Ice Caps
4.1 kg of a plastic, used to make plastic bottles, has a carbon footprint of 6.0 kg of carbon dioxide.
Calculate the carbon footprint of one plastic bottle of mass 23.5 g
(a)
Explain how the percentages of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere today have changed from the Earth’s early atmosphere.
Categorise the statements for each gas
Produced by algae and plants
Volcanoes released it over time
Produced from the conversion of ammonia
Produced by bacteria
Produced by photosynthesis
Used up in photosynthesis
Used by plants and algae
Dissolved into the oceans
Formed carbonates and sedimentary rock
Give two reasons why the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air has
decreased in the last 2.7 billion years.
Tick 2 Boxes
Combustion
Dissolved in the oceans
Intense volcanic activity
Photosynthesis
Respiration
The (a) temperatures of a car engine allow nitrogen in the (b) to react with (c) and form nitrogen oxides
Which statements match each car
produces the most CO2 during manufacture
produces the most CO2 per km when driving
produces the most CO2 from manufacture and 40,000km when driving
produces the most CO2 from manufacture and 100,000km when driving
produces least CO2 during manufacture, but most CO2 per km
produces most CO2 during manufacture, but least CO2 per km
produces least CO2 during manufacture, but car C produces the least CO2 per km
What was the highest percentage of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere?
Use Figure 2.
(a)
The percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has decreased since Earth’s
early atmosphere.
Which two processes have decreased the percentage of carbon dioxide in the
Earth’s atmosphere?
Tick () two boxes.
Combustion of fuels
Formation of sedimentary rocks
Photosynthesis
Volcanic activity
The total amount of carbon dioxide emitted over the life cycle of a product can
be measured.
What name is given to the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the life cycle of a product?
Carbon footprint
Global dimming
Greenhouse effect
Mass of carbon dioxide in g dissolved in 1 dm3 of water for 5oC?
(a)
Mass of carbon dioxide in g dissolved in 1 dm3 of water for 15oC?
(a)
Calculate the difference in the mass of carbon dioxide dissolved in 1 dm3 of water
at 5 °C and at 15 °C
5oC = 3.3
15oC = 2
(a)
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
The greenhouse effect happens in four stages.
The four stages are:
What is the correct order of stages ?
Shorter wavelength radiation enters the atmosphere.
Radiation is absorbed by the Earth
Longer wavelength radiation is emitted
Carbon dioxide stops longer wavelength radiation escaping
Changes in the percentage of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere cause
climate change.
Give two effects of climate change.
Increased flooding and erosion of soil
Which spot shows petrol at 54%?
Which location produces the highest concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in the air?
City Centre
Countryside
Motorway
Why is the concentration of nitrogen dioxide lower on a Sunday?
There is less traffic as fewer people are working
Calculate the mean value for the concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the air in the
city centre for the days from Monday to Friday.
(a)
Nitrogen dioxide is removed from car emissions by catalytic converters.
Which two of the following are correct statements about catalysts?
Catalysts are included in the chemical equation for a reaction.
Catalysts are not used up in a reaction.
Catalysts decrease the surface area of the reactants.
Catalysts increase the concentration of the reactants.
Catalysts lower the activation energy of a reaction.
The catalyst in catalytic converters contains platinum.
Platinum is an unreactive metal obtained from the Earth’s crust.
Platinum is a
Finite resource
Formulation
Renewable resource
Emissions from cars that burn fossil fuels contain carbon dioxide.
What is used to test for carbon dioxide?
Burning splint
Glowing splint
Limewater
An increase in greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere causes an increase
in global temperature.
An increase in global temperature is a major cause of climate change.
Give two effects of global climate change.
Rising sea levels due to melting ice caps.
Increases chance of extreme weather events
At the start the percentage of carbon dioxide is (a) it then (b)
Determine the change in the percentage of carbon dioxide in the
Earth’s atmosphere from 1950 to 2000.
(a)
Give two reasons that the percentage of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is changing
Humans are bring fuels
Natural processes are stabilizing CO2 concentrations.
Increased volcanic activity is reducing CO2 levels.
There has been an increase in the human population
Predict the percentage of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere in 2050.
You should extend the graph line on Figure 3.
Percentage of carbon dioxide in 2050 =
(a)
Earth’s early atmosphere may have been like the atmosphere of Mars today.
Why are scientists not certain about the percentage of gases in the
Earth’s early atmosphere?
What was formed from the water vapour in the Earth’s early atmosphere?
Crude oil
Limestone
Natural gas
Oceans
In the current atmosphere Nitrogen was produced by (a) and oxygen by (b) and plants.
Why are animals not able to live on Mars?
The atmosphere of Mars does not contain enough argon.
The atmosphere of Mars does not contain enough nitrogen.
The atmosphere of Mars does not contain enough oxygen.
There is more carbon dioxide on Mars than on Earth.
Which other gas is found in larger quantities on Mars than on Earth?
(a)
Calculate how many times more nitrogen than oxygen there is in the
atmosphere of Earth.
Use Table 2.
Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
(a)
Which spot shows the height of the bar for oxygen?
What is used to test for oxygen gas?
A burning splint
A glowing splint
Damp litmus paper
Limewater
Since the Earth’s early atmosphere, the percentage of nitrogen in the Earth’s
atmosphere has (a) . Since the Earth’s early atmosphere, the percentage of oxygen in the Earth’s
atmosphere has (b)
The Earth’s atmosphere today contains a small amount of carbon dioxide.
Why has the percentage of carbon dioxide decreased since the Earth’s
early atmosphere?
Dissolved in oceans
Formation of sedimentary rocks
Industrialisation
Respiration
Volcanic activity
Which two times have the highest concentrations of oxides of nitrogen in
the atmosphere?
