Chemistry in our lives Flashcards
(23 cards)
Chemist
is a person who actually manufactures medicine in the labratory
Pharmacy
A building the pharmacist works in
Rubber
Naturally occurring plastic
Natural materials
Wool, water, silk, crude oil, cotton and fur
Synthetic material
Artificial or man made e.g nylon, polyester, polythene, glass, and terylene, acrylic, melamine
Nylon
Tights
Polyester
Shirts
Polythene
Plastic bags
Glass
Windows
Terylene
Crease free clothes
Acrylic
Yarn
Melamine
Plastic plates
Plastics
Are made from crude oil
Fossil fuels
Are formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago e.g coal, oil and gas
Hydrocarbons
All fossil fuels are made mainly of the elements hydrogen and carbon, and so are called
Methane
Natural gas is mainly CH4
Fossil fuels produce
Carbon dioxide CO2 and water H2O when burned
The gas sulfur dioxide SO2 is released
On the burning of some fossil fuels coal and oil which contain sulfur compounds
Acid rain
Sulfur dioxide comHines with rainwater to from sulfuric acid rain
Acid rain harm
Kills fish, harmful to plants and erodes limestone buildings
Fuel
A substance that burns an oxygen to produce heat
The fire triangle
Fuel, heat and oxygen a fire can be put out if you remove one of these can use water, sand or carbon dioxide
Pharmacist
take a doctor’s prescription. He\she also dispenses the medicine