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F2 - SEM1 - Living things and air - 7.1 Flashcards

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Air is a ____ of gases.

7.1 Air

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Air is a mixture of gases

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What are the components of air?

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  • 78% nitrogen
  • 21% oxygen
  • 0.04% carbon dioxide
  • 0.9% noble gases ( a group of unreactive gases)
  • water vapour
  • other gases

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How to test for oxygen?

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It relightens a glowing splint

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How to test for carbon dioxide?

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  • turns hydrogencarbonate indicator from red to yellow
  • turns lime water from colourless to milky

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How to test for Nitrogen?

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No simple test for nitrogen

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How to test for water?

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turns dry cobalt chloride paper from blue to pink

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Why you should not touch dry cobalt chloride paper with your hands?

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The moisture on your hands will change the colour of the paper

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Where do we keep the dry cobalt chloride paper?

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desiccator

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What are the properties of Oxygen?

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  • Colourless, Odourless
  • Supports burning

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What are the properties of Carbon dioxide?

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  • Colourless, Odourless
  • Does not support burning
  • Denser than air
  • Changes from solid (dry ice) to gas directly at -78C

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What are the properties of Nitrogen?

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  • Colourless, Odourless
  • Unreactive
  • Very low boiling point at -196C

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What are the uses of Oxygen?

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  • Mixed with a fuel gases to produce a flame for cutting and welding metals
  • Air with high oxygen content can be used to help patient with breathing difficulties

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What are the uses of Carbon dioxide?

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  • Used in some fire extinguishers
  • Used in stage shows to produce the effect of dense fog

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What are the uses of Nitrogen?

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  • Used in food packaging
  • Used in the storage of living cells

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What is Noble gases?

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A group of unreactive gases

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Give two examples of noble gases

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  • Helium
  • Neon

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17
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What are properties and uses of Helium?

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  • Properties: less dense than air
  • Uses: balloons filled with helium float in air

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What are properties and uses of Neon?

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Properties: glows when electricity passes through it
Uses: often used to fill neon signs

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19
Q

True of False?

Glucose produced in plants can be stored as starch for later use

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True

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20
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True or False?

A burning splint burns more brightly in carbon dioxide

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False

A burning splint burns brightly in oxygen

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21
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True of False?

If a burning splint goes out quickly in a gas, the gas must be carbon dioxide

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False

Both carbon dioxide and nitrogen can

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22
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True or False?

Nitrogen can be used fill in packages of potato chips to keep the potato chips longer

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True

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23
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True or False?

Carbon dioxide can be used to produce a flame of very high temperature for welding metals

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False

Oxygen mixed with fuel gas to produce a flame of very high temperature

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24
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True or False?

Solid nitrogen is common known as dry ice

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False

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24
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True or False?

Solid carbon dioxide is common known as dry ice

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True

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25
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Suggest one daily use of the gas which turns the hydogencarbonate indicator yellow

7.1 Air

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It can put out fire

Carbon dioxide

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True or False?

The percentages of different gases in the air are fixed

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False

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