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55 Cards in this Set
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Which two pollutants cause acid rain? |
Nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide |
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Which pollutant gas is poisonous? |
Carbon monoxide |
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Which pollutant makes things dirty and causes breathing problems? |
Carbon particulates |
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What problem does carbon dioxide cause? |
Global warming |
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What is the best estimate of a set of data? |
The best estimate is the average result of a set of data,all pieces of data are added together and divided by how may pieces there were,to get the mean which is used as the best estimate |
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What are the main pollutants? |
Carbon dioxide,sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, smoke/particulates |
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What are the products of incomplete combustion |
Carbon monoxide |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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Why does a yellow flame produce a sooty bottom? |
.. |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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Why does a yellow flame produce a sooty bottom? |
.. |
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How do you know if data is reliable? |
All results must be very similar, any variation must be small. If the results are repeatable |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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Why does a yellow flame produce a sooty bottom? |
.. |
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How do you know if data is reliable? |
All results must be very similar, any variation must be small. If the results are repeatable |
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What happens to atoms during a chemical reaction? I |
Atoms chemically join to other atoms to create a new compound, but the amount of atoms are the same |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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Why does a yellow flame produce a sooty bottom? |
.. |
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How do you know if data is reliable? |
All results must be very similar, any variation must be small. If the results are repeatable |
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What happens to atoms during a chemical reaction? I |
Atoms chemically join to other atoms to create a new compound, but the amount of atoms are the same |
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Where does nitrogen dioxide come from? |
Car engines |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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Why does a yellow flame produce a sooty bottom? |
.. |
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How do you know if data is reliable? |
All results must be very similar, any variation must be small. If the results are repeatable |
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What happens to atoms during a chemical reaction? I |
Atoms chemically join to other atoms to create a new compound, but the amount of atoms are the same |
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Where does nitrogen dioxide come from? |
Car engines |
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What happens to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? |
It is used in photosynthesis of plants and algae |
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What compound does petrol,diesel fuel and fuel oil belong to? |
Crude pil |
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Why does a yellow flame produce a sooty bottom? |
.. |
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How do you know if data is reliable? |
All results must be very similar, any variation must be small. If the results are repeatable |
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What happens to atoms during a chemical reaction? I |
Atoms chemically join to other atoms to create a new compound, but the amount of atoms are the same |
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Where does nitrogen dioxide come from? |
Car engines |
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What happens to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? |
It is used in photosynthesis of plants and algae |
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Correlation between factor and outcome,not neccassarily the cause |
... |
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What is needed to show a factor causes an outcome? |
... |
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What is needed to show a factor causes an outcome? |
... |
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How to reduce pollution caused by power stations? |
Turning lights off, using low energy lamps, not leaving TV on standby |
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What is needed to show a factor causes an outcome? |
... |
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How to reduce pollution caused by power stations? |
Turning lights off, using low energy lamps, not leaving TV on standby |
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Give 4 ways that exhaust emissions from motor vehicles can be reduced? |
More efficient engines, catalytic converters, using more public transport, using low sulfur fuels |
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What is needed to show a factor causes an outcome? |
... |
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How to reduce pollution caused by power stations? |
Turning lights off, using low energy lamps, not leaving TV on standby |
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Give 4 ways that exhaust emissions from motor vehicles can be reduced? |
More efficient engines, catalytic converters, using more public transport, using low sulfur fuels |
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What are the two rules of balancing an equation? |
The number of atoms in the reactants are the same as the number of atoms in the products, and the same type of atom is present always |
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What is needed to show a factor causes an outcome? |
... |
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How to reduce pollution caused by power stations? |
Turning lights off, using low energy lamps, not leaving TV on standby |
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Give 4 ways that exhaust emissions from motor vehicles can be reduced? |
More efficient engines, catalytic converters, using more public transport, using low sulfur fuels |
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What are the two rules of balancing an equation? |
The number of atoms in the reactants are the same as the number of atoms in the products, and the same type of atom is present always |
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How can the levels of carbon dioxide be reduced? |
Burn less fossil fuels |
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What is needed to show a factor causes an outcome? |
... |
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How to reduce pollution caused by power stations? |
Turning lights off, using low energy lamps, not leaving TV on standby |
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Give 4 ways that exhaust emissions from motor vehicles can be reduced? |
More efficient engines, catalytic converters, using more public transport, using low sulfur fuels |
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What are the two rules of balancing an equation? |
The number of atoms in the reactants are the same as the number of atoms in the products, and the same type of atom is present always |
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How can the levels of carbon dioxide be reduced? |
Burn less fossil fuels |