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The Atmosphere
Revision of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide chapters
Question | Answer |
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What percentage of the atmosphere is oxygen? | 21% |
Name the chemical required to show the presence of carbon dioxide in the air. | Limewater |
Name the chemical used to test for water vapour in the atmosphere. | Cobalt Chloride Paper or Anhydrous Copper Sulphate |
Which gas occupies approximately 78% of the earth's atmosphere? | Nitrogen |
Name the two chemicals needed to prepare oxygen in the lab. | Hydrogen Peroxide and Manganese Dioxide |
What is the test for oxygen gas? | Relights a glowing splint. |
What is the pH of oxygen gas? | 7 |
Name the compound formed when magnesium is burned in oxygen. | Magnesium Oxide |
Name the compound formed when charcoal (carbon) is burned in oxygen. | Carbon Dioxide |
Name the two chemicals needed to prepare carbon dioxide in the lab. | Hydrochloric Acid and Marble Chips |
In the preparation of oxygen, which chemical is the catalyst? | Manganese Dioxide |
Give the scientific name for marble chips. | Calcium Carbonate |
What is the test for carbon dioxide? | Turns limewater milky |
List some uses of carbon dioxide. | Fire extinguishers, Fizzy drinks and 'Dry Ice' used in stage effects |
If you put red and blue litmus papers into a jar of Carbon Dioxide, what would you see? | Red would stay red and blue would turn red |