c1.2 - taking pollution readings (cf london with charloton mackrell)

8/3/2019 C1.2 - Taking Pollution Readings (Cf London With Charloton Mackrell)

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The Basics

Every lesson needs an underlined(ruler!) date and title

Rule off (ruler!) @ the end of eachlesson. Start next lesson below

Homework should be labelled clearly

Coats on hooks, bags under desks Lab safety is everyones

responsibility

Dont take your eyes off the prize!!


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Objectives

Describe the reaction and productsproduced when a fossil fuel burnsusing a symbol equation

Evaluate data from graphs


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Starter: What do you know about air?


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1. Copy and complete:Air is a ____ made up of small ____ with large ____between them.

2. List the main gases that are found in air.

3. In 2010 a volcano in Iceland erupted, releasinghuge quantities of volcanic ash and particulates.Explain why it was not only local people in Icelandwho were affected by this eruption.


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1. Copy and complete:

Air is a ____ made up of small ____ with large ____between them.

Air is a mixture of gases made up of smallmolecules with large spaces between them.

2. List the main gases that are found in air.

Nitrogen, oxygen, argon.


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3. In 2010 a volcano in Iceland erupted, releasing

huge quantities of volcanic ash and particulates.Explain why it was not only local people in Icelandwho were affected by this eruption.

The particulates released by the volcano spread

through the atmosphere until they reached othercountries.


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Air monitoring stations.

They are all around the UK.

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Monitoring Site,Westminster, London

The monitoringstation islocated in the

car park of themortuary andcoroners court.

The nearestroad is the B323Horseferry Road

approximately
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Monitoring Site, CharltonMackrell, Somerset

The monitoring stationis located within an airconditioned unit at theedge of an open field.

The nearest road isapproximately 500metres and is a quiet

rural lane.

The gas inlet isapproximately 3 metres

high.
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Why is the ozone reading atCharlton Mackrell higher than in

London??? Scientists liken the effect ofoverexposure to ozone to prematureaging in our lungs. Ground-level

ozone can adversely affect everyone.Ironically, people living in many ruralareas suffer from ozone

overexposure more than manypeople living in cities. This is becauseozone levels are generally higherdownwind of ozone precursorsources, at distances of hundreds or
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Where does ozone in thetroposphere (the air we breathe)

come from?When petrol and coalare burned, nitrogenoxide gases (NOx)

and volatile organiccompounds (VOC)are released into the

air. During the warm,sunny days of spring,summer and earlyAutumn, NOx andVOC are more likely
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Common pollutants

CO2

NOx

H2O SO2

VOC

Particulates, Measured in parts permillion (and particulate size; PM10,PM5, PM2.5)
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Chemical formulas.

The Bunsen burner is burningprimarily methane.

CH4 This burns with oxygen in the air to

produce what?
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You should lay out theformula like this

CH4 + O2 ?

CH4 + O2 CO2 +

H2O
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HW See sheet
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