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Reaction of oxygen with metals

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The goal of Beautiful Chemistry is to bring the beauty of chemistry to the general public.

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CONTENT

concept of air

composition of air

components of air and their uses

1. nitrogen

2. oxygen

3. carbon dioxide

4. water vapour

5. particles in air

6. importance of air

7. layers of atmosphere

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

identify the presence of air

will infer the presence of air from the demonstrations shown in clas

represent diagrammatically the composition of air

state the uses of

1. nitrogen

2. oxygen

3. carbon dioxide

describe the nitrogen cycle.

state the importance of water vapour and other particles in air

elicit the significance of air

differentiate between different layers of atmosphere

represent diagrammatically the various layers of the atmosphere

state the function of  the various layers of the atmosphere

TRANSACTION PROCESS

The teacher will demonstrate an activity for presence of air

The teacher will explain the composition of air through a pie chart

The teacher will explain the significance of the following gases by stating examples

1. nitrogen

2. oxygen

3. carbon dioxide

The teacher will explain the nitrogen cycle through a video and a chart

The teacher will explain the importance of water vapour and other particles in air

The teacher will explain the significance of air by giving examples

The teacher will help students to understand the difference  between  various layers of atmosphere and state their functions

METHODS USED

Audio Visual

Discussion and Debate

Demonstration

problem solving

synthesis

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LETS CHECK HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF AIR

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Composition of Air - Air (CBSE Grade : 7 Geography)

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Describe Nitrogen Cycle-Nitrogen cycle in simple terms

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STEP 13 -RELATION BETWEEN OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE CYCLE

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STEP 13 -RELATION BETWEEN OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE CYCLE

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Main sources of carbon dioxide emissions

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There are both natural and human sources of carbon dioxide emissions. Natural sources include decomposition, ocean release and respiration. Human sources come from activities like cement production, deforestation as well as the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.

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STEP 17 -causes of carbon dioxide emission

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STEP 17 -causes of carbon dioxide emission

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it helps in maintaining the temperature of our earth

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Importance of Air | 15 Uses and Applications in Life

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Air plays an important role in life. The uses of air include 1.Life energy 2. Conducts sound 3.Rainfall 4.Drying 5.Balances temperature 6.Transport etc.

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Without our atmosphere, there would be no life on earth. Two gases make up the bulk of the earth's atmosphere: nitrogen (78%), and oxygen (21%). Argon, carbon dioxide and various trace gases make up the remainder.

Scientists divided the atmosphere into four layers according to temperature: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. The temperature drops as we go up through the troposphere, but it rises as we move through the next layer, the stratosphere. The farther away from earth, the thinner the atmosphere gets.

TROPOSPHERE

This is the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth's surface, extending up to about 10-15 km above the Earth's surface. It contains 75% of the atmosphere's mass. The troposphere iswider at the equator than at the poles. Temperature and pressure drops as you go higher up the troposphere.

Q: Why is the troposphere wider at the equator than at the poles?

The Tropopause: At the very top of the troposphere is the tropopause where the temperature reaches a (stable) minimum. Some scientists call the tropopause a "thermal layer" or "cold trap" because this is a point where rising water vapour cannot go higher because it changes into ice and is trapped. If there is no cold trap, Earth would loose all its water!

Most of what we call weather occurs in the troposphere. The uneven heating of the regions of the troposphere by the Sun causes convection currents and winds. Warm air from Earth's surface rises and cold air above it rushes in to replace it. When warm air reaches the tropopause, it cannot go higher as the air above it (in the stratosphere) is warmer and lighter ... preventing much air convection beyond the tropopause. The tropopause acts like an invisible barrier and is the reason why most clouds form and weather phenomena occur within the troposphere.

The Greenhouse Effect: Heat from the Sun warms the Earth's surface but most of it is radiated and sent back into space. Water vapour and carbon dioxide in the troposphere trap some of this heat, preventing it from escaping thus keep the Earth warm. This trapping of heat is called the "greenhouse effect".

However, if there is too much carbon dioxide in the troposphere then it will trap too much heat. Scientists are afraid that the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide would raise the Earth's surface temperature, bringing significant changes to worldwide weather patterns ... shifting in climatic zones and the melting of the polar ice caps, which could raise the level of the world's oceans.

Q: Why is the amount of carbon dioxide in the troposphere increasing?

STRATOSPHERE

This layer lies directly above the troposphere and is about 35 km deep. It extends from about 15 to 50 km above the Earth's surface.

The stratosphere is warmer at the top than the bottom. The lower portion has a nearly constant temperature with height but in the upper portion the temperature increases with altitude because of absorption of sunlight by ozone. This temperature increase with altitude is theopposite of the situation in the troposphere.

14 October 2012: Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner made an extreme skydive from the edge of space, leaping off a capsule more than 24 miles (39 km) above the Earth ... that's in the stratosphere. At this extreme altitude and low air pressure, a tear or crack in his pressurized suit or helmet would cause instant depressurization and his blood to "boil". The latter is a condition called "ebullism" that could cause gas bubbles to form in bodily fluids; and blood literally boils.

Q: What is the relationship between atmospheric pressure and boiling point of a liquid?
The Ozone Layer: The stratosphere contains a thin layer of ozone molecules (with three oxygen atoms) which forms a protective layer shielding life on Earth from the Suns harmful ultraviolet radiation. But this ozone layer is being depleted, and is getting thinner over Europe, Asia, North American and Antarctica. "Holes" are appearing in the ozone layer.

Q: Why are there "ozone holes" in the stratosphere?

MESOSPHERE

Directly above the stratosphere, extending from 50 to 80 km above the Earth's surface, the mesosphere is a cold layer where the temperature generally decreases with increasing altitude. Here in the mesosphere, the atmosphere is very rarefied nevertheless thick enough to slow down meteors hurtling into the atmosphere, where they burn up, leaving fiery trails in the night sky.

THERMOSPHERE

The thermosphere extends from 80 km above the Earth's surface to outer space. The temperature is hot and may be as high as thousands of degrees as the few molecules that are present in the thermosphere receive extraordinary large amounts of energy from the Sun. However, the thermosphere would actually feel very cold to us because of the probability that these few molecules will hit our skin and transfer enough energy to cause appreciable heat is extremely low.

The thermosphere corresponds to theheterosphere, a zone where there is no uniform distribution of gases. In other words, the gases are not well-mixed; instead they are stratified that is layered, in accordance to their molecular masses. In contrast, the gases in the homosphere (consisting of the troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere) are uniformly distributed.

Q: Why are the gases in the thermosphere stratified?

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Without our atmosphere, there would be no life on earth. Two gases make up the bulk of the earth's atmosphere: nitrogen (78%), and oxygen (21%). Argon, carbon dioxide and various trace gases make up the remainder. Scientists divided the atmosphere into four layers according to temperature: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere.

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