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Chapter: 07. Air And Atmosphere

Practice Sheet: Answer in One Line

Why does acid rain reduce soil fertility?
Why is liquid nitrogen used in the food industry?
What are the approximate percentages of oxygen in the air by volume and by mass?
What is the chemical difference between fast oxidation and slow oxidation?
What is the approximate percentage of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere?
What is the function of putrefying bacteria and fungi in the nitrogen cycle?
How does respiration differ from combustion regarding temperature?
What is the ratio of nitrogen and oxygen in air by volume as concluded from Lavoisier’s experiment?
What are noble gases, and which is the most abundant one in our air?
How can oxygen be prepared on a large scale from water?
What observations are made when sulfur is burnt in a jar of oxygen and tested with blue litmus?
Why does lime water turn milky when air from an air pump is blown through it?
How is nitrogen fixed in nature during lightning?
What is particulate matter (PM) and why is it dangerous?
Who was the first person to prepare oxygen gas, and how was it done?
What is rust chemically, and what conditions are required for its formation?
Why does the composition of air vary between industrial cities and coastal areas?
Why is potassium chlorate avoided for the routine laboratory preparation of oxygen gas?
In Lavoisier’s experiment, what name was given to the active portion of air that supported burning?
Why does magnesium gain weight when it is burnt in a crucible?
How does a catalytic converter help in preventing air pollution?
Define nitrogen fixation.
What is the biological importance of the process of photosynthesis?
Who proved that air is a mixture of many gases rather than a single substance?
Why is manganese dioxide added during the laboratory preparation of oxygen from hydrogen peroxide?
State two physical properties of nitrogen gas.
What is precipitation in the context of the water cycle?
How does denitrification return nitrogen gas to the atmosphere?
What is the primary role of nitrogen in the growth of living organisms?
What is the nature of the oxide formed when magnesium burns in oxygen?
How is oxygen gas separated from nitrogen gas during the fractional distillation of liquid air?
How does solid carbon dioxide act as an effective refrigerant?
How does oxygen gas affect a glowing wooden splinter?
What chemical reactions lead to the formation of acid rain?
 
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