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What is the atmosphere?
a layer of gas surrounding the earth
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What is the atmosphere made up of?
the elements nitrogen, oxygen and argon, the compounds, carbon dioxide and water vapour
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What is the hydrosphere mostly made up of?
water and some dissolved compounds
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What is the lithosphere?
the rigid outer layer of the earth made up of the crust and the part of the mantle just below it
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What does the lithosphere consist of?
a mixture of minerals like silicon dioxide and an abundance of the elements silicon, oxygen and aluminium
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What is the dry atmospheric air made up of?
78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide
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What do the chemicals that make up the atmosphere consist of?
non-metal elements, molecular compounds made up from non-metal elements
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Apart from water what state are the molecules that make up the atmosphere at 20*c?
gasses
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Why dont pure molecular compounds conduct electricity?
their molecules arent charged
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What happens to the electrons in a covalent bond?
shared between the atoms
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In a covalent bond what is created between each positive nucleus and the shared pair of negative electrons?
strong electrostatic attraction
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What two things are both minerals formed from pure carbon that is found in the lithosphere?
diamond, graphite
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Why is graphite soft?
the covalent bonds are arranged in sheets that can easily slide over each other
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Why can graphite conduct electricity?
spare electrons can move between the layers of atoms
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Why is diamond so hard?
each atom is covalently bonded to 4 other atoms
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What are the properties of silicon dioxide?
hard, high melting point, electrical insulator, insoluble in water
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Why is seawater in the hydrosphere salty?
it contains dissolved ionic compounds called salts
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Why do ionic compounds have high melting points?
the ions are held together by strong forces of attraction in a lattice
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Why don't solid ionic compounds conduct electricity?
the ions are fixed in place and cant move
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Why cant molten (or dissolved) ionic compounds conduct electricity?
the ions aren't free to move
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What can you use to detect ions in aqueous solutions?
precipitation reactions
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What is formed when calcium and carbonate ions are combined?
form the insoluble ionic compound calcium carbonate or limestone
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How can many positive metal ions be identified in a solution?
adding sodium hydroxide and observing the precipitate colour
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How can many negative ions be identified in solution?
they will react with other aqueous ions to produce an insoluble precipitate
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What are ores?
rocks that contain varying amounts of minerals, from which metals can be extracted
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How can metals that are less reactive than carbon be extracted from their oxides?
heating it with carbon as the metal oxide is reduced and the carbon is oxidised
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What is the total mass of the atoms in a compound called?
relative formula mass
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What is electrolysis?
the breaking down of an electrolyte using an electric current
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When is electrolysis used?
to extract reactive metals from their ores because they're too reactive to be extracted by heating with carbon
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What happens to the ions when they get to the oppositely charged electrode in electrolysis?
they're discharged
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What happens when a direct current is passed through a molten ionic compound?
positively charged ions are attracted to the negative electrode, negatively charged ions are attracted to the positive electrode
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What does malleable mean?
metals can be beaten into shape or dented as the layers of metal ions can slide over each other
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What is the environmental impact of mining?
wasted rock, leaves a scar on the landscape, air/noise pollution
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What is the environmental impact of processing?
transport pollution, energy usage, electrolysis uses more energy than redction
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What do the properties of metals determine?
What they are used for
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Card 2
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What is the atmosphere made up of?
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the elements nitrogen, oxygen and argon, the compounds, carbon dioxide and water vapour
Card 3
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What is the hydrosphere mostly made up of?
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Card 4
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What is the lithosphere?
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Card 5
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What does the lithosphere consist of?
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