Topic 1 Planet Earth Chapter 01 Introducing Chemistry Suggested Answers To In-Text Activities
Topic 1 Planet Earth Chapter 01 Introducing Chemistry Suggested Answers To In-Text Activities
Discussion (page 2) 1 2 3 4 Plants: timber, foods (for example, flour, oats, sugar, cooking oil), cloth (for example, cotton, linen), rubber (any two) Sea water: salt (sodium chloride), magnesium, bromine (any two) Air: oxygen, nitrogen, argon (any two) Petroleum: fuels, chemicals (for example, plastic, pesticides, perfumes) Good effect 1 2 3 1 Explosive Insecticide Aspirin a) b) c) d) 2 a) b) c) d) 1 a) b) c) d) e) f) 2 Used in building industry Increase food protection A good painkiller Bad effect Used in wars Poison our food Side effect
Discussion (page 4)
Check Your Understanding (page 6) Should wear safety glasses when using a Bunsen burner. Mercury vapour is toxic. Should not leave splashed mercury on the table. Should clean up any chemical spillage immediately. Should not leave an experiment (heating a liquid using a Bunsen burner in this case) unattended. Should not eat in the laboratory. Should wear safety glasses when using a Bunsen burner. Should not allow the long hair dangling. Should stopper the reagent bottle immediately after use. Alcohol is flammable. Should not put it near to a naked flame. Should not place the test tubes too near to the edge of table. They may fall down. Many household appliances are made of metals extracted from ores by chemical methods. Many of our clothes are made from synthetic fibres produced by chemical methods. Pesticides and artificial fertilizers used to increase the yield of crops are made by chemical methods. The petroleum industry is one branch of chemical process industries and produces fuels for cars, ships and aeroplanes. Food additives are used to improve the taste and flavour of our food. Drugs are chemical products. The use of drugs lowers the rate of death from diseases throughout the world. Any five household substances
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C - Oxidizing d) h) Spatula
Filter funnel
Measuring cylinder
Bunsen burner
Safety glasses
a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) 6 a) b)
Should stopper the reagent bottle immediately after use. Otherwise this may lead to contamination. Should not place the test tubes too near to the edge of the table. They may fall down. Alcohol is flammable. Should not put it near to a naked flame. Should not put too much water in a beaker for heating. Should wear safety glasses when using a Bunsen burner. Should not block the road in the laboratory. Should not smell a gas directly. Wave the gas towards the nose. Should not leave a Bunsen flame unattended. Mercury vapour is toxic. Should not leave splashed mercury on the table. Should stopper the reagent bottle immediately after use. Should not put bottles too near to the edge of shelves. Store them in locked cabinets if possible. Cyanide F