SJC/F.2(2011-2012)/Integrated Science/Classwork P.

Name : ___________________________( ) Class : ___________ Date : _____________

Classwork 1:

Chapter 7.1 – What is air made up of?

1. Air is a mixture of gases.

2. Complete the following table:

Composition of Air Name of the Gas Uses in daily live

1. It is used to fill some food packages to extend their

About 78% Nitrogen shelf life.

2. Liquid nitrogen is used to store living cells.

1. It is mixed with a gas fuel to give a flame of a very

high temperature for cutting metals.

About 21% Oxygen
2. Air with higher oxygen content is used to help

patient who have breathing problems.

1. It is used to make fire extinguishers.

About 0.04% Carbon dioxide
2. Dry ice is used to keep ice-cream frozen.

Helium It is used to fill balloons.

All together
Neon It is used to fill neon lights.
less than 1%
Argon It is used to fill light bulbs.

3. Humidity measures the amount of water vapour.

4. Suggest a test to distinguish oxygen and carbon dioxide and give the expected observations.

Test the two gases by a glowing splint.

Oxygen relights the glowing splint but carbon dioxide cannot.

5. Complete the following table:

Gas Test Observations

Oxygen Glowing splint Oxygen relights a glowing splint.

Carbon dioxide Limewater Limewater turns from colourless to milky.

Water vapour Dry cobalt chloride paper The paper turns from blue to pink.
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6. Suggest FOUR differences between breathed air and unbreathed air.

Breathed air has less oxygen than unbreathed air.

Breathed air has more carbon dioxide than unbreathed air.

Breathed air has more water vapour than unbreathed air.

Breathed air is warmer than unbreathed air.

Chapter 7.2 - Burning

1. Write the word equation of burning:

fuel + oxygen  carbon dioxide + water + energy

2. Suggest TWO common fuels used in our daily lives: Town gas and petrol (or other examples)

3. Draw the fire triangle.

Temperature
4. Suggest an example for the following cases:

(a) Put out the fire by stopping the supply of oxygen.

Use a fire blanket to put out fire.

(b) Put out the fire by removing the supply of fuels.

Turn off the gas tap when striking back happens.

(c) Put out the fire by lowering the temperature.

Pour water on a piece of burning charcoal.

5. Refer to the Activity on P.22 of the text-book, suggest how each of them could cause a fire.

(a) The towel near the flame catches fire easily.

(b) It is dangerous to leave a flame unattended and store too much fuel at home.

(c) A burning cigarette near the newspaper may start a fire easily, especially the smoker is asleep.

(d) It is dangerous to allow children to play with lighter and access alcohol which is flammable.

(e) Great heat may be released from a universal adaptor connected to too many appliances and the

worn out cables can lead to leakage of electricity which may lead to fire.