Chemistry for Engineers

Laboratory Exercise 6

Direction: Watch the video (link below) and answer the following in 2-5 sentences only. Handwritten in a
whole sheet of paper.

Video: The Chemistry of the Atmosphere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNucf7NR0z8

Deadline: April 11, 2024 ǀ 12:00 noon.

Questions:

1. According to the video, what is the percentage composition of gases in our Atmosphere?
2. How was the atmosphere created?
3. What are the main gases that the volcanoes erupted 4.6 billion years ago?
4. What are the two planets where we have similar atmospheres 3 billion years ago and why are they
similar with the planet earth’s atmosphere?
5. When did the early oceans form? What happened?
6. Explain how oxygen was produced in the atmosphere.
7. What is Locked carbon?
8. What does increase the amount of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how?
9. How does greenhouse gases work?
10. What is methane?
11. What is global warming?
12. What are the consequences of climate change?
13. What does sustainable SHEEP mean?
14. What actions can we take to lessen the effect of climate change?
15. What are Atmospheric pollutants? Explain each.

Quiz: April 16, 2024 about this video.