Chemistry 1302A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Allotropes Of Oxygen, Glassblowing, Air Pollution

• School: Western University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: Chemistry 1302A/B
• Professor: Christina Booker

Document Summary

Encouraging energy conservation: this will lead to lesser energy consumption and hence lower production and reduced emissions. Using carbon dioxide sinks: a carbon dioxide sink is any resource (natural or artificial) that captures and stores atmospheric carbon dioxide. Natural carbon dioxide sinks: include forests, oceans and soil. Some of the artificial carbon dioxide sinks being studied involve removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in rocks, injecting it deep into the oceans or trapping it via chemical reactions. Greenhouse gases: chlorofluorocarbons water vapor carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxide: one of the gases responsible for global warming is, co, n2o, n2, o2. Ozone plays a double role in our environment: In our immediate atmosphere, it acts as an air pollutant contributing to photochemical smog. In the stratosphere (in conjunction with oxygen), it filters the solar ultraviolet (uv) radiation, thus protecting us against its harmful effects.