nitrogen (from atmosphere) reacts with oxygen (from atmosphere)
at high temperature (in engine)
double bond breaks
many (ethene) molecules
bond together (join to form a long hydrocarbon)
(methane) allows short(er) wavelength radiation to pass through (from the sun)
(which is) re-emitted from the surface as long(er) wavelength radiation
(which is) absorbed (by methane in the atmosphere)
(poly(ethene)) melts
(so) can be reshaped (into new products)
dissolved in excess sodium hydroxide
dissolves in excess to form a colourless solution
white precipitate forms which dissolves in excess
barium chloride
hydrochloric acid
white precipitate
One theory suggests that during the first billion years of the Earth’s existence, there was intense volcanic activity that released gases that formed the early atmosphere and water vapour that condensed to form the oceans.
At the start of this period, the Earth’s atmosphere may have been like the atmospheres of Mars and Venus today, consisting of mainly carbon dioxide with little or no oxygen gas. Volcanoes also produced nitrogen which gradually built up in the atmosphere and there may have been small proportions of methane and ammonia.
When the oceans formed carbon dioxide dissolved in the water and carbonates were precipitated producing sediments, and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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