Chapter 27: Carbon Footprint and Pollution

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Sulfur dioxide
________ and oxides of nitrogen can be released.
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________ can be a service an event or a product.
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Carbon monoxide
________ is really dangerous because it can stop your blood from doing its proper job of carrying oxygen around the body.
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Fossil fuels
________ such as crude oil and coal, contains hydrocarbons.
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amount of greenhouse
Anything that reduces the ________ gases given out by a process will also reduce its carbon footprint.
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'Carbon footprints
________ are basically a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released over the full life cycle of something.
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Governments
________ could tax companies or individuals based on the amount of greenhouse gases they emit.
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Reducing carbon footprint
renewable energy, tax companies, cap on emissions
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A lot of governments are also worried
_________that making these changes will impact on the economic growth of communities
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Carbon footprints are a measure of the
_______amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
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Measuring the total carbon footprint of something
_______________can be impossible
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Renewable energy
_____or nuclear could be used instead of fossil fuels
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Because not everyone is on board, its hard to make
__international agreements
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Fossil fuels contain
_____hydrocarbons
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Carbon monoxide is dangerous because
______it can stop your blood from carrying oxygen around the body
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Sulfur dioxide is released during
___the combustion of fossil fuels
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Sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen
_______cause acid rain
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acid rain
_____damages buildings and metals
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without oxygen
Incomplete combustion is combustion_______
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(thing)+oxygen = carbon monoxide +carbon dioxide+carbon+water
Incomplete combustion equation is______
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enough oxygen
Complete combustion is combustion with______
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methane + oxygen = carbon dioxide and water
Complete combustion equation is______
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