Chapter 27: Carbon Footprint and Pollution

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Sulfur dioxide

________ and oxides of nitrogen can be released.

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Tat

________ 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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