Thursday, July 25, 2013

Feedback on the Summer Chemistry Course

This summer, having a relaxed learning environment with a patient teacher has really helped me both learn and understand chemistry. One suggestion I have to helped students with the course is taking practice quizzes before mini quizzes. That way students can further understand the material they are being quizzed on before taking the actual quiz. If student's worked in pairs on the economist reports, I feel as if much more research can be done and student's could collaborate to make interesting presentations together instead of just reading a paragraph from the smart board. Students could create an interactive presentation and engage other students so learning could be more enjoyable. Or, students could include video in their economist reports to keep their other classmates interested. Using blogs for homework is very organized and effective for students, in my opinion. The intructor should not check all homework on blogs, they should simply trust that the students are doing their work. One thing that could embody the new vision of 'joy of learning' would be to not force students to take tests to assess their knowladge of the material they have been taught. Every student has a different learning style. Therefore, every student prefers a different way of being tested on the material they have been learning all year. Some students might explain they know the material through essays, while others may do so through a powerpoint presentation or project. If the student know the material either way, it is not fair to make them take a test to see if they are understanding of the material becasue some people might not feel comfortable expressing their udnerstanding in that way.

Homework due Thursday, July 25th


1. Repeating units in each structure

a. Monomer: 1
b. Dimer: 2
c. Trimer: 3
d. Polymer: unlimited

3. Natural polymers: cellulose, starch, nucleic acids, peptides
Synthetic polymers: polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane, polystyrene

6. The term "unsaturated" is used to describe alkenes and alkynes because they have other than single bonds within their structures. Alkenes have a double bond and Alkynes have a triple bond.

13. 




11. 
a. II
b. III
c. I
d. II

12. The other 75% is lost in heat, which is why the engine is so inefficient.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Homework Due wednesday july 24th

3SAS #31-38, page 235

31) a. Propane, C3H8
b. Pentane, C5H12

32) The suffix -ane implies that hexane is an alkane.

33) Yes, each of these molecules are isomers of one another. They are all combosed of 5 carbon atoms and 12 hydrogen atoms, but appear to be different because of the arrangement of atoms. These three molecules are structional isomers of one another, for they have identical molecular formulas but different arrangements of atoms.

34) See drawings.

35) Butane (C4H10) is the shortest-chain alkane that can demonstrate isomerism- alkanes with four or more carbon atoms can be demostrated as straight-cchain structures, branched-chain structures, and ring structures.

36) 
Both representations are correct because their different arrangements of atoms does not change the identical molecular formulas of the molecule; this would make the molecules structural isomers of each other.

37)a. See drawing.
b. The branched-chain molecule would have the lower boiling point. Since the straight-chain molecule has greater molecule-to-molecule contact, it has a stronger intermolecular force than the branched-chain molecule, resulting in a higher boiling point.

38)

a. A short, straight chain would have a lower boiling point because of decreased molecule-to-molecule contact than the longer boiling point. The bonds of this chain would be easier to break than a longer straight chain. However, this straight chain would have a higher boiling point than a branched chain.
b.A short, branched chain would have the lower boiling point. Although the bonds of a branched chain are easier to break than those of a straight chain, it would be more difficult to break more molecular bonds within the long chain, resulting in a higher boiling point.
c. A short, branched chain would have a lower boiling point. Straight chains have stronger intermolecular forces that hold together each molecule in contact, where as bonds between branched chains are more breakable due to the decreased intermolecular molecular forces between them.

3SBS #1-10, page 258
1) Petroleum is sometimes cosidered "buried sunshine" because as a fossil fuel, it originates from biomolecules of prehistoric plants and animals. The energy released by burning petroleum represents energy originally captured from sunlight by these prehistoric green plants during photosynthesis; "buried sunshine".

2) 
a. Potential energy is energy of position, or stored energy ready to be released. An example of potential energy is a the energy within an unreleased winded up spring toy.
b. Kinetic energy is energy related to motion. A car rolling down a hill is an example of kinetic energy (after the pedal on a breaked car, representing potential energy, is released).

3) Chemical energy, another form of potential energy, is stored within the bonds in chemical compounds. When an energy-releasing reaction takes place, the bonds break and reactant atoms reorganize to form new bonds and release energy. If more energy is released than originally started with, the reaction is exothermic, but if less energy is released than originally started with, the reaction is endothermic.

4) A molecule of butane has more potential energy, it has more carbons than methane and a higher boiling point than methane. The bonds of butane are harder to break than the bonds of methane, resulting its higher potential energy.

5)
a. Potential energy.
b. Potential energy.
c. Kinetic energy.
d. Potential energy.
e. Kinetic energy.

6) Energy is required to break chemical bonds because it is what causes the reactant bonds to break and reorganize to form new bonds and energy.

7) 

a. Exothermic. More energy is released than is required to begin the chemical reaction.
b. Endothermic. More energy is required to crack large hydrocarbon molecules than is released.
c. Endothermic. It takes more energy to digest a candy bar than the energy released after digestion.

8) The product of a burning candle yields more energy than the energy to begin the reaction with an unlit candle. Since more energy is let off than required to begin the reaction, burning a candle is an exothermic reaction.

9) See drawing.

10) The law of conservation of energy states that energy is neither created nor destroyed in any mechanical, physical, or chemical processes.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Homework Due Tuesday July 23rd


Unit 4 B.3 (p.344) #1-4; Unit 4 B.8 (p.350) #1-6, and Unit 3 SAS (p.233) #1-30 (except #: 2,4,9,14,24,25)



Unit 4 B.3 (p.344) #1-4
1. Human exposure to ultraviolet radiation is potentially more harmful than exposure to infrared radiation because too much exposure to ultraviolet radiation can cause a very bad sunburn that can potentially lead to skin cancer.

2. Two essential roles played by visible solar radiation:
     1. they can energize electrons in some chemical bonds
     2. this provides  energy needed for photosynthesis reactions

3. Dry, arid regions in the United States experience wider air-temperature fluctuations from night to day then do more humid states because there is less water vapor; therefore infrared radiation isn't stored, reradiated, or reflected back into the atmosphere from electromagnetic radiation that is transformed in the clouds to produce infrared radiation. However, heat does reach the earth.

4. a. Day time temperatures would be affected if Earth had less dense atmosphere because it would be colder. This is because with less greenhouse gasses, like CO2 or H2O, less infrared radiation would be absorbed and be reflected back onto the atmosphere from the UV and visible radiation that was transformed to IR radiation in the clouds. In all less heat energy would be formed from less absorbed infrared radiation.
    b. The night time temperatures would be affected if Earth has less dense atmosphere because it would be colder than it would normally be because one there is no presence of the sun and two because less infrared radiation is absorbed and reflected back onto Earth, making it colder.

Unit 4 B.8 (p.350) #1-6
1. 1kg of carbon dioxide is produced daily by all 10 Riverwood High School buses

2. 0.40 L of fuel are consumed daily by buses idling at Riverwood High School

3. In a 180-day school year, 180g of carbon dioxide would be released into the atmosphere by these buses, and 72L of fuel would be consumed

4. Atmospheric CO2 levels have increased by about 30% since 1800 because of the clearing of forests, combustion of cutting and scrap timbers, and because of the burning of fossil fuels.

5. Yes, I do think the school bus idling policy will significantly affect annual worldwide supply of fossil fuels that are converted to carbon dioxide because as years go by, more fossil fuels will be needed  for more buses.

6. The school buss idling policy is necessary to help preserve the burning of fossil fuels. And hopefully with this policy it will help when years go by and more fossil fuels will be needed.

Unit 3 SAS (p.233) #1-30 (except: 2,4,9,14,24,25)
1) A hydrocarbon is a molecular compound that only contains atoms of hydrogen and carbon.

3) Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource and can be used as both fuel, which can be converted to gasoline, can provide heat,  can deliver energy, and can be used to make manufactured goods. 

5) By saying crude it is meant that it is unrefined.

6) ???????

7) Some fuels obtained from crude petroleum include: kerosene, petroleum oil, gasoline, and lubricating oil.

8)
a. Candles, water bottle, soap, rubbing alcohol are all houshold items made from petroleum. 
b. palm oil could replace petroleum in candles, aluminum could replace petroleum in water bottles, detergenst could replace petroleum in soap, and Isopropyl alcohol could replace petroleum in rubbing alcohol. 

10) 
a. Middle East has the most petroleum reserves.
b. Western Europe has the least petroleum reserves. 

11)
a. Central Asia, Far East, and Oceania has the most petroleum consumption.  
b. Africa has the least petroleum consumption. 

12) Density could be used to seperate two different liquids if the substance are not dissolvable.

13) A mixture with the substances water and acetone would be the easiest to seearate from each other by distillation because water has the highest boiling point, while acetone has the lowest boiling point, causing it to be easily seperated. 

15)
    
















16) Fractional distillation differs from simple distillation because fractional distillation is a refining that does not seperate each compound in a mixture, but produces several distinctive mixtures, called fractions, while simple distillation is the seperation of liquid substances according to their 

differing boiling points.

17. Products derived from light include motor gasoline and refined oil. Products derived from intermediate include gas oil and heavy furnace oil. Products derived from heavy include lubricating oil/grease and heavy oils/wax.

18. The highest boiling point in a distillation column would most likely be removed at the bottom because the thick liquids never vaporize.

19. After fractional distillation, a way to further separate the mixtures is distillation.

20. Methane, pentane, hexane, octane. The higher the boiling point is, the stronger the intermolecular forces.

21. A covalent bond is the sharing of 2 or more valence electrons between 2 atoms, allowing both atoms to completely fill out their outer shells.


22. Atoms with filled electrons (8 valence electrons) are particularly stable, and therefore, tend to be chemically uncreative. Noble gases are atoms with filled outer electron shells.

23. Since the two dogs desire the sock, they must share it, although they desire to have it for themselves; like repelling electrons, the dogs pull away from each other, but are still connected by the bond they share with the sock connecting them.

26.
  • a. A structural formula shows the makeup of a molecule, as well as how high the boiling point is, where as a molecular formula just shows the amount of atoms each element in the formula possesses.
  • b. The structure of a formula shows how strong molecular bonds within the formula is, as well as the boiling point of the formula.

27. See drawings.

28.The electron-dot representation of a carbon atom only shows four dots because the four dots represent the valence electrons, located on the outer (and not inner) shell of the atom, where two electrons are located.

29.
  • a. C9H20
  • b. C16H34
  • c. C10H22
  • d. C18H38

30.
  • a. 128g
  • b. 226g
  • c. 142g
  • d. 254g

Striking It Rich Mini Lab Report

Sammy, Julia, & Clemmy
July 22, 2013
Summer Chemistry
Dr. Forman


1. The treated coins appear to be composed of other metals opposed to copper for example zinc. We think this because the color changed from a copper color to silver.

2. We would say that the claim would be incorrect because it forms alloys not precious metals.

3. Two practical uses for metallic charges similar to those we observed in this investigation is because alloys were formed. This causes a stronger metal to be formed from less strong elements that composed them, then these alloys are able to be used for everyday uses.

4.
a. The penny that was only placed in the bubbling zinc chloride solution formed a less alloy of copper and zinc. However, the penny that was placed in both the bubbling zinc chloride solution and directly placed onto the hot plate formed a more combined alloy. Overall, they had different reactions depending on the procedure they undertook.

b. I think that they could be converted back but only if they had an element in use that was more reactive.

our individual group data



Sunday, July 21, 2013

Homework due monday july 22nd


Page 360 # 1-8

1. The frequency is proportional while the wavelength is inversely proportional.

2. This is definatley a good descriptor because it shows the ranges of energy.

3. Because visible radiation can energize the electrons is chemical bonds which delivers the energy necessary for reactions, this is useful for photosynthesis.

4. A) Infrared, visible, and ultraviolet
B) Infrared radiation warms living things, visible reactions energize electrons, and ultraviolet radiation kills bacteria and destroys viruses.

5.  UV-C photons can break covalent bonds and leads to a chemical change in the materials exposed. In addition, it can also kill bacteria that are harmuful to other living creatures.

6. Infrared reactions can be absorbed by greenhouse gases, which reradiates back to earth. 90% of visible radiation travels to earth’s surface. UV-C radiation is absorbed in the stratosphere before reaching earth’s surface and most UV-A and UV_B radiation is absorbed by the ozone layer.

7. More greenhouse gases cause more infrared radiation, which results in more energy reradiated on earths surface. Therefore, the earth becomes hotter. 

8. 

A) Asphalt warms up more when directly exposed to sunlight because solar radiation makes it reflect and illuminate back into space. Lake water also reflects light, but it absorbs and stores heat as well. 

B) Water acts as a greenhouse gas and absorbs infrared light, but asphalt directly reflects light sources back to space.

Page 361 #14-20

14. Atmospheric CO2 and water vapor help maintain moderate temperatures at Earth's surface because both the hydrologic cycle and the carbon cycle maintain stable concentrations of water and carbon dioxide in the world.

15. a. respiration, fossil fuels, decay, combustion
      b. decomposition product of plant and animal wastes, refining fossil fuels, raising livestock

16. a. The runaway greenhouse effect: as a greenhouse gas, increased water vapor may cause an even greater increase in global temperatures due to adsorption and the real ease of infrared radiation, which cause another upward spiral.
     b. clouds

17. This is because more CO2  is added than can be removed by natural process.

18. a.

b. 

19. Atmospheric CO2 gas, solid calcium carbonate, natural gas and organic molecules are all chemical reservoirs of carbon atoms. 

20. The carbon atom could be part of the atmosphere as a gas as a result of photosynthesis, in the lithosphere as plant or animal waste decay, or part of the hydrosphere as limestone.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Homework due friday june 19th


2SDS pg. 204 #7-13

7. An alloy is a solid combination of atoms made up of two or more metals.

8. Two alloys I use regularly are Cutlery steel and carat gold. Cutlery steel is in many of the utensials i use to eat, and carat gold is in most of the jewlerry i wear and own. s

9. Carbon is a nonmetal that is a part of both steel and stainless steel.

10. Chromium- platinum, also known as Cr3Pt, is a sturdy alloy that creates the basis of many razor blade edges.

11. Elements that act as semi-conductors are commonly known as metalloids. They lay in between metals and nonmetals, and they exemplify characteristics of both metals and nonmetals.

12. Three elements frequently used for doping semiconductors are phosphorus, arsenic, and gallium.

13. The primary use of the products of semi conductor technology is for letting computers process digital information; many semi-conductor devices have integrated circuits that are used in commuters and other electronic devices, as well. 

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Homework due on July 18

7/17/13

1. Allotropes are different forms of the same element that each have distinctly different physical or chemical properties.

2. Oxygen and silicon are two other elements other than carbon that form allotropes.

3. a. A diamond is an extremely hard substance with a high melting point, it is not electrically conductive, and it is costly because it is hard to find. Coal is combustible, easy to obtain, and is fairly cheap. Pencil lead is electrically conductive and easy to find, also making it cheap.
    b. There properties are different because of the organization of atoms within each element.
    c. The difference in the cost of these items all depends on what is easiest to find and manufacture. Diamonds are hard to manufacture because they are expensive, rare, and very hard. Coal, on the other hand, is cheap and easy to find. 

4. Engineered materials are materials made by scientists and engineers to enhance natural materials through manufacturing methods.


5. Two advantages of using high ceramics in high temperature applications are they can operate at higher temperatures and still keep their strength. They are also durable, meaning they can withstand pressure. Two disadvantages of using ceramics is that they are brittle and can break easily if exposed to rapid temperature change, like hot to cold in engines.

6. Two examples of properties that can be modified in plastics to make them useful for new applications are one plastic can be both hard and soft. Like polyethylene, which can be made to display either soft and pliable properties (squeezing a bottle for water) or crafted to be hard and brittle (glasslike). Plastic can also be made into optical fibers, which will replace copper wires in phones and data transmission lines for communication.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Homework


2SCS #13-21 p. 181

13.
   A. 6 moles
   B. 5 moles
   C. 5 moles

14. 
    A. 1 mole
    B. 621 g
    C. 28 g
    D. 415 g

15.
·      14 + 16 + 16 = 46
·      32/46 = 70% (not 67%)

16. 
    A. Ag2S is 87% silver
    B. Al2O3 is 53% aluminum
    c.. CaCO3 is 40% calcium

17. 
    A. PbSO4 is 68% lead
    B. 10% PbSO4 is in the ore sample
    C. 6.8% Pb is in the total ore sample
    D. 10% lead in the PbSO4 ore
18. 
    A. Reusing is when a product is used again for the same purpose. 
              example: recycling & grey water
    B. 2 instances of recycling are using a compost system and adding pieces of fruits and vegetables to give nutrients to your soil. 2 examples of reusing are clothes and books because they can be used several times.

19. 
    A. 4 examples of renewable resources are solar energy, biomass, geothermal, and wind.
    B. 4 examples of nonrenewable resources are coal, oil, natural gas, and uranium.

20.
   A. Reusing
   b. Recycling
   c. Recycling

21. A light bulb is recyclabe because once the light dies out you are unable to reuse it. But, a magazine would be recyclable and reusable because you can use it many times without it 'dying out'. 

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Lab Questions

Questions:

1. Magnesium reacted the most with the solutions.
2. Copper is the least reactive.
3. Silver nitrate would most likely react with magnesium since it is the most reactive metal.
4. Magnisium, Zinc, Copper.
5. Because copper is less reactive with human skin.
6.
a. Zinc and Copper because they are the two least reactive metals out of the three.
b. Its not used on the outside serface of a penny because it is the most reactive and sometimes young children will put the penny in their mouth which can cause many issues.
7.
a. Magnesium because it can be found in acid rains and lakes.
b. Copper wouldn't create a reaction so, therefore, that would not be found.
8.
a. Yes.
b. You would be able to because if it reacted with one you would be able to estimate what the other reactions would be.

aggregated class data
 One group wasn't very observant, which caused a malfunction in their results as shown on the chart.
indavidual group data

Homework# 16

Questions 1-12 page 180
1. The law of conservation of matter states that matter is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction.

2. The scientific law are the laws that describe the behavior of events in nature without providing explainations for the events. The laws summarize what sceientist have learned about nature.

3. The terms "using up" and "throwing away" are misleading because the law of conservation of matter states that you can not use up atoms because atoms can not be lost or gained, just recycled and changed due to chemical reactions.
4.
a. Not balanced - Reactant side: Sn, 1; H, 1; F, 1; Product side: Sn, 1; H, 2; F; 2
b. Not balanced - Reactant side: Si, 1; O, 2; C, 1; Product Side: Si, 1; O, 1; C, 2
c. Balanced - Reactant side: Al, 1; O, 3; H, 6; Cl, 3; Product Side: Al, 1; O, 3; H, 6; Cl, 3

5.
a. 3
b. 2
c. 1

6.
a. 1, 3, 1, 3
b. 2, 3, 2, 2
c. 4, 2, 3
7.
a. 1, 3, 2, 3
b. 2, 25, 16, 18

8.
a. Yes
Reactants:
S: 1
O: 4
K: 2
Cl: 2
Products:
S: 1
O: 4
K: 2
Cl: 2
b. No, because subscripts always stay the same, but coefficients can change
c. 1, 2, 1, 2

9. 400,000 per 1 billion dollars

10.
a. 32 g
b. 48 g
c. 100 g
d. 58 g
e. 180 g

11. The atomic mass is also an atom's atomic weight. The atomic mass which remains the same for each element.

12.
a. 1 atom
b. .5 atoms
c. .1 atoms
d. .03 atoms

Monday, July 15, 2013

Gold


1.    Gold is used to treat many ear and eye diseases, it is used in jewelry, and gold foil is used as a topping for fancy deserts. Also, gold was the first metal widely known to our species. Gold is the easiest of all metals to work. Many early civilizations equated gold with gods and rulers. Homer, in the "Iliad" and "Odyssey," makes mention of gold as the glory of the immortals and a sign of wealth among ordinary humans. In Genesis 2:10-12, we learn of the river Pison out of Eden, and "the land of Havilah, where there is gold: and the gold of that land is good?". In the modern world, gold has become very rare; therefore, the price has risen.


 
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·      Link to the raising of gold prices

      2. The term gold comes from a Latin word aurum, that means shining dawn. This Latin term gives rise to its chemical symbol Au. The term gold comes from a Latin word aurum, that means shining dawn. This Latin term gives rise to its chemical symbol Au. Gold is a soft metal with many interesting physical properties. Gold is both malleable and ductile and is a heavy metal, as well as it conducts electricity. Gold leaf is translucent and the transmitted light is greenish blue (gold metal reflects yellow and red, leaving the greenish blue color). One gram of gold can be drawn into a thin wire; therefore, it is ductile. The melting point is 1337.33 K, the boiling point is 3129 K, and the liquid range is 1791.67  K. Gold is not reactive.


      3.  It is an appropriate choice because it is malleable, ductile, and non-reactive.
4. Gold is quite rare and difficult of find. Through mining and careful searches, miners can obtain gold. Although the mining process is quite difficult, gold is still obtainable to some extent.

Homework


2SBS (p.151) #9-22


9. Active metals are more difficult to process and refine than less active metals because active metals are more reactive causing them to easily combine and form compounds with other elements.

10. silver and copper: they are less reactive
11. Most metals exist in nature as minerals rather than as pure metallic elements because most metals are reactive causing them to easily combine or form compounds with other elements.
12. It is most likely that (A) calcium metal will react with chromium (III) chloride. Because calcium metal is more reactive than chromium chloride, this allows the  calcium to react with chromium in a solution.

13. B:  zinc will react within a silver solution to form ions because it is more reactive than silver.

14.
   a. It would be a poor idea to stir lead (II) nitrate solution with an iron spoon because a chemical reaction could cause the spoon to dissolve since iron is more reactive than lead.
   b. Pb2+ + Fe ---> Pb + Fe2+

15. Oxidation: when 1 or more electrons is lost (forms a cation)
   Reduction: when an elements gains 1 or more electrons (neutralizes the substance)

16.   a. Au3+ + 3e- ---> Au
      b. V ---> V4+ + 4e-
      c. Cu+ ---> Cu2+ + 1e-

17.   a. reduction
      b. oxidation
      c. reduction

18. a. Zinc has been oxidized because it is neutral at first, but then the reactant looses 2 electrons making the product a cation Zn2+.
      b. Nickle has been reduced because at first it is a cation, but then the reactant gains two electrons and neutralizes the substance.
      c. Zinc is the reducing agent
19.  a. The reactant that has been oxidized is potassium 2 K because it is originally neutral, than the reactant loose an electron and forms a cation of 2 K+.
      b. The reactant that has been reduced is mercury Hg2+ because initially it is a cation, then the reactant gains two electrons creating Hg (a neutralized substance).
      c. Hg2+

20.   a. Al + Cr3+ ---> Al3+ + Cr
      b. Mg ---> Mn + Mg2+

21. a. Electrometallurgy converts metal cations into metal atoms through the use of electrical currents to supply electrons to metal ions which lessen the cations.
     b. Pyrometallurgy converts metal cations to metal atoms by treating metals and their ores with heat, which includes the reducing agents which reduce the cations.
    c. Hydrometallurgy converts metal cations to metal atoms through treating the  ores and other metal- containing materials with reactants in a aqueous solution

22.   a. magnesium: pyrometallurgy
      b. lead: pryrometallurgy
    

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Homework # 3

2SAS #26-34

26. Metallic elements are likely to loose electrons because they form cations.

27. Since the noble gas family of elements rarely looses or gains electrons, this shows that they are both unreactive and chemically inert.

28. a. Na: cation
      b. Ca: cation
      c. F: anion
      d. Cu: cation
      e. O: anion
      f. Li: cation
      g. Sn: cation
      h. I: anion

29. Copper metal and copper (II) ions are more chemically similar. This is because copper is a reactive metal that will form ions. Oxygen with a mass of 16 and oxygen with a mass of 18 are not chemically similar because there is a clear difference in the number of protons and neutrons which makes them dissimilar.

30.
      156 + 254 = 410
      410/2= 205 pm

31. a. change in color
         - chemical: rusting
         - physical: painting
      b. change in temperature
         - chemical: combustion
         -physical: freezing or boiling a substance
      c. formation of a gas
          -chemical: reaction with HCl and Cu
          - physical: water will become a gas when it it boiled

32.
    a. Bromine (Br)
    b. Silicon (Si)

33. Mendeleev organized the periodic table by using both atomic weight and the similarities in chemical and physical properties of the elements. In the Snake River data, we also had to analyze properties of dissolved substances and compare their mass to see what could have dissolved in a specific type of water.

34. In the periodic table, two examples that mock Mendeleev's way of organizing the original table by atomic weight would be to put argon ( atomic weight 39.95) after potassium (atomic weigh 39.10), and put cobalt (atomic weight 58. 93) after nickel ( atomic weight 58.96).


2SBS #1-8

1. Two resources typically found in each of the three major "spheres" of Earth:
     -Atmosphere: nitrogen, oxygen, neon, and argon
     -Hydrosphere: water and some dissolved minerals
     -Lithosphere: petroleum and metal-bearing ores

2. a. Three major parts of lithosphere:
       - Crust is hard soil and rock with much of earth's minerals
       - Mantle is the middle of the lithosphere
       - Core is the center of earth that is very hot
    b. The crust serves as the main storehouse of chemical resources used in manufacturing consumer products for various companies.

3. a. Silver: Mexico
    b. Copper: Japan
    c. Tin: China

4. Out of the United States, Australia, China, and Brazil, it seems that China produces the largest quantities of the resources from the table.

5. Minerals are found in ores. Minerals differ from ores because minerals are solid compounds containing the element of interest in a group, while ores are naturally formed rocks or minerals that can be mined or used to extract a metals and other minerals. 

6. The factors that determine the feasibility of mining a particular metallic ore at a certain cite include...

- the quality of the ore found at the site
- the percent of metal in the ore
-the type of mining and processing needed to extract the metal form its ore
-the distance between the mine and metal
- the metal's supply-versus-demand status 
- the environmental impact of the mining and metal processing

7. I think the factors that could have influenced the decision to reopen the gold mine that was inactive for over 100 years may be because there was a higher demand for gold, or more gold was found in a surrounding region and people wanted to check if there was some in that mine.

8. Quantitiy of useful ore:   the amount, usually as a percent, of the desired mineral being mined at the site