THE ROLE CHEMISTRY HAS

IN OUR LIFE
CHEMISTRYS RELATIONSHIP
TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

What is chemistrys role in your

life?

Synthetic Material
Pharmaceuticals
Cosmetics
Cleaning Products
Industrial Processes
Need pictures of some of these
Items in the slide

Climate Change
UV radiation travels from the sun through space
and strikes surfaces on the earth
Radiant energy is absorbed and some
transferred into thermal energy which radiates
back out into space
Some of that heat is trapped in molecules of the
atmosphere (CO2, H20, CH4)
These gases increase the temperature of the
atmosphere
Need a graphic that shows global warming

GREENHOUSE GASES
CO2, H20, CH4, and NO are greenhouse
gases
They hold heat because of the flexibility of
the bonds in the molecule
Stretching, bending, twisting, rotation, and
vibration of bonds allows kinetic energy to
be stored
Nitrogen and oxygen has do not have the
same flexibility as the green house gases.

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I might make the last slide up into two
slides and add some graphics.
Show the flexibility of a carbon dioxide,
water, or methane bond (1ST SLIDE)
Show how nitrogen and oxygen do not
have that flexibility. (2ND SLIDE)

Nutrient Cycles
The exchange of elements from biotic to
abiotic reserves in a ecosystem
Those elements that are cycled are water,
carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous.
The imbalance of nutrients with these
cycles presents problems for the
ecosystem
Human activity has made a great impact
on these cycles.

NITROGEN CYLCE
Air --- nitrogen gas (NOx)
Soil nitrates and ammonia
Nitrogen Fixation

Biotic Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Water nitrates
Need a graphic of the nitrogen cycle

CARBON CYCLE
Lithosphere historically are the two
largest reservoirs for carbon
Lithosphere carbonates, fossil fuels
Hydrosphere carbonates and dissolved
carbon dioxide gas
Biotic carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic
acids
Air carbon dioxide and methane
Need a graphic of the carbon cycle