Task 1 – Fritz Haber Stretch and Challenge A Task 2 – Feeding the World

What caused the distance between Haber and his father? In your opinion, would the achievements of a scientist such as Why can’t nitrogen be directly placed into soil?
Haber be attributed to his birth and family or his own hard
work and commitment to excellence?

Why was there a need to develop a new, synthetic fertiliser?

What skills did Haber develop during his first paid job?

Explain the role of fertiliser in farming/agriculture.

Compare Haber’s life before WW1 and post WW1.

Task 4 – Haber war Criminal or Saviour? Stretch and Challenge B Task 3 – ‘The Father’ of Chemical Warfare
Briefly discuss whether you believe Haber should be The Ammonia Synthesis In what ways was WW1 unlike any other previous war? (Tactics
considered a saviour or war criminal. State the conditions required for the Haber Process. and technology).

Explain the situation Germany faced midway through WW1

What impact has the Haber process (ammonia production) had before chemical warfare came in.
on World population?

Compare the graphs to describe and explain the relationship Why was Haber’s weapon of mass destruction so important?
between ammonia production and world population.