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Chemistry Merit Badge Worksheet

Requirement 1
Explain the meaning of chemistry.

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Discuss the branches of chemistry.

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Discuss how chemistry is different from other fields of natural science.

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Requirement 2
 Show that a candle flame uses up oxygen from the air and produces carbon dioxide.

 Demonstrate that heating sawdust or wood chips produces a gas that burns.

Sketch the carbon dioxide – oxygen cycle.

Requirement 3
Explain how the following gases are produced industrially.

 Oxygen
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 Hydrogen
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 Chlorine
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 Ammonia
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Requirement 4
Differentiate the following.

 Carbonates
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 Sulfides
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 Chlorides
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 Acids
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 Gases
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Requirement 5
Write the formulas for two compounds that make water hard.

Provide the Name of Compound # 1: ______________________________________________________________________

Formula for Compound # 1

Provide the Name of Compound # 2: ______________________________________________________________________

Formula for Compound # 2

Write an equation describing how a home water softener works.

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Requirement 6
Explain what oxygen does in the animal body.
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Tell how the following are carried in the body.

 Oxygen
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 Carbon Dioxide
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 Carbon Monoxide
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Describe the chemical reaction that take place when the following happens.

 Vegetables Cook
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 Meats Cook
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 Bread Dough Rises

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 Bread Bakes
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 Bread is Chewed
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Requirement 7
 Carry out an experiment to show the different ways of protecting iron or steel from rusting.

 Give examples using Scouting utensils.

Why aluminum does not rust?

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Why iron does rust?

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Requirement 8
Do any two of the following:

 Visit a plant that makes chemical products, and uses chemical processes.

What plant did you visit? ________________________________________________________________________________

Describe the chemical processes used.

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 Visit a laboratory or place of business that uses chemicals.

What laboratory did you visit? ___________________________________________________________________________

Write down how and why the chemicals are stored.

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 Learn how chemistry is meeting farm problems of soil fertility and crop pests.

What did you learn about soil fertility?

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What did you learn about crop pests?

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 Explain the differences in university courses for training the following:

Chemical Technicians
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Chemists
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Chemical Engineers
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Describe two (2) different kinds of work done by:

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