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GRADE 12 – UNIT 5: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

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This unit explores the principles of green chemistry, emphasizing sustainable and environmentally friendly chemical processes. It highlights the importance of reducing hazardous substances, minimizing waste, and improving energy efficiency. Key concepts include:

  1. Greenhouse Effect: The role of greenhouse gases like CO₂ and CH₄ in trapping heat and contributing to global warming.
  2. Pollution: The impact of air, water, and soil pollutants such as heavy metals, plastics, and industrial emissions on the environment and human health.
  3. Atom Economy: A measure of reaction efficiency, promoting the use of processes that maximize the incorporation of reactants into the final product.
  4. Ozone Depletion: The effects of harmful gases, such as nitrogen oxides, on the ozone layer, leading to increased UV radiation exposure.
  5. Cleaner Production: Using renewable resources, safer chemicals, and energy-efficient methods to reduce environmental harm and promote sustainability.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Define environmental chemistry.
  • Describe the components that make the environment.
  • Explain environmental pollution.
  • Identify the 3 types of environmental pollution and names of the pollutants.
  • Discuss the causes and effects of air, water and land pollution.
  • Discuss air, water and soil pollution.
  • Describe the main methods to reduce air, water and land pollution.
  • Describe pollutants of the environment.
  • List greenhouse gases and describe their effect.
  • Discuss about global warming and climate change.
  • Apply pollution control mechanisms for controlling, air, water and land pollution.
  • Describe principle of Green chemistry and cleaner production.
  • Apply the principle of Green chemistry and cleaner production in doing experiments.
  • Design chemical reactions that go hand in hand with principles of Green chemistry and cleaner production.
  • Develop inquiry skills along this unit: observing, predicting, classifying, communicating, and inferring.

Course Content

UNIT 5: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

  • TextBook Review Exercice Part 1
  • TextBook Review Exercice Part II
  • TextBook Review Exercice Part III
  • TextBook Review Exercice Part IV

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