Unit 9 - Every breath you take

Content

• The atmosphere, its contents and pressure, SI units.
• The physical properties of gases related to the kinetic theory.
• The gas laws, Boyle's, Charles', Avogadro's
• The mechanism of breathing in land vertebrates, fish and invertebrates
• The mechanism of gas exchange.
• The acid-base nature of metal and non-metal oxides
• Atmospheric pollution
• The effect of increase carbon dioxide content in the air on the oceanic habitat
• The rate of chemical reactions.

Skills and understanding

• Describe gas exchange in vertebrates and invertebrates
• Predict the acid-base nature of oxides using the periodic table
• Use the gas law equations to solve simple problems
• Describe the Greenhouse effect.
• Determine the rate of gas evolution.