Name:ShanyCardenas

Date:10/9/14

PeriodicalsCovalentCompound

CovalentCompoundSelected:CarbonDioxide
WhydidyouselectthisCovalentCompound?IsitPolarorNonpolarCovalent?
NonPolar

HowisthisCovalentCompoundimportant/relevanttoyourlife?
Maingasweexhale

FactsontheCovalentCompound

Source1Title:CarbonDioxideEmissions
MLACitation:"CarbonDioxideEmissions."EPA.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,n.d.
Web.08Oct.2014.<http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html>.

1. CO2
2. Maingasweexhale
3. Unreactivegasforthepurposeofwine
4. Colorless/odorless
5. NaturallypresentintheatmosphereaspartoftheEarth'scarboncycle
6. burningcoalwillproducemoreCO2thanoilornaturalgas
7. Transportation(gasolineanddiesel)isthesecondlargestsourceofCO2
8. bothproducedandabsorbedbymanymicroorganisms,plants,andanimals.
9. ToreduceCO2wemustreducefossilfuelconsumption
10. Carbondioxide'slifetimeispoorlydefinedbecausethegasisnotdestroyedover
time,butinsteadmovesamongdifferentpartsoftheoceanatmosphereland
system.

FactsonthefirstNONMETALinyourCompound

Source2Title:10CarbonFacts
MLACitation:"10CarbonFacts."About.N.p.,n.d.Web.09Oct.2014.
<http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/carbonfacts.htm>.

1. C
2. ComesfromLatinwordcarbomeaningcoal
3. Relativelyunreactive
4. Occursinalllivingorganisms
5. Cantakeformasthehardestsubstance(diamond)orthesoftest(graphite)
6. Madeintheinteriorofastar
7. Highestmeltingpointoftheelements
8. Canbefoundpureinnature
9. Nontoxic
10. 4thmostabundantelementintheuniverse

FactsonthesecondNONMETALinyourCompound

Source2Title:FactsaboutOxygen
MLACitation:Pappas,Stephanie."FactsAboutOxygen."LiveScience.TechMedia
Network,28Sept.2014.Web.06Oct.2014.
<http://www.livescience.com/28738oxygen.html>.

1. O
2. Neededinplantsandanimalsrespiratorysystem
3. Colorless/Odorless
4. Tasteless
5. Liquidandsolidoxygenispaleblue
6. ofthemassofahumanbodyismadeupofoxygen
7. Makesup21%ofEarthsatmosphere
8. Mostreactiveoutofnonmetallicgases
9. Photosynthesis
10. Formsintheheartsofstars
11. Lungfriendlygas
12. Thirdmostabundantelementintheuniverse
13. Earthhasbeenoxygenatedsince2.4billionyearsago
14. Sunsmassismadeupof1%ofoxygen
15. Oxygentherapyisacommonmedicaltreatment
16. Firstdiscoveredin1772,
17. C.W.Scheelecalledthegas"fireair"becauseitwasneededforfiretoburn
18. Worldsoceancarriesdissolvedoxygenthatsupportslife
19. Photosynthesisreleasesoxygenintotheair
20. Toomuchoxygencanbetoxic