Taj Mahal part 2 - 1-How might acid rain affect the Taj Mahal?
By Melanie Kline
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12 Questions
Suspect 1: Sulfuric Acid
Look at the molecule models to the left and use them to answer the following questions about what could be produced if Sulfuric acid is causing the problem:
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Which product(s) could be made by a reaction between sulfuric acid & calcium carbonate? Select all that apply.
Which product(s) could be made by a reaction between sulfuric acid & calcium carbonate? Select all that apply.
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Which product(s) could NOT be made by a reaction between sulfuric acid & calcium carbonate? Select all that apply.
Which product(s) could NOT be made by a reaction between sulfuric acid & calcium carbonate? Select all that apply.
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Explain why those product(s) could not be made. Use evidence from the molecule models, and what you know about what atoms/molecules do during chemical reactions.
Explain why those product(s) could not be made. Use evidence from the molecule models, and what you know about what atoms/molecules do during chemical reactions.
Suspect 2: Nitric Acid
Could a chemical reaction between nitric acid (HNO3) and molecules of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) produce any of the proposed products below? Look at the molecule models to the left to figure out your answer.
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Which products could be made by a reaction between nitric acid & calcium carbonate? Select all that apply.
Which products could be made by a reaction between nitric acid & calcium carbonate? Select all that apply.
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Explain why those products could be made. Use evidence from the molecule models, and what you know about what atoms/molecules do during chemical reactions.
Explain why those products could be made. Use evidence from the molecule models, and what you know about what atoms/molecules do during chemical reactions.
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Which products could NOT be made by a reaction between sulfuric acid & calcium carbonate. Select all that apply.
Which products could NOT be made by a reaction between sulfuric acid & calcium carbonate. Select all that apply.
Use this data table for the next two questions.
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What property of calcium nitrate could cause it to slowly wash away in the rain?
What property of calcium nitrate could cause it to slowly wash away in the rain?
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Looking at all of the properties of calcium carbonate (marble), why would the builders of the Taj Mahal have thought marble would last in the rain much longer than it did?
Looking at all of the properties of calcium carbonate (marble), why would the builders of the Taj Mahal have thought marble would last in the rain much longer than it did?
Construct a scientific explanation to advise the government of India. The government of India wants to slow down the destruction of the Taj Mahal’s marble, so they are considering limiting the pollution that causes acid rain.
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Which pollutant would you advise them to limit most, sulfuric acid or nitric acid?
Which pollutant would you advise them to limit most, sulfuric acid or nitric acid?
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Describe how the pollutant you selcted in the last question leads to changes in matter at a particle level. (Look back at the molecule models for that pollutant.)
Describe how the pollutant you selcted in the last question leads to changes in matter at a particle level. (Look back at the molecule models for that pollutant.)
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Explain why those particle changes lead to the marble of the Taj Mahal washing away.
Explain why those particle changes lead to the marble of the Taj Mahal washing away.
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Explain how limiting that pollutant would slow down the breakdown of the marble.
Explain how limiting that pollutant would slow down the breakdown of the marble.