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Thursday 23 July 2020

Esol - Water pollution

                      Water is life, take care of it!

We cant drink water. Water pollution is a serious environmental issue. Water is said to be polluted if its physical, biological, and chemical properties are deteriorated via anthropogenic and natural activities. water pollution has impacted humans and animals in all aspects. It is hazardous to the environment. 


What is water pollution? The water we drink daily usually looks clean; however, it is contaminated with microscopic pollutants. In New Zealand, it is a big problem because there is a lot of farmlands and rural areas. Animals on farms poo everywhere and it goes down into the soil and finds its way into the ocean and sea. However, we cannot do anything to it because farming is one of the main businesses in NZ. It has been the NZ backbone for the economy.           

Tuesday 21 July 2020

Science

Copper Coin Experiment

First, we cleaned our Coins in Salt and vinegar solution. Then we put 50ml of 2mol+ Naoh into a beaker. We heated the beaker on the bunsen burner and stir as heating and then take off the heat. We added a spatula of Zinc powder and heat lightly for 30 min with the coin inside and stir as heating. Then we take the coin out with the scissor tongs. After that, we rinse the coin under water to remove chunks of zinc and the last thing we did was wave the coin in the blue flame using tongs and the coin turned to gold. And that was the end of the experiment

Friday 3 July 2020

The periodic table

what are the different types of elements? metals, non-metals, and gasses

What are the transition metals? The 38 elements in groups 3 through 12 of the periodic table are called "transition metals". 

What are Alkali metals? any of the elements lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium, occupying Group IA (1) of the periodic table. They are very reactive, electropositive, monovalent metals forming strongly alkaline hydroxides.

what are noble gasses? any of the gaseous elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, occupying Group 0 (18) of the periodic table. They were long believed to be totally unreactive but compounds of xenon, krypton, and radon are now known.

A fact about the periodic table - The only letter not in the periodic table is J