MYP 9

Unit 6: Air and water



Students should:

     
• know the constituents of air and how to separate them. Air composition and pollution. The greenhouse effect    
• understand the natural balance of the atmosphere and the role played by man. The carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, water cycle and nitrogen cycle    
• appreciate the need for monitoring and care of the environment. Water treatment and water pollution.    
• know the water cycle and the treatment received before it arrives in a house. Project on pollution. (A)    
• appreciate the special characteristics of water and its behaviour as a solvent.

 

   
• understand the mechanism of dissolution of ionic materials.    
• appreciate the mobility of ions in solution.    
• understand the precipitation process and be able to predict precipitation given familiar and unfamiliar compounds.    
  Expt 17: The reaction between sodium hydroxide solution and six different metal sulphate solutions (E)    
  Expt 18: To determine the solubility of two salts in water. Plan. (D,E)    
  Solubility curves.    
  Expt 19: Solubility curves. (D,E)    
  Solubility curve data sheet (E)    
  Test: Air and water (C)    
       
       
       
       


 
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