You examine an ice core sample from 10,000 years ago when global temperatures were unusually high. Based upon past studies and i
1 answer:
Methane was unusually high is the correct option. Hence, option B is correct.
<h3>What is methane?</h3>Methane is the simplest member of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons and is among the most potent greenhouse gases. Its chemical formula is .
As the ice compacts over some time, tiny bubbles of the atmosphere or surroundings including greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane—press inside the ice. These air pocket “fossils” give samples of what the atmosphere was kind when that layer of ice formed.
Based upon past studies and insights from current GHG levels, we assume that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and methane were unusually low.
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Answer:
12 atm
Explanation:
First, let us convert Celcius into Kelvin: 28.0 °C = 301.15 K and 129.0 °C = 402.15 K
For this question we must employ the Combined Gas Law: , where
is the initial pressure and
is the new pressure.
We know that intitially, P=9 atm, V=30 L, and T=301.15K. From our problem, only temperature and pressure changes, while the number of moles, volume and the gas constant, R, stay the same, so they are irrelevant.
Thus, the filled out Combined Gas Law would be:
=
, where the volume, moles of gas, and R are cancelled out.
We can manipulate this equation to derive the new pressure. We find that
9atm≈0.74885.
This means that
≈9/0.74885≈12 atm