carbon dioxide

     

−57 °C (216 K) (uner pressure)

Trivia about carbon dioxide

  • It's what gives soda pop the bubbles
  • Cakes rise in an oven because baking powder or yeast in the batter produces this gas
  • In breathing it's the gas you expel to the atmosphere
  • In 1835 C.S.A. Thilorier froze this gas to create the first "dry ice"
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.) For plants which may go into space, the Life Sciences Lab studies the effect of light, temperature & this gas formed in respiration
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a beach UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) In 1958, Scripps scientist Charles Keeling began using flasks to measure this gas in the atmosphere; the "Keeling curve" is a symbol of climate change
  • Trees help humanity by absorbing this gas, but it's released to the atmosphere when they are burned
  • Recent studies in Oman & New Guinea have discovered peridotite rocks that can absorb tons of this major greenhouse gas
  • Green plants use the Sun's rays to turn water & this gas into carbohydrates
  • Animals exhale this gas during respiration
  • The Environmental Defense Fund has proposed new forests be planted to absorb this gas
  • The long leaves of the milfoil plant are especially suited to absorb this gas underwater
  • As seen on the Internet, dropping Mentos into diet soda releases this gas out of suspension, creating a geyser
  • 2 odorless ingredients in your Pepsi are caffeine & this gas that gives it bubbles
  • The gas you exhale, it makes dry ice when solid
  • Stomata, leaf pores that take in this gas, enlarge hen its level in the air drops below normal
  • Our atmosphere has 21% oxygen & a little of this gas; Venus has just a trace of oxygen & 95% this gas
  • It's about .03% of the air; you breathe a little in & a lot out
  • The raw materials required for photosynthesis are water & this gas
  • (Here is our science guy, Bill Nye) It's the gas produced by adding vinegar, an acid, to sodium bicarbonate
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads next to a doctor inserting a large syringe into a simulated abdomen.)This gas that's eliminated during respiration is what gets pumped into the abdomen to expand it & give surgeons room to work
  • Around 1630 Jan van Helmont discovered this gas given off by burning wood & called it gas sylvestre
  • Baking powder produces this gas
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew performs a science experiment.) By mixing baking soda, a chemical base, with the acid in the lime juice, this gas is produced, resulting in a bubbly liquid
  • Under intense heat & in the presence of oxygen, a diamond will burn & form this gas
  • Add 4 tbsp, vinegar & 3 tbsp. baking soda to a glass of water & this gas will make raisins bounce in it
  • You exhale this gas first identified by British scientist Joseph Black in the 1750s
  • No. 9 in "Green Stories":"Northeastern utilities bid $38.5 million for the right to emit 12.5 tons of" this
  • Pop Rocks pop in your mouth because they contain bubbles of this gas
  • In March 2001 President Bush decided not to begin regulating emissions of this from power plants
  • Automobiles are equipped with catalytic converters that convert carbon monoxide into this gas
  • Dry ice is made by compressing and cooling this gas
  • Contributing to its high temperature, Venus' atmosphere is predominantly made up of this gas
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew performs an experiment.) To make a simple fire extinguisher, just put some vinegar in baking soda and the chemical reaction produces this gas, which will put out a flame
  • The atmosphere of Venus, the heaviest of any planet, is mainly this common gas 1.5 times heavier than air
  • The tingle on your tongue from drinking soda comes from the release of protons from this compound
  • If we were on Mars, the atmosphere would be incredibly thin, consisting mainly of this gas
  • If your burn a diamond in the presence of oxygen, it will form this gas

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