Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Nitrogen

1. The three chemicals that are needed for plants to survive are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

2. The three plants that can use N2 are soybeans, peas, and clover. These plants can use just N2 because they all have a symbiotic bacteria in their roots that converts the N2 from the air into chemically usable form.

3. The form that nitrogen is most present in fertilizer is in a chemical form.

4. The amount of nitrogen in the air total adds up to about 78% of the total amount of air.

5. Nitrogen can harm the environment in many ways. One way is that overuse of fertilizer will cause the nitrogen in the fertilizer to sink in the ground, get into water systems which will eventually harm marine life, and finally kill all the animals.

6. It will reduce the need for fertilizer because making crops that are annual  perennial will reduce the need for fertilizer because instead of using fertilizer each year this would mean that they would only add fertilizer just once over about three years.

Thursday, September 9, 2010



The elements I found were:
Ne+ H= no attraction
When you mix neon and hydrogen  as I discovered in the video you will get no reaction at all.

H+C= attraction
In this reaction the Carbon and Hydrogen attract each other.

Sodium Chloride+ electricity= Element separation
 When you add sodium chloride (also known as salt) with electricity you get what is called element separation.
H2o+K= Explosive reaction
When you add H2o or water to potassium you will get a explosive reaction.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Octet Rule, Bohr Diagram, and the Lewis Dot Diagram

Octet Rule- The Octet Rule is a scientific rule that states that atoms will tend to combine in a certain way so that they will have eight electrons on the outer most shell. Some elements that are good examples of the octet rule are carbon,nitrogen,oxygen,and halogens.