Chemistry in Our Lives

11th Gradeβ€’90 minutes

Learning Objective

I can describe why chemistry is important to my life,

Key Concepts

The Haber process involves combining nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas to produce ammonia, which is used in fertilizer.

Without the Haber process, farmers would only be able to produce enough food for 4 billion people, leaving over 3 billion people without food.

According to Le Chatelier's principle, increasing the pressure on a system in equilibrium will cause the system to favor the side with fewer molecules.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Why is the Haber process considered a significant discovery?

2. What is the role of nitrogen in plant growth?

3. Why can't plants directly use nitrogen from the air?

...and 9 more questions

Educational Video

The chemical reaction that feeds the world - Daniel D. Dulek

TED-Ed

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