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For this project we had to write about CO2 in our atmosphere and how we contribute to it. we only had a weekend to work on it so some of the requirements were cut. Every year the average American produces 20 metric tons or 22 tons of CO2. What is CO2? What does it do? Where does it come from? And how can I cut down on it? CO2 or carbon dioxide is a gas in our atmosphere that is a great insulator and is responsible for global warming. Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of burning fossil fuels, some industrial processes, and ocean atmosphere exchange  But how does carbon dioxide come from nature? Carbon dioxide is naturally made from forest fires and breathing. There are natural ways that carbon is filtered out of the atmosphere such as photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs in plants and is the process of taking water, carbon dioxide, and using sunlight to create sugar for plant food and the release of O2. Carbon is also created when trees die, decompose, become covered by dirt and roc...

For this Unit in fuel we focused on finding the best fuel in terms of how clean cost effective and energy dense it so for this AP we were tasked with making an infomercial about what we thought is the best clean energy. so i did nuclear the reasons why will be explained in the video Why Nuclear? by HJP from GCE Lab School on Vimeo .

For this unit in Fuel we focused on the chemistry of fuel and basic graphing for the AP we made a slide show about a non renewable energy in a country when compared to the US for this assignment I chose to show coal in South Africa and USA then we had to present the assignment in front of the graph.