A commercial greenhouse monitors its carbon footprint
CHEMISTRY · Multi-part · A Level · Chemistry · Amount of substance · Amount of substance
Problem
A commercial greenhouse monitors its carbon footprint. Continuous sensing shows that the facility releases 3.50×1022 molecules of CO2 to the atmosphere each minute during peak photosynthetic activity.
Answer the following questions.
(a) Calculate the amount, in moles, of CO2 emitted per minute.
(b) Determine the total mass (in grams) of CO2 released during a 24.0-hour period, reporting your answer to three significant figures.
(c) Briefly discuss two practical actions the greenhouse could take to reduce this daily CO2 output, relating each action to the quantitative result obtained in part (b).