Gases and Climate Change

Hypothesis: If the rubbing alcohol is lit with a lighter, then it will combust, albeit not on a large scale.

When the flame is held up to the cap, then the alcohol built up in the bottle, causing the kinetic energy to transfer to physical energy, and then the bottle flew across the room.

The greenhouse effect is the the process of greenhouse gases absorbing and trapping, reflecting it to space, which in turn brings it back and holds it hostage in the atmosphere. Some of these gases include methane, water vapor, ozone (which is actually good outside of the atmosphere) and carbon dioxide.



When the carbon dioxide gas is exposed to the catalyst, the candle, then it will ignite a large flame.

Highly unexpected. What I forgot is that the gas traps the flame, as in the greenhouse effect. And, fire needs oxygen to burn.

C02 may help plants, but once that ever important balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide is shifted, then we will have essentially time warped back into 200 million years ago. Everything is good in moderation.



When the hydrogen is exposed to the flame, a flame will be created by the chemical reaction of the two. However, I do not believe it will be as extreme as others.

Wow! Once the zinc was truly introduced, and the flame was exposed, the hydrogen began a reaction of continuous bubbles and crackling. A loud vinyl-like sound emerged, like fireworks would. I found it to be quite a good replacement for fuel.


Although solar electricity may not be a huge chunk of current electricity generated, it has massive potential if silicon reserves can be found in more places, because currently, only pricing is holding solar back. A different type of solar energy is more passive and can't be measured. This is created with strategic positioning of reflecting surfaces, such as windows, into a building to help prevent the cost of using air conditioner.

When the water is placed back in the water, then the can will steam all across the room.

Nothing really happened, and there was a sense of major disappointment from the bystanders. The water vapor did not really change into another thing.

If the can is put upside-down, then it will react and shoot up towards the ceiling.

Instead of the pressure lifting the can up, it instead shot back up into the can, causing it to collapse under the pressure. The loud crunching noise frightened the room, and the crunching was almost immediate.