Dream Car Stoichiometry Project  The purpose of this project is to calculate the environmental impact of your dream car compared to any other car … the other car could be the car you drive now, or the car your parents drive, or a car you would think would be environmentally friendly

POINTS

Task

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1. Choose your dream car and insert a picture off the Internet.   

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2. Insert a photo of yourself into the driver’s seat  

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3. find the miles per gallon your car gets on the highway and record it on poster

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4. Balance the equation for the combustion of octane

C₈H₁₈ +   O₂ →   CO₂ +   H₂O

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5. Assume you drive 15,000 miles in one year calculate the number of gallons your car using in one year

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6. Convert gallons to mL.  (1 gallon = 3785.4 mL)

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7. Look up the density of octane and use it to calculate the mass of octane you would use in one year.

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8. calculate liters of CO₂ at STP from grams of octane 

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9. calculate number of 2 liter bottles would be needed to contain all the CO₂ your dream car produces.  

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10. Repeat all steps and calculations for one other car [#1-9]

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11. write a thoughtful explanation (50 words minimum) describing why you would want to know how much CO₂ your dream car produces

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12. Create a neat, organized and colorful final product [poster] with all information included.

  75 Points