Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Endothermic Reactions

Ganymede is a moon composed of a variety of metals, water (in form of solid ice), carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. From research some even predict that organic compounds could be present on the moon. With this being said, if we were to bring a form of vegetation to our bio dome along with access usable water and organic compound (soil, gravel, dirt, etc.), and then we could create a system. In this system the plants would be planted in the organic material and watered with the melted ice, along with the humans CO2 to undergo photosynthesis and produce oxygen within the bio dome. This is a endothermic reaction because to produce the oxygen the plants have to absorb sunlight in the form of heat/ UV rays. If the reaction or system requires energy or heat to complete the reaction than it is an endothermic reaction and has a positive charge.

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