Have you ever sat in your chemistry class, being bored out of your mind? I know I have! (Jokes, I love chemistry!). You sit there and you wonder, when am I ever going to need to use my knowledge of decomposition, or synthesis, or combustion, and when do these weird reactions even happen in our everyday life? I know right?! Its so complicated that the chances of them occurring in real life are probably the same as seeing a cat do the Charleston on top of your house, right? WRONG! Reactions are everywhere, they a here, they are happening! Don't believe me? Read this super fun/interesting article about reactions and how they are everywhere in our lives! http://www.csun.edu/~jk323784/subjects/chemistry/notes/chem_rxns.pdf. Reactions are always happening all over the place, from photosynthesis to the spaghetti your mom is making for dinner tonight...In fact, do you know that you a chemical reaction is happening right now? As you are reading this, if you are a living being i assume you need to breathe right? Well, there is your reaction! When you breathe in about 21% Oxygen, 0.03% Carbon, 78% Nitrogen, and depending on the setting, certain amounts of water!(H2O). So what comes out and how is it a reaction, well you breathe out about 16% Oxygen, 4% Carbon, 78% Nitrogen, and lots of water, Its both a synthesis and a decomposition reaction, it decomposes the glucose that is achieved through photosynthesis, which forms the glucose we breathe in, and synthesizes to form Adenosine triphosphate , which is a whole other story we might cover another time...The formula for those who care, for our respiration or "breathing" is C6H12O6 + O2 → CO2 + H2O + Energy. So you see? Chemical reactions are a big part of what makes you walk around and live, there are more reactions going on every second than we can even count! So get out there, see what you can discover! And hopefully you won't fall asleep in chemistry class again! Do you have any interesting reaction that might not be in the article or this post? Write it in the comments and let us know!
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Hi Mykola! Super interesting article. I must admit that learning about some chemistry concepts are a huge pain (nomenclature). Chemistry is pretty much the study of well, everything. I think that it's important for everyone to remember that although sometimes chem concepts are complicated, it's important to know what's happening in the world that we live in.
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