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= Tatiano Fishgrab and Anthony Newman = = 1) O2 + sunlight--> O +O Decomposition = = 2) O+ O2--> O3 Synthesis = = 3) O3 + sunlight --> O2 +O Decomposition = = 4) O + O3 --> O2 + O2 Single-Displacement =



Oxygen is an element that comes from group 16. Oxygen makes up a fifth of our atmosphere and is the third most element in the sun. The aurora at the poles is made up of rapidly moving oxygen interacting with the magnetism of the Earth's magnetosphere. Our bodies are made up of two thirds water which, in turn, is nine-tenths of oxygen. Like methane gas, oxygen is colorless, tasteless, and you can't smell it. You can only see oxygen in liquid and solid form in which it is pale blue. Explaining sunlight may be a bit confusing but basically it's just a catalyst for oxygen.

This chemical reaction is important because this allows us and scientists to know what is happening to our ozone and how to fix it. This could possibly allow us to mend the whole in our ozone layer. Knowing this information might be helpful in letting people know why its important to stop doing things that destroy the ozone layer. Enviromentalist's would profit from this information by knowing what other things they should protest or support. Products, such as bleach, bathroom cleaners, air fresheners such as Febreze.

All chemical reactions are important because it provides us with energy. With chemical reactions we can make vehicles work, lamps, air conditioning. They also have allowed us to make phones and internet. Chemical reactions are also important because they create chemical processes which in turn create life. Without chemical reactions nothing would exist, they make everything possible. They combine elements so that material is created. To summarize, without chemical reactions there would not be any form of life except in the form of single elements, we wouldn't have the technology that we have today, and they keep our planet from becoming like Venus, inhabitable.

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