7.2 Organisation of an ecosystem

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Question 13
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Food waste can be decomposed anaerobically in an industrial compost digester to produce a useful biogas mixture.

The pie chart below shows the percentage composition of gases in a sample of biogas collected from the digester.

Composition of biogas

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Gas X is the main combustible fuel gas in the biogas. What is the chemical name of Gas X?

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b.

Calculate the percentage of Gas X in the biogas sample. Show your working.

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Name two groups of microorganisms that are responsible for the decomposition of organic waste.

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d.

Explain how a temperature increase from 15 ∘C15\text{ }^\circ\text{C}15 ∘C to 38 ∘C38\text{ }^\circ\text{C}38 ∘C affects the rate of decay by these microorganisms.

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