Alka Seltzer Lab Report

During this lab we tested the reaction of alka seltzer in water. We used water and bromothymol blue (BTB) to help hypothesize what was happening with the alka seltzer in water. When we put the alka seltzer tablet in the water, it started fizzing. It created a lot of bubbles in the water which tells us that some kind of a gas was created when the alka seltzer was put into the water. The next step was the hypothesize what that gas might be. That mystery gas created by the alka seltzer in water had a reaction with the BTB. Since the BTB solution was under the soda bottle dome, a reasonable conclusion is that the gas released by the alka seltzer had a reaction on the BTB solution. The mystery gas turned the BTB solution from blue to yellow. This same reaction occurred when I blew carbon dioxide (CO2) into BTB solution. Since we exhale CO2, and the same reaction occurred with the mystery gas, I can hypothesize that when alka seltzer is combined with water, it creates CO2 gas. So what I learned from this experiment is that alka seltzer when combined with water
Right now, creating an excess amount of CO2 has had a significant impact on our environment. One of the biggest concerns in environmental science is that we are releasing too many greenhouses gases into our atmosphere which is heating up our plant. One of the main greenhouse gases we are concerned about is CO2. Although alka seltzer created CO2 gas, alka seltzer it not probably the problem because it is used in very small amount. However, many other reactions create CO2 as a byproduct, which is concerning. The combustion of fossil fuels to create energy is like the alka seltzer experiment, much on a much larger scale. The burning of fossil fuels creates huge amounts of CO2, which is very detrimental to our environment. Over time the excess creation of greenhouse gases, like CO2, will have large repercussions on our