Termites live in the tropical rainforest breaking down dead and decaying plant material. As they break down the plant material they release methane, a greenhouse gas. Annually, 1,000 termites release approximately 500 grams of methane. Given a density of 3.5 X 106 termites per hectare, what is the annual amount of methane released, in kilograms, by the termites inhabiting a 3,000 hectare of tropical rainforest.

Approximately 5,250,000 kg of methane would be released.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: 1,000 termites release approximately 500 g of methane annually

           3.5 x termites per hectare

Thus, population of termites inhabiting 3,000 hectares = number of termites per hectare x 3,000

= 3.5 x x 3,000

= 10 500 000 000

= 1.05 x

Since 1,000 termites release 500 g of methane, then 10 500 000 000 termites would release:

x 500 g

= 5250000000 g

But 1000 g = 1 kg, so that;

 = 5250000 kg

Approximately, 5,250,000 kg of methane would be released by termites inhabiting 3,000 hectares of tropical rain forest.

answer: ok

step-by-step explanation:

chemists are often responsible for designing a chemical reaction and analyzing the products obtained from it. one significant part of designing a chemical reaction is determining the amount of each reactant that is needed and the amount of each product that will be produced. in order to do so, chemists use stoichiometry, the quantitative relationships between reactants and products.