| A | B |
| cellular respiration needs | oxygen and sugar |
| cellular respiration produces | ENERGY, carbon dioxide, water |
| cellular respiration happens in the | mitochondria |
| Nitrates cause | algal blooms |
| Nitrates come from | Feces and Fertilizer |
| Radioactive Dating | Absolute Dating |
| Absolute Dating | Exact Age |
| Relative Dating | Relating to something else (older or younger) |
| Universal Solvent | WATER |
| Cohesion | Water Molecules together forming drops |
| Adhesion | Water molecules sticking to other things |
| Polarity | Uneven distribution of charges, Polar Pals |
| Density | Mass per unit Volume |
| Density | If less than water will float |
| Buoyancy | Force pushing items up in water |
| Specific Heat | Energy it takes to change temperature 1 degree |
| Water's Specific Heat | High |
| Location of most water on Earth | Ocean |
| Location of most freshwater | Ice Caps and Glaciers |
| Drinking Water | Groundwater/Surface Water |
| River Basin | Area where water collects into a large body of water |
| Watershed | Smaller area where water collects in larger body of water |
| Water Available for Human Consumption | <1% |
| Estuaries | Salt and Freshwater mixed (Brackish) |
| Estuaries | lots of nutrients and creates breeding ground for animals |
| Phytoplankton | Primary Producer |
| Upwelling | Nutrients moved from bottom to top of ocean |
| Salinity | Amount of salt in water |
| SONAR | Soundwaves used to determine depth of ocean |
| Water Quality Indicator affected by turbidity | Temperature |
| If nitrates go up or temperature goes up | Dissolved Oxygen goes down |
| Low Dissolved Oxygen | Fish Die |
| Ideal pH | 7 |
| Algal Blooms cause | high turbidity |
| Bio-indicators | need specific conditions to survive |
| Underground Storage Leak | Point Source Pollution |
| Runoff | Non-Point Source Pollution |
| Economic Trade-off | purchases water for tourists |
| Stewardship | Responsibility for taking care of resources for future generations |
| Synthetic Chemical | Man-made |
| Compound | Two or more elements |
| Pure Substances | Elements and Compounds |
| Periods on Periodic Table | Number of Orbital Shells |
| Rows on the Periodic Table | Number of Valence Electrons |
| Right of the Stair-Step | Non-metals |
| Left of Stair-Step | Metals |
| On Stair-Step | Semi-metals/Metalloids |
| Familes on Periodic Table | Share similar properties |
| Protons | Atomic Number |
| Electrons | Protons/Atomic Number |
| Neutrons | Atomic Number -Atomic Mass |
| Protons + Neutrons | Atomic Mass |
| Nucleus | Mass of Atom (Protons & Neutrons) |
| Electron Cloud | Volume of Atom (Electrons) |
| Solubility | Ability to be dissolved |
| Malleability | Hammered into thin sheet |
| Physical Property | Density, Specific Heat, Melting Point |
| Chemical Property | Reactivity, Flammability |
| Indicator of Chemical Change | Gas |
| Chemical Change Indicator | Evolution of Heat |
| Chemical Reaction Indicator | Temperature and/or color change |
| Solid formed out of Chemical Reaction | Precipitate |
| Law of Conservation of Matter | It cannot be created or destroyed |
| Carcingen | Cancer causing agent |
| Chemical Exposure | Amount of time in contact with a chemcial |
| Potency | Strength of chemical |
| Susceptibility | Older adults, young children, and people with immune disease |
| Vulnerability to Chemical | Susceptibility |
| Geologic Time Scale | Tells story of both biological and geological changes |
| Index Fossil | Used to date layers around it (Trilobite) |
| Law of Superposition | On bottom older/On top younger |
| Unconformity | Disruption in rock layers |
| Ice Cores | Help determine climate changes |
| Mass Extinction | When all the organisms in a species die |
| Mechanical Weathering | Crack in Rock due to ice |
| Chemical Weathering | Change in rock due to acid rain |
| Pangea | All continents were once connected |
| Continental Drift | Movement off tectonic plates |
| Satellite Imagery | Used to monitor changes on earth |
| Groundtruthing | Visit area to determine if images are correct |
| Urban Sprawl | City and building taking over a rural area |
| Cell Theory | All cells come from existing cells |
| Single Celled | One cell able to function on its own |
| Multi-celled | many cells working together to create one organism |
| Cell Membrane | Gate Keeper |
| Nucleus | Brain/DNA |
| Mitochondria | Energy |
| Lysosomes | Scrap Yard (only animals) |
| Ribosomes | synthesize protein |
| Cytoplasm | jelly-like substance in cell |
| Cell Wall | Help keep structure only plant cells and bacteria |
| Chloroplast | Photosythesis |
| Carrier | Human that spreads disease |
| Vector | Non-human that spreads disease |
| Mitosis | Cell reproduction |
| osmosis | movement of water across cell |
| Euglena | flagellum |
| Amoeba | psuedopodia |
| Paramecium | cilia |
| Volvox | multiple flagellum |