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 |