| A | B |
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| Reactants of Photosynthesis | Carbon Dioxide, Water, Sunlight |
| Products of Photosynthesis | Food, Oxygen |
| Reactants of Respiration | Food, Oxygen |
| Products of Respiration | Carbon Dioxide, Water, Energy |
| Renewable Resource (def) | resource replaced in nature as fast or faster than it is used |
| Nonrenewable Resource (def) | resource that exists in a fixed amount and is used up faster than it is replaced |
| Examples of Renewable Resources | Oxygen, Solar Energy, Carbon Dioxide |
| Examples of Nonrenewable Resources | All Metals, Sand, Gravel, Sulfur |
| Most Abundant Gas in the Atmosphere & % | Nitrogen 78% |
| 2nd Most Abundant Gas in the Atmosphere & % | Oxygen 21% |
| Respiration (def) | Process by which oxygen is combined with food molecules to produce energy |
| Photosynthesis (def) | Process by which plants use light to convert carbon dioxide & water into sugars & oxygen |
| Pollution (def) | Process that occurs when some part of the environment is changed in a way that makes it unfit for human, plant, or animal use |
| Pollutant (def) | Component or new chemical added to something to the point it causes harm |
| Ore (def) | Rock that has enough of the metal or non-metal in it to make its separation profitable |
| Ore Mineral (def) | The valuable mineral of an ore |
| Examples of Ore Minerals | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper |
| Gangue (def) | The remains of the ore that is not as profitable |
| Examples of Gangue | Quartz, calcite, dolomite, feldspar |
| 7 Important Nonmetals | Sand, Gravel, Building Stone, Rock Salt, Talc, Graphite, Gypsum |
| The 4 R's of Conservation | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Respond |
| Fossil Fuels (def) | Fuel formed from the remains of plants and animals |
| 3 Examples of Fossils Fuels | Coal, Oil, Natural Gas |
| Coal (def) | An organic Sedimentary rock |
| 4 Steps in the formation series of Coal | Peat, Lignite, Bituminous Coal, Anthracite Coal |
| Type of Coal with the highest % of Carbon | Anthracite |
| Step of Coal formation that produces the most smoke | Peat |
| Does coal burn cleaner or with more smoke if there is a higher % of Carbon in the Coal | Cleaner |
| 4 Examples of Hydrocarbons | Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, Propane, Motor Oil |
| Oil Trap (def) | Impermeable layer of Shale above sandstone. The sandstone has petroleum in it. |
| Order of Oil, Water, & Natural Gas in an oil trap from bottom to top | Water, Oil, Natural Gas |
| 4 Alternative Energy Sources | Solar, Hydroelectric, Wind, Geothermal |
| Photo (def) | Light |
| Voltaic | Electricity |
| Photon (def) | Light particle |
| Silicon (def) | The element that makes up the greatest % of a solar cell |
| Phosphorus (def) | Sprayed to create the negative side of a solar cell |
| Boron (def) | The element that causes part of a solar cell to have a positive charge |
| Static Electricity | Involves electrons that are moved from one place to another usually by rubbing or brushing a nonconductor |
| Direct Current | Current that directly flows through a conductor, such as a metal wire. |
| Alternating Current | A back-and-forth movement of electrons in a wire, |
| Salinization (def) | Condition caused by the evaporation of irrigation water, which leaves too much mineral matter on the soil surface, inhibiting plant growth |
| Desertification (def) | The removal of soil by wind or rain in areas left exposed by the removal of plant covers |
| Soil Depletion (def | A condition in which soil no longer can grow usable crops, brought on by the removal of nutrients during harvesting |
| Eutrophication (def) | Phosphates & nitrates from fertilizers & detergents enter lake water & lead to the unusual growth of some algae, aerobic bacteria eat dead algae and oxygen for larger needed by larger fish is used up so fish die. |
| anaerobic (def) | Does not use oxygen |
| aerobic (def) | Uses oxygen |
| Best time to water your lawn | 5am - 10 am |
| Increase of this organism in the Barnegat Bay is due to Eutrophication | Jelly Fish AKA Sea Neattles |
| Proper Shape for mulching | Donut |
| Result product of Ocean County's Sewage | Ocean Gro Fertilizer |
| pH of acid rain | 3 |
| pH of rain | 5.6 |
