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Chemistry
9th Grade
06/15/2010

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What is the symbol for compressed gas?
Definition

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A circle with a tude like item inside.

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What is the symbol for flammable or combustible material?
Definition

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A circle witha flame inside.

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What is the symbol for oxidizing material?
Definition

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A circle with a flame around a circle inside.

Term
What is the symbol for poisonous (infectious) material causing immediate and serious toxic effects?
Definition

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A circle with a skull and cross bones inside.

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What is the symbol for poisonous (infectious) materials that cause others toxic effects?
Definition

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A circle with a T-like exclamation mark inside.

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What is the symbol for biohazardous material?
Definition

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A circle with a 3 figured symbol.

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What is the symbol for corrosive material?
Definition

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A circle with a test tude spilling on a item and a hand, burning them

Term
What is the symbol for dangerous reative material?
Definition

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A circle with a shinning R inside.

Term

What are the risks for compressed gas?

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Definition
Contents are under high pressure
Could explode if heated or dropped
Term

What are the risks for flammable materials?

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Definition

Catches fire easily

May ignite without warning

Term

What are the risks for oxidizing material?

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Definition

Maybe cause combustible material to explode

Increases fire hazards

Term

What are the risks for poisonous materials causing immediate toxic effects?

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Definition
May be fatal if swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed through skin
Term

What are the ricks of poisonous material causing others toxic effects?

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Definition
May cause death, permanent injury, or cancer
Term

What are the risks of biohazardous material?

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Definition
Contains livng organisms that can cause harm (viruses, bacteria, parasites, etc.)
Term

What are the symbols for corrosive materials?

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Definition

Causes eye and skin irritation on contact

Severe burns after long period of contact

Term

What are the risks of reactive materials?

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Definition

May react violently with water

May explode if exposed to heat or shock

Term

What are the precautions of compressed gas?

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Definition

Keep away from heat

Store it safely (not on a high shelf where it could fall)

Term

What are the precautions of flammable material?

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Definition

Keep away from anything can catch fire

Store in a safe place, away from flame sources

 

Term

What are the precautions of oxidizing materials?

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Definition

Keep away from combustible materials

 

Term

What are the precautions of poisonous materials causing immediate toxic effects?

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Definition

Don't taste or smell it

Don't get it on you

Term

What are the precautions of posionous material that causes others toxic effects?

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Definition

Keep in a special place

Use only if extremely necessary

Take every precaution

Term

What are the precautions of biohazardous materials?

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Definition

Don't let loose

Keep it contained

Keep in protected areas

Term

What are the precautions of corrosive materials?

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Definition

Wear all safety material (goggles, gloves, suit)

Wash immediatly if you get in on you

Term

What are the precautions of dangerously reactive materials?

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Definition

Keep away from water and heat

Dont drop it

Term

What is the symbol for explosive material?

(hazardous household products)

Definition
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Term

What is the symbol for corrosive?

(hazardous household products)

Definition
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Term

What is the symbol for flammable material?

(hazardous household products)

Definition
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Term

What is the symbol for poison?

(hazardous household products)

Definition
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Term

What is the danger of explosive material?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition

Can explode if heated or punctured

Flying pieces of metal or plastic can cause serious injuries

Term

What is the danger of corrosive materials?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition
Can burn skin or eyes on contact or throat and stomach if swallowed
Term

What is the danger of flammable materials?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition
The product and its fumes can catch fire easily if its near heat, flames or sparks
Term

What is the danger of poisonous materials?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition
Licking, eating, drinking, or sometimes even smelling this product can cause illness or death
Term

What is the precaution for explosive materials?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition

Keep away from heat

Dont drop

Term

What are the precautions of corrosive materials?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition

Don't touch directly with skin

Wear gloves

Don't smell or taste that chemical

Term

What are the precautions of flammable material?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition
Keep away from fire, lighters, matches or anything that can start a fire
Term

What are the precautions of poisonous material?

(hazardous household products)

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Definition
Don't drink, taste, eat or anything of that sort
Term
What symbol means the container is dangerous?
Definition
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Term
What symbol means the contents inside the container are dangerous?
Definition
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Term
What is chemistry?
Definition
Chemistry is the study fo the properties of matter as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions
Term
What is matter?
Definition

Matter is anything that has mass and volume (has weight and takes up space)

 

All matter has physical and chemical properties

Term

Which one is a graduated cylinder?

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the Beaker Tongs?

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the Pestle Mortar?

 

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the Erlenmeyer Flask?

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the stirring rod?

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the scoopula?

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the test tube?

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the rubber stopper?

 

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Definition
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Term

Which one is the striker?

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Definition
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Term

How is the graduated cylinder used?

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Definition
Accurately measures the volume of liquids in mL
Term

How are the Beaker tongs used?

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Definition
"Lobster-claw" end used to hold and move hot beakers
Term

How is the Pestle Mortar used?

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Definition
Crushes, grinds, and mixes
Term

How is the erlenmeyer flask used?

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Definition
Has a wide stable base; used to hold and mix chemicals
Term

How is a stirring rod used?

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Definition
Used for stirring
Term

How is a scoopula used?

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Definition
Scoopes and transfers chemicals
Term

How is a test tube used?

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Definition
Small glass container used to hold chemicals
Term

How is a rubber stopper used?

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Definition
Seals the openings of glass containers
Term

How is a striker used?

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Definition
Produces a spark when flint is rubbed aganist rough steel
Term
What is combustion?
Definition
When a substance reacts rapidly with oxygen and releases energy
Term
What are the 3 parts of the fire triangle?
Definition

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oxygen, fuel, heat

Term
How are fossil fuels formed?
Definition

They are formed from decomposing plants, animals and microorganisms that lived many years ago.

The energy in their cells still remains 'locked up'; fossil fuels

Term
Why are fossil fuels so important?
Definition

Because human technology depends on them.

They power homes, industries, and various means of transportation.

Term
What are hydrocarbons?
Definition
They are particles made when fossil fuels are burned; releasing carbon dioxide which reacts with water vapor, making hydrocarbons
Term
Define a reactant
Definition
Reactants are what things that are put together; react with one another
Term
Define a product
Definition
Products are the resulting substancs from a reactant.
Term
What are the reactants and products for the combustion of fossil fuels?
Definition

The reactants are carbon dioxide and water vapor.

The products are hydrocarbons.

Term
What is the word equation for the combuston of a hydrocarbon?
Definition
hydrocarbon + oxygen -> cabon dioxide + water
Term
There are two other products that may be produced from combustion when conditions are not ideal. What are these two products?
Definition
The two products that may be produced from combustion when conditions are not ideal are carbon monoxide and carbon.
Term
Why are extra products formed?
Definition
Because there isn't enough heat or oxygen
Term
What is the greenhouse effect?
Definition

The greenhouse effect is when heat is trapped into a space, the sun can come through but heat cant get out.

Carbon dioxide gas produced by

combustion in industry and automobile engines increase the greenhouse effect.

Term
Define a chemical symbol
Definition

A chemical symbol is an abbreviation od the name of an element.

The abbreviation however, may not be of the English language.

Term
What is the symbol for hydrogen?
Definition
H
Term
What is the symbol for helium?
Definition
He
Term
What is the symbol for lithium?
Definition
Li
Term
What is the symbol for berylium?
Definition
Be
Term
What is the symbol for boron?
Definition
B
Term
What is the symbol for carbon?
Definition
C
Term
What is the symbol for nitrogen?
Definition
N
Term
What is the symbol for oxygen?
Definition
O
Term
What is the symbol for fluorine?
Definition
F
Term
What is the symbol for neon?
Definition
Ne
Term
What is the symbol for sodium?
Definition
Na
Term
What is the symbol for magnesium?
Definition
Mg
Term
What is the symbol for aluminum?
Definition
Al
Term
What is the symbol for silicon?
Definition
Si
Term
What is the symbol for phosphorus?
Definition
P
Term
What is the symbol for sulfur?
Definition
S
Term
What is the symbol for chlorine?
Definition
Cl
Term
What is the symbol for argon?
Definition
Ar
Term
What is the symbol for potassium?
Definition
K
Term
What is the symbol for calcuim?
Definition
Ca
Term

Matter is anything that has:

 

-mass and energy

- volume and energy

- mass and volume

- energy

Definition
mass and volume
Term

Aluminum can be bent into various shapes. This statement describes which property?

 

- density

- ductility

- malleability

- viscosity

Definition
malleability
Term

Which of the following properties of magnesium is a physical property?

 

- magnesium burns in air with a brilliant white flame

- magnesium reacts with hydrochloric acid to produce gas

- magnesium is shiny

- magnesium combines with nitrogen to form a black powder

Definition
magnesium is shiny
Term

Which of the following properties is a chemical property?

 

- hydrogen reacts explosively with oxygen

- mercury is liquid at room temperature

- tin is malleable

- the density of gold is 19.3g/cm3

Definition
Hydrogen reacts explosively with oxygen
Term

Which of the following clues is NOT a clue of a chemical change?

 

- change of state

- change of color

- bubbes form

- precipitate forms

Definition
change of state
Term

What kind of change is this (physical or chemical) and what is the evidence?

 

Burning Coal

Definition

Chemical Change

 

heat or light given off

Term

What kind of change is this (physical or chemical) and what is the evidence?

 

Rolling up the rim on a coffee cup

Definition

Physical Change

 

Change of form

Term

What kind of change is this (physical or chemical) and what is the evidence?

 

Baking Bread

Definition

Chemical Change

 

Change of color

Term

What kind of change is this (physical or chemical) and what is the evidence?

 

Water vapor in the air turns to frost

Definition

Physical Change

 

Change of state

Term

What kind of change is this (physical or chemical) and what is the evidence?

 

Chocolate is melted

Definition

Physical Change

 

Change of state

Term
Whats the analogy of John Dalton's theory?
Definition
Billard Balls
Term
What is the analogy for J.J. Thomson's theory?
Definition
Chocolate Chip Muffin
Term
What is the analogy for Ernest Rutherford's theory?
Definition
Beehive Model
Term
What is the analogy for Neils Bohr's theory?
Definition
Planetary Model
Term
Matter is made of indivisible atoms -- is a part of who's theory?
Definition
John Dalton
Term
Atom is a positive sphere with embedded negative electrons -- is a part of who's theory?
Definition
J.J. Thomson
Term
Atom has a small positive nucleus (with positive protons), which is surrounded by mostly empty space and rapidly moving electrons -- is a part of who's theory?
Definition
Ernest Rutherford
Term
Electrons move around nucleus in orbits -- is a part of who's theory?
Definition
Niels Bohr
Term
Each element has it's own kind of atom with its own particular mass -- is a part of who's theory?
Definition
John Dalton
Term
When an atom loses or gains electrons, it becomes charged and is called a ___
Definition
Ion
Term
When an atom loses electrons -> ion has a ________ charge
Definition
Positive
Term
When an atom gains electrons -> ion has a _______ charge
Definition
Negative
Term
Define a model
Definition
A representation of something
Term

In models of molecules:

 

- atoms are held together by connections called _______

- atoms are represented by ______ _______

Definition

- bonds

- colored spheres

 

Term

Molecules can also be represented by drawings called _________

 

- each atom is represented by its _______

- each bond is represented by a ________ ____

Definition

- structural diagrams

- symbol

- straight line

Term
Define a physical property
Definition

A physical property is a characteristic or description of a substance that may help to identify it.

 

A physical property does not involve a substance becoming a new substance

Term
What are the five physical properties?
Definition

- color

- texture

- odour

- lustre

- clarity

- taste

Term
Define malleablity
Definition

Malleability is the ability for material to be hammered into thin sheets or bent into different shapes

 

Example: aluminum foli

Term
Define ductility
Definition

Ductility is the ability for a material to be drawn out into a long, thin wires.

 

Example: copper

Term
Define solubility
Definition

Solubility is the ability of a substance to dissolve in a solvent such as water

 

Example: salt

Term
Ice melts at __ degrees celcius
Definition
0
Term
Water boils and turns from a liquid to a vapor at __ degrees celcius
Definition
100
Term
Define alloy
Definition
Many mixtures of metal
Term
If two substances are mixed, the own with the _____ density will stay on top or float
Definition
Lower
Term
Examples of change of state:
Definition

- melting (solid -> liquid)

-  evaporation (liquid -> gas)

- boiling (liquid -> gas)

- freezing (lquid -> sold)

- condensation (gas -> liquid)

- sublimation (gas -> sold/solid -> gas)

Term
Examples of change in form:
Definition

- blowing up a ballon

- cutting an apple

Term
Examples of dissolving:
Definition
- when sugar dissolves in water, the sugar particles are still there
Term
Physical Changes
Definition

- substance changes without becoming anything new

- often easy to reverse

Term
Chemical Changes:
Definition

- always causes at least one new substance with new properties to be formed

- difficult to reverse

Term
Examples of chemical changes:
Definition

- burning paper

- rusting on nails

Term
Define ecology
Definition
Ecology is the study of the interaction of living things with each other and with the ABIOTIC factors in their enviroment
Term
_____ factors refer to the non-living parts of an ecosystem
Definition
Abiotic
Term
Non-living things
Definition
Abiotic
Term
Living things
Definition
Biotic
Term
______ factors refer to the living parts of an ecosystem as well as the interactions among the living things
Definition
Biotic
Term

Temperature is an example of:

 

biotic or abiotic?

Definition
abiotic
Term

Sunlight is an example of:

 

biotic or abiotic?

Definition
abiotic
Term
Biotic organisms have two categories:
Definition
producers and organisms
Term
Examples of biotic producers:
Definition

- plants

- algae

Term
Examples of biotic comsumers:
Definition

- carnivore

- harbivore

- scavenger

- decomposer

Term
Define sustainability
Definition
Sustainibility is an enviroment means that populations of plants, animals, and other living organisms can continue to interact and to reproduce indefinitly
Term
Levels of Ecological Organizations:
Definition

- Biosphere

- Biome

- Ecosystem

- Community

- Population

- Individual

Term
Define Biosphere
Definition
the surface of the planet where living things exist
Term
Biosphere is made of 3 parts:
Definition

- atmosphere: layer of gases surrounding the earth

- lithosphere: earths solid outer layer

- hydrosphere: all water on earth

Term
Define Biome
Definition
A large geographic area that contains similar ecosystems due to a distinct climate and similar biotic and abiotic factors
Term
Define Ecosystem
Definition

interaction of the community with local abiotic factors:

- temperature

- sunlight

- wind

- oxygen

Term
Define community
Definition

populations of different species that live and interact in a certain area

 

Example: rock bass, seaweed, frogs, trout, and turtles

Term
Define population
Definition

a group of organisms from all the same species that live within a certain area

 

species: a group of organisms that can mate with eachother and produce fertile offspring

Term
Define individual
Definition

A unique organism

 

Example: one rock bass

Term
What provides the energy to all food webs?
Definition
Sun
Term
Why are producers so important?
Definition
Because they produce food for everything else
Term
Define a food web
Definition
A diagram that shows the interlocking food chains in an ecosystem
Term
Define a producer
Definition

An organism that makes its own food by the process of photosynthesis

 

Example: plants

Term
Define a consumer:
Definition

An organism that eats other organisms in a food chain. They can't make their own food.

 

Example: Snake, fox

Term
Define a primary consumer:
Definition
a organism that eats only producers
Term
Define a secondary consumer:
Definition
a organism that eats a primary consumer
Term
Define a herbivore:
Definition

An animal that feeds on plants

Herbivores are primary consumers

Term
Define a carnivore:
Definition

An animal that fees on another

 

Example: Owl -> top carnivore else preys on it

Term
Define an omnivore:
Definition

An organism that feeds on both animals and plants

 

Example: mice

Term
Define a scavenger:
Definition
a carnivore that needs on the remains of dead animals
Term
Define decomposers or detritivores:
Definition

on organism, often a bacteruim or fungus, that feeds on an breaks down dead plant or animal matter. They get nutrients for their own use, but they also recieve nutrients back into soil and water (recyclers)

 

detritus is waste from plants and animals including their dead remains

Term
Define bioaccumulation
Definition
when an indiviual continues to eat food contaminated with the toxin, it will accumulate in the body
Term
Define biomagnification
Definition
the toxin becomes more and more concentrated in each link in the food chain as an animal eats many contaminated animals
Term
algae absorbs tiny amounts of mercury from the water, overtime mercury builds up in their tissues -- is an example of what?
Definition
Bioaccumulation
Term
Predatory fish, like salmon or trout, eat other fish with a toxin and it gets more and more concentrated in the salmon or trout -- this is an example of ________
Definition
Biomagnification
Term
Carbon can be found in the atmosphere and dissolved in the oceans as part of the ______ ________ molecule
Definition
Carbon dioxide
Term
Plants use energy from the ___ to combine ________ ________ and _____ to produce ______ (a type of sugar)
Definition

sun

carbon dioxide

water

glucose

Term
PLants use a green pigment called _________ to carry out photosynthesis
Definition
chlorophyll
Term
Equation for photosynthesis:
Definition
carbon dioxide + light energy + water -> glucose + oxygen
Term
Plants and animals require energy to perform functions such as ______ ____ __ ____ ______ and ____________
Definition

growth

repair of damage tissue

reproduction

Term
Equation for cellular respiration:
Definition
glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water +energy
Term
Because carbon is cycled through both processes, the relationship is often called _____ ______
Definition
Carbon Cycle
Term
4 main reservoirs for carbon:
Definition

- in the atmosphere

- in bodies of living things

- in the earth's crust

- oceans

Term

Three ways that carbon dioxide is released into the air:

 

- burning fossi fuels

- volcanoes

- cellular respiration

Definition
Term

Carbon dioxide is taken out of the atomosphere by:

 

Definition

- photosynthesis

- dissolving in oceans

- forming carbonate

Term
_______ are the type of organisms that are capable of doing photosynthesis
Definition
Producers
Term
The biomes of canada are:
Definition

- tundra

- boreal forest (tagia)

- temperate deciduous

- grassland

Term
Where is the tundra biome located in Canada?
Definition
Northern Canada
Term
Where is the Boreal Forest (Taiga) located in Canada?
Definition
Just below the Tundra Biome
Term
Where is the Temperate Deciduous biome located in Canada?
Definition
Southern Ontario
Term
Where is the Grassland biome located in Canada?
Definition
The prarie of North America
Term
Define carrying capacity
Definition
The maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can support
Term
Define extirpated
Definition
A species that no longer exists in Canada, but still occurs elsewhere
Term
Define endangered
Definition
A species that faces extinction or extirpation
Term
Define threatened
Definition
A species that may become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed
Term
Define speical concern
Definition
A species that has characteristics that make it sensitive to human activities or natural events
Term
Define extinct
Definition
a species that no longer exists
Term
Define predation
Definition
occurs when one organism eats another organism to obtain food
Term

Prey:

Predator:

Definition

is the organism that is eaten

is the organism that eats

Term
Define symbiosis:
Definition
A close interaction between two different species in which members of one species lives in, on, or near members of the other species
Term
3 types of symbiotic relationship:
Definition

- mutualism

- commerisalism

- parasitism

Term
Define mutualism:
Definition
occurs when both species benefit from the relationship
Term
Define commerisalism:
Definition
occurs when one species benefits from the relationship while the other species neither benefits nor is harmed
Term
Define parasitism:
Definition
one species benefits and the other is harmed
Term
Define competition:
Definition
is the interaction between two or more organisms competing for the same resources in a given habitat
Term
Define denitrification
Definition
denitrification is the proces which converts nitrates back to atmospheric nitrogen gas. This process  is done by denitrifying bacteria.
Term
Define nitrogen fixation
Definition
Nitrogen fixation is the process which converts atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates.
Term
Nitrogen fixation can happen in 2 ways:
Definition

- lightning

- bacteria

Term
Lightning (nitrogen fixation)
Definition

lightning accounts for only about 1% of the world's nitrogen fixation (it only fixes a small amount of nitrogen into nitrates)

 

Energy from lightning causes nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere to react, producing nitrates

Term
Bacteria (nitrogen fixation)
Definition

nitrogen-fixation are capable of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia

 

Ammonia is not useful to most plants. Bacteria called nitrifying bacteria converts this ammonia into nitrites, and then into nitrates (which plants can use!)

Term
What is another name for rust?
Definition
iron oxide
Term
What two reactants are needed for corrosion to occur?
Definition

- iron

- oxygen

Term
Which metal forms rust when it corrodes?
Definition
Iron
Term
What are two ways you could protect a metal from corrosion?
Definition

- paint the item

- coating with other metals

Term
What are the three parts of the fire triangle?
Definition
oxygen, heat, fuel
Term
When a hydrocarbon (fossil fuel) burns, what products are always produced?
Definition
carbon dioxide & water vapor
Term
What are two products that sometimes can be produced during combustion?
Definition
Carbon monoxide & carbon
Term
What are the five points of the particle theory?
Definition

1. all matter is made up of extremely tiny particles

2. each pure substance has its own kind of particle, different from the particles of other pure substances

3. particles attract eachother

4. particles are in constant movement

5. particles at a higher temperature are moving faster than particles at a lower temperature

Term
When a substance is heated, what happens to the speed of the particles according to the particle theory?
Definition
they move faster; more energy
Term
When a gas condenses to a liquid, what happens to the attractive forces between particles?
Definition
gets stronger
Term
When a liquid evaporates, what happens to the space between particles?
Definition
gets larger
Term
Define an insulator
Definition

Materials that don't allow electrons to move freely from atom to atom

 

Example: plastic

Term
Define a conductor
Definition

Materials that allow charges to move freely.

 

When a conductor is charged, the charge spreads out evenly throughout the conductor

Term
When a object becomes discharged, it loses its excess charges and becomes _____
Definition
neutral
Term
Grounding can be used to remove excess electrons from a negative object (electrons move from ________ _____ into _________), or add electrons to a positive object (electrons move from ________ into ________ _______)
Definition

- charged objects

- the ground

- the ground

- charged objects

Term
How do the clouds become charged?
Definition
Negative water droplets gather at bottom cloud
Term
What are the benefits of lightning?
Definition

1. Produces nitrates which help plants grow

2. Produces ozone (ozone layer)

Term
Solubility describes the ability of a substance to ______ in a solvent
Definition
Dissolve
Term
If a substance burns when its exposed to a flame, it is said to be _________
Definition
Flammable
Term
Copper does not change into something new when it conduct electricity; this means that the ability to conduct electricity is a _______ property of copper
Definition
Physical
Term
The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid is called the ____________
Definition
Melting point
Term
4 ways to produce static electic charge:
Definition

- charging by friction

- charging by contact

- induced charge seperation

- charging by induction

 

Term
Charging by friction produces _______ (same/opposite) charges
Definition
Opposite
Term
Charging by contact produces ________ (same/opposite) charges
Definition
Same
Term
Charging by induction produces _____ (same/opposite) charges
Definition
Opposites
Term
To charge an object by contact you ______
Definition
Touch charged and neutral objects
Term
To charge an object by induction you _________
Definition
bring charged object near the neutral object
Term
To charge by friction you ____________
Definition
Rub them together
Term

Electrons will not travel freely through which of the following?

 a) copper

b) salt water

c) silver

d) wood

Definition
d) wood
Term

When a negative ion is formed, an atom must

a) lose an electron

b) lose a proton

c) gain an electron

d) gain a proton

Definition
c) gain an electron
Term

When an object is charged by contact which subatomic particles move?

a) electrons

b) neutrons

c) protons

d) electrons or protons, depending on the charge

Definition
a) electrons
Term
What is the function of the source in a simple circuit?
Definition
Converts chemical energy into electrical energy
Term
Electric current is the _____ of electric charges that ____ a given point in a circuit every second
Definition

- number

- pass

Term
Voltage is the amount of _____________ an electron gains or loses between two points in a circut
Definition
electric energy
Term
A voltmeter is connected across a source or load to measure the energy _____ or _____
Definition

- gained

- lost

Term
Periodic Table regions:
Definition

- Aikali metals

- metals

- metaloids

- noble gases

- halogens

- non-metals

Term
To measure large distances in the solar system, astronomers sometimes use a distance measurement called the ___________________
Definition
Astronomical unit (a.u)
Term
An astronomical unit (a.u.) is equal to the distance between ____ and ____
Definition

- earth

- sun

Term
Define a star
Definition
a large ball of hot gas that emits huge amounts of enegry
Term
Define a light year
Definition
the distance that light travels in one year
Term
a relatively cool star glows ___
Definition
red
Term
a very hot star glows _____
Definition
blueish - white or even blue
Term
A small star is called a _____
Definition
Dwarf
Term
A large star is called a ______
Definition
Super giant
Term

Apparent magnitude refers to the _________________________________

__________________________________

Definition
brightness of the star as it appears to us from the earth
Term

Absolute magnitude refers to

_________________________________

_________________________________

Definition
the actual amount of light given off by a star at a standard distance
Term
Planets revolve around the sun in paths called _____
Definition
orbits
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