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Details Title: First Semester Review Description: Polansky's class review sheet Total Flash Cards: 31 Created: 12/11/2004 20:01:24	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Hydrosphere Definition Condensation - Precipitation - Evaporation Term Lithosphere Definition Sedimentary Rock - Metamorphic Rock - Magma - Igneous Rock - Sediments Term Atmosphere Definition Animals - CO2 - Plants - O2 Term Biosphere Definition Consumers - Decomposers - Producers Term Archaebacteria Definition ancient, prokaryotic Term Eubacteria Definition prokaryotic Term Protista Definition One celled organisms (eukaryotic) Term Fungi Definition no chlorophyll (Eukaryotic) Term Plantae Definition chloroplasts (eukaryotic) Term Animalia Definition animals!! (eukaryotic) Term Element Definition a substance composed of only one kind of atom which cannot be broken down Term Atoms Definition the smallest unit into which an element can be broken into without loosing its identity Term compounds Definition a substance composed of more than one kind of atom Term Atomic Mass Definition (M) actual mass of an atom Term Atomic Number Definition (Z) number of protons in nucleus Term Mass Number Definition (A) number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) Term Nucleotides Definition made of Phosphate, pentose sugar, and nitrogen base (think DNA and RNA) Term Isotopes Definition (nuclides) atoms which posess the same number of protons but different number of neutrons Term Electrostatic (Hydrogen) Bonds Definition the bonding of one molecule of water to another Term Hydrolosis vs Dehydration synthesis Definition Hydrolosis - adding water, make simpler Dehydration systhesis - take away water, make more complex Term Radioisotopic Dating Definition same as Carbon 14 dating Term Mixtures: Homogeneous Heterogeneous Definition - 2 or more substances that intermingle without chemical reaction and are equally distributed - 2 or more substances that are not equally distributed Term Solutions: Solvent Solute Definition - dissolving agent (usually water) - dissolved substance Term Diatomic Molecules Definition Cant exist as one of itself - H2, O2, N2, F2, Cl2, Br2, I2 Term Properties of water Definition odorless, tasteless, colorless, universal solvent Term Peptide bond Definition a bond between 2 acids Term Isomers Definition same identical formula but structure is different Term Aerobic Definition With oxygen gas, O2 Term Anaerobic Definition without oxygen gas, O2 Term Acids Bases Buffers Definition - are high on Ph scale - have little or no acidity - have characteristics of both Term Real Image Virtual Image Definition - an image that can be projected on a screen - an image that cannot be projected on a screen