Acids and Bases
A substance that changes color when an acid or base is added
What is an indicator?
Sources like solar, wind, and hydropower that are constantly available due to natural processes.
What is renewable energy?
Examples include dangerous pathogens, water so hot it could kill plants/animals/bacteria, nutrients such as nitrogen that can cause overgrowth of algae and industrial chemicals.
What are polluntants?
Meaning "color writing," this is a method for analyzing mixtures by separating them into the chemicals from which they are made
What is chromatography?
The pH of a neutral substance
What is 7?
These energy sources have a limited supply: Once used up, these resources cannot be readily replaced within a human timeframe.
What is non-renewable energy?
Diffuse contamination from a wide area, like runoff from agricultural land, where the exact source is difficult to pinpoint.
What is non-point-source pollution?
The liquid used to separate ink into its component colors in ink chromatography, including examples like water or rubbing alcohol.
What is the solvent?
Gastric acids and lemon juice are examples
What are acids?
Oil, coal and natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?
Found in the Huron River, these are a group of man-made chemicals widely used in various consumer products due to their water-, oil-, and stain-resistant properties.
What are PerFluoroAlkyl Substances (PFAS)?
The resulting pattern of color stripes produced from ink chromatography
What is a chromatogram?
Bleach and baking soda are examples
What are bases?
This law establishes the rules to regulate discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States.
What is the Clean Water Act of 1972?
A pH of 10 is ___?
What is basic?
This type of pollution refers to pollutants discharged from a single, identifiable source like a pipe or factory,
What is point-source pollution?