These organisms eat dead organic matter and consist of two main groups: Grinders, and Finishers
What are decomposers?
This is the system that consists of all of the water on Earth.
What is the Hydrosphere?
True of False: If you are unsure of the answer on a test, you should skip it and leave it blank.
FALSE!
How do you know FOR SURE that you saw a chemical reaction?
The reaction produced a new substance.
What do you call something that will not dissolve in water?
Insoluble
These organisms are able to make their own food from sunlight, water CO2, and soil.
What are Producers?
This is the system that consists of all living things on Earth
If you see a word on a test that you can't remember the definition for, what should you do? (Remember, Mr. Berry can't just tell you what it means)
Look it up in your text book.
True or False: When you open a can of soda, the release of bubbles means you just caused a chemical reaction.
False
If it takes 15g of a substance to saturate 100mL of water, how much of the substance will it take to saturate 200mL of water?
30g
What are Consumers?
This is they system that consists of all rocks and land formations on Earth.
What is the Geosphere?
Why might you skip a question on a test, but come back to it after you finish all the other questions?
You could see something in a latter question that helps you remember the answer to the one you skipped. (or maybe even straight up TELLS YOU THE ANSWER!)
What do you call the starting ingredients in a chemical reaction?
reactants
Increase the pressure on the solvent
or increase the temperature of the solvent
This is a type of consumer that eats only other consumers.
What are Carnivores?
This is the system that consists of all of the air on Earth
What is the Atmosphere?
If you read a question and don't understand what it's asking you to do, what should you do?
Raise your hand and ask Mr. Berry for help.
What do you call the resulting substances in a chemical reaction?
products
What are the two parts of a solution, and what do they do.
the solute gets dissolved, and the solvent does the dissolving.
This is a consumer that eats both plants and animals
What are omnivores?
True or False: Earth's systems are independent of each other, and nothing that happens in one system will effect another system.
FALSE!
According to Mr. Berry, how many times should you read a short answer question before you answer it?
Three times
True or False: A car rusting is an example of a chemical change.
True
What do you call a solution that has the maximum amount of a substance dissolved in it?