Elements & Atoms
Any substance that occupies space and has mass.
What is matter?
Meet current generations needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations.
3 pronged approach.
What is sustainable development?
Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Prediction
Experiment
Analysis
Conclusion
What are the steps of the scientific method?
Define ecosystem.
What is "a particular area consisting of all living organisms and abiotic components together"?
Creates Proteins
Responsible for continuity of life
Ex: RNA (Ribonucleic acid)
What are Nucleic Acids?
The smallest unit of matter vs unique forms of matter with specific chemical and physical properties.
What is the difference between and atom and an element?
Used to measure sustainability progress and impacts of cities, regions, etc.
What is the IPAT equation?
(Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology)
The variable(s) that are manipulated.
What are independent variables?
The three general types of ecosystems.
What are freshwater, ocean/marine water, terrestrial?
Plants use to store energy.
(CH2O)n
Ex: Glucose & Starch
What are carbohydrates?
Then foundational element that makes up the basis of all macromolecules?
What is Carbon?
!!!!RANDOM!!!! (Correct answer adds 15 additional pts)
Draw and label a Beryllium (Be) atom structure :)
4 Protons
4 Electrons
Atomic mass: 9.0122
5 Neutrons
A good hypothesis is testable and ______.
What is falsifiable?
***RANDOM!!!*** (add and additional 15 pts)
Atoms interact to fill their outermost ____. The loss or gain of electrons form _____ bonds while the sharing of electrons for ____ bonds.
What is- shell, ionic, covalent?
Long term energy (animals)
Hydrophobic
Ex: Steroids & phospholipids
What are lipids?
Same # protons. Different # neutrons.
What is an isotope?
Preventative measures are taken immediately WITHOUT scientific evidence when the environment or human lives are at stake.
What is the Precautionary Principle?
One is not a valid hypothesis... (may look familiar)
1.) That cholera was caused by contaminated water
2.) That cholera was due to God's intervention
3.) That cholera was caused by poisonous vapors from "bad air"
What is answer choice two (2)?
The correct order of terms below is... (small to large)
Organelles
Organs
Population
Molecules
Atoms
Ecosystem
Organism
Cells
Atom
Molecules
Organelles
Cells
Organ
Organism
Population
Ecosystem
Made of amino acids.
Structural, regulatory, protective, transport functions.
Can be DENATURED by pH, temp, &/or chemicals.
What are proteins?
The five most common elements in the biosphere. What is their order from greatest proportion to least?
What is CHONP? Greatest- O, C, H, N, P -Least
What are examples of each of the four (4) types of justification?
Moral
Ecological
Aesthetic
Utilitarian
CORRECT!
***Note: This is an oversimplification***
Two bunnies are in the lab. Scientists are testing whether or not sugar will make them jump higher. Bunny one (1) is given water, Bunny two (2) is given sugar water. Over the next few hours scientists record the height of their jumps. What are each of the scientific approaches? (control, experimental, ind. and dep. variables)
Bunny one (1)- control group.
Bunny two (2)- experimental group.
Amount of sugar water - Independent variable
How high the bunnies jumped- Dependant variable
Freshwater is the rarest making up only ______% of Earth's surface whereas Ocean/marine water is the ___________. Some examples of Terrestrial ________ are rainforests, ______, tundras, and savannahs.
What is 1.8%, LARGEST, Biomes, deserts.
N2 vs CH2O (Think what category they belong to)
What is the difference between a molecule and a compound?