Planet Protectors
What is the process by which bacteria convert nitrogen gas into a form that plants can use?
Nitrogen fixation
A chemical that has a pH below 7?
Acid
The life form that the BP Oil Spill most impacted
Birds
When transporting a consumer good, how should the material be placed in the trunk of a car?
Upright
Enhanced Greenhouse Effect is done by this organism
Humans
What is the term for cleaned wastewater released back into rivers and lakes?
Effluent
The name of the reaction when an acid and a base are mixed together
Neutralization
As water moves deeper into the soil, it fills all the spaces. This moves much more slowly, and contaminants cannot be quickly dispersed. What is this called?
Groundwater
Debris from Japan travelled over to B.C. through what form of transportation?
Air/wind
The thinning of the atmosphere is caused by the use of this chemical.
CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons)
“Scrubbers” are designed to reduce chemical emissions. Where are they primarily used?
Factories
This indicator turns an acidic solution yellow
Bromothymol blue
The two factors that affect the movement of groundwater
Number of pores and connection of pores (size)
Sand can move liquid faster due to its what?
Permeability
Given the following food chain:
mayfly > blue gill fish > bass fish > human
Who would have the highest accumulated DDT consumed by the mayflies?
Human
Organisms used to determine water quality are called what?
Biological indicators
When mixing an acid and a base together, what is the compound it forms other than water?
A salt
What is the ppm of 0.055 mL sulfur in 1000 mL water?
55 ppm
This chemical material, in the form of motor oil, plastic, and gasoline, is toxic to plants when it contaminates the soil.
Hydrocarbons
This is the breakdown of compounds by sunlight
Photolysis
This label is used to show that a product is less harmful to the environment
Eco Label/Logo
How many times more acidic is a solution with a pH of 3 compared to a solution with a pH of 5?
100x
What ppm concentration is 0.0006 mL in 100mL?
6 ppm
The place to put hazardous waste
Collection site/incinerator
The largest and most complex molecules found in living things
Nucleic acids