pH scale
What is used to measure acids and bases?
Rain that is contaminated with pollutants such as sulfur and nitrogen dioxide.
Acid Rain or Deposition
Fertilizers (Pro)
help plants grow
What is the importance of a fair test?
A scientist can determine the effects of changing one variable in an experiment. Scientist should only test one variable at one time.
What is a neutral substance?
A substance that is neither a base or acid.
Anything that spreads harmful or unpleasant substances into the air, water, or ground.
Pollutant
Fertilizers (Cons)
harm the environment when too much is released into the ecosystem.
Conclusion
what someone learned after conducting an experiment
What is an example of a neutral?
Water
something that is used to help melt ice.
Road Salt
Cons of Road Salt (2)
- burns baby plants/ bark on trees
-causes animals to be sick
What does reinvent mean?
create something new out of old materials (also known as upcycling)
What are chemicals that combine with water? It has a pH below 7.
Acid
fuels formed from plant and animal remains.
Fossil Fuels (uses/examples)
to create fuels such as goal, gas, and oil
Bonus: What escaped out of the eco-coloumns?
Millipede
Examples of acids (2)
What are fertilizers?
substances that make plants grow
Pollutants (Cons)
can cause organisms harm and can damage air, water, or the ground
Bonus: What can be used instead of Road Salt?
Calcium magnesium acetate or potassium acetate