Groundwater & Fracking
Atomic Structure
Bonding and Polarity of Water
Toxicology and Experimental Design?
Thermodynamics
100
Where pore spaces in soil can contain either air or water.
What is the unsaturated zone? F/U ? - What is the saturated zone?
100
proton and neutron
What parts of the atom have weight?
100
A bond created when cations and anions are created and then attracted to eachother.
What is an ionic bond? F/U ? - How are the cations and anions created?
100
When a living thing is used to assess the effect of a substance.
What is a bioassay? F/U ? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a bioassay? What are examples of bioassays that we have used in this course?
100
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
What is the First Law of Thermodynamics? F/U? - What is another name for this Law? How is the Law of Conservation of Energy different from the Law of Conservation of Matter? How do you balance equations? Why do unbalanced equations not comply with the Law of Conservation of Matter?
200
Topography and gravity vs. topography and changes in pressure.
What influences how surface water flows vs. what influences how groundwater flows?
200
electron and proton
What parts of the atom have charge?
200
A bond that forms when electrons are shared.
What is a covalent bond? F/U ? - When do covalent bonds form? What is the difference between polar and non-polar covalent bonds?
200
Abstract. Introduction. Methods & Materials. Results. Analysis/Discussion. Conclusion. Literature Cited.
What are the 7 parts of a scientific journal article? F/U? What is the function of each part?
200
Entropy increases.
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
300
When a combination of water, sand and chemicals are pumped into the ground at very high pressure in order to fracture shale and release natural gas that it contains.
What is hydraulic fracturing? What are advantages and disadvantages of this process?
300
The number of protons and neutrons combined?
What is the mass number? F/U ? - What is the atomic number?
300
An atom's desire to gain an electron.
What is electronegativity? F/U ? - What determines an atom's electronegativity?
300
The single dose of a substance that kills 50% of its test subjects within 14 days.
What is the LD50? F/U ? - What does LD stand for? What is TC50? and LC50? Are these used to assess acute or chronic toxicity?
300
Reactions that give off heat.
What are exothermic reactions? F/U? - What are examples of exothermic reactions? What are endothermic reactions and examples of them?
400
Where water is added to the groundwater system.
What is recharge? F/U ? - What are examples of recharge? What is discharge? What are examples of discharge?
400
A variation of an element based on a slight difference in weight.
What is an isotope? F/U ? Why does the weight differ? What is the atomic mass?
400
When the slightly negative Oxygen of one water molecule is attracted to the slightly positive Hydrogen atoms of another water molecule.
What is a Hydrogen bond? F/U ? - Why in water molecules are Oxygens slightly negative, and Hydrogens slightly positive? (IE why is water polar?)
400
The level of the IV that establishes the baseline for an experiment.
What is the control? F/U? - What are constants? How would you set up an EDD (Experimental Design Diagram)
400
Stored energy. Energy of position. Chemical energy.
What is potential energy? F/U ? What are examples of potential energy? What is kinetic energy and what are examples of it?
500
The top of the saturated zone.
What is the water table?
500
When the number of protons = the number of electrons
What is neutral? F/U ? - When is an atom stable? How many electrons can fit in each of the first three electron shells?
500
It takes a lot of energy to raise the temperature of water.
What is the high heat capacity of water? F/U ? - Why does it occur? What are the other 3 unique characteristics of water and why do they occur?
500
"The effect of the _______ (IV & units) on the ________ (DV & units)"
What is the convention for titling data tables and graphs? F/U ? What is the convention for stating a hypothesis? What are the differences between measures of central tendency and measures of variation?
500
One is endothermic; one is exothermic. One fights the 2nd Law of thermodynamics; one follows it. One makes food; one uses food.
What are three reasons that photosynthesis and cellular respiration are opposites of eachother?
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