Aquaponics
This is produced by fish waste or uneaten food
What is ammonia?
When plants use carbon dioxide from the air to make their own food
What is photosynthesis?
Anything that has mass and volume
What is matter?
The ability to dissolve
What is solubility?
When water seeps through the soil or rock surface
What is infiltration?
This is the form of nitrogen that the plants use for food
What is nitrate?
When bacteria transform nitrogen into a usable form
What is nitrogen fixation?
The curve at the surface of a liquid, seen in a graduated cylinder
What is meniscus?
The temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid
What is melting point?
When carbon dioxide and oxygen are continuously absorbed and emitted back into the environment
What is The Carbon Cycle?
This is on a scale of 0-15, 7 is nuetral
What is pH?
When fungi and some bacteria get energy by breaking down waste and dead organisms, releasing CO2
What is decomposition?
The volume of an irregular solid is measured this way
What is water displacement?
The ability to burn
What is flammability?
The mass unit
What is grams or kilograms?
This is a form of nitrogen which can be deadly to fish
What is nitrite?
Humans get the nitrogen they need by
What is eating plants or animals that eat plants?
The SI unit of measure for weight
What is the newton?
The ability to react
What is reactivity?
When a substance reacts with oxygen
What is oxidation?
The Cycle of Matter we are observing in the aquaponics system
What is the Nitrogen Cycle?
When water vapor is released into the air from leaves of plants
What is transpiration?
Volume of solid objects is expressed in these units
What is cubic?
The opposite of a conductor, does not conduct
What is insulator?
Mass divided by volume
What is density?