What's that Substance?
This category of substances have Carbon AND Hydrogen in it
Bonus: The other catagory does not have both Carbon and Hydrogen
What is Organic Compound?
What is Inorganic Compound?
This reaction produces water and a salt
What is Neutralization?
The Prescence, or absence, of many animals/insects can tell us about the quality of the environment
What is Biological Monitoring?
These are some of the ways that materials can move around
What is Air, Water and Soil movement?
This is what you should do before you use a hazardous Chemical
This is the term for when a chemical builds up unintentionally in an organism
What is Biomagnification?
These are the 3 main things to consider when looking at the quality of the environment
What is Available Oxygen, pH and available nutrients?
This is the result of compounds (Like Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide) mixing with moisture in the air and falling back to Earth
What is Acid Rain?
This uses live organisms to break down materials
What is Biodegradation?
This is something you should NEVER do when disposing Hazardous Chemicals
What is Dumping it? (Down the drain, in the trash)
keep in mind the disposal recommendations of the manufacture
What is Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids?
This refers to how many H+ are present in a solution
Bonus: This substance is below a 7, and the other is above a 7
What is pH?
Bonus: What is an Acid? What is a Base?
The 3 measurements represents how much of a substance is present. Usually very very small amounts.
What is PPM, PPB, and PPT?
This represents the amount of a substance needed to kill 50% of a test population
What is a LD50?
Name the category of these items commonly found in households
Drain Cleaners, Oven cleaners, ammonia, Nail Polish, Batteries, Antifreeze, Pain, Toilet Cleaner, Bleach, Fertilizers
What are Hazardous Household Products?
Out of all of these compounds, one of them is ORGANIC
Salt, Water, Milk, Hydrochloric Acid
This is the colour of a red litmus paper when dipped into an acid
Bonus 1: This is the colour of the blue litmus paper when dipped into an acid.
Bonus 2: This is the colour of the Red litmus paper when dipped into a base
What is Red?
Bonus 1: What is Red?
Bonus 2: What is Blue?
This Pesticide, now banned, had the severe unintended consequence of biomagnifying in non-pest organisms. We described it in PPB
What is DDT?
You would take old paints you no longer need to this place in Grande Prairie
What is Aquatera Utilities Inc. - Eco Centre
Daily Double! What is something You can do to help the Environment?
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Out of all of these compounds, one of them is INORGANIC
Bread, Gasoline, Sugar, Carbon Dioxide, Olive Oil, Steak, Coffee, Butter
What is Carbon Dioxide?
You have a solution with a pH of 2. You want to neutralize it. You add this specific compound.
Bonus 1: This pH is considered neutral.
Bonus 2: You keep adding the specific compound until none of the original solution is left. The pH should be...
What is a Base?
Bonus 1: What is pH 7?
Bonus 2: Very basic (pH 13)
This can prevent some fish, like Trout, from living in a pond
What is a Low Oxygen Concentration?
Daily Double! Name a hazardous Substance in your home, and how you should dispose of it!!
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This thing plays a role in all of these issues:
Pesticides, Fertilizers, Solid Wastes, Sewage, Fossil Fuel Combustion, Acid Precipitation, Biological and Chemical Indicators, Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Effect, Ozone Layer Depletion, Biomagnification, Hazardous Goods Laws (MSDS/WHMIS)
What is Environmental Chemistry?