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Greenhouse Effect
Acids/Bases
Water
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HodgePodge
100
Name two greenhouse gases.
What is carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour,nitrogen oxides.
100
The color of the litmus paper in a base.
What is blue
100
Dissolved oxygen in water should be high or low to support life?
What is high.
100
Plants need nutrients at this level (or amount)
What is optimum level.
100
The degradation of substances by sunlight.
What is photolysis.
200
Natural causes of greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere.
What is volcanoes, forest fires.
200
A technology used by industry to remove SO2 gases from their emissions.
What is a scrubber.
200
Two items that water conservationists would test for to determine water quality.
What is acidity, dissolved oxygen, heavy metals, pesticides, salts, plant nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus)
200
Solution to reduce the effects of acidity in lakes.
What is liming.
200
The four "R" in the list: reuse, reduce, recycle
What is recover?
300
Term for the human activites which have increased the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere leading to global warming.
What is enhanced greenhouse effect.
300
The term when an acid is added to a base to create water and a salt.
What is neutralization.
300
Insect that is sensitive to changes in pH in the water.
What is mayflies.
300
Name two of the four types of organic molecules.
What is carbohydrates, lipids, proteins (amino acids), nucleic acids (DNA, RNA).
300
Movement of water from area of high concentration of water to an area of low concentration of water.
What is osmosis?
400
Two side effects of global warming due to greenhouse effect.
What is coastal flooding, melting of ice caps, more violent storms, more droughts,....
400
When a solution is a pH of 2, it is called
What is acidic.
400
Term to describe the accumulation of toxic pollutants through the food chain in water.
What is bioacummulation
400
bacteria that breaksdown material without oxygen is termed this.
What is anaerobic?
400
Nutrients required by plants in large quantities.
What is macronutrients?
500
Greenhouse effect leads to global warming. Name two other environmental concerns.
What is acid precipitation and ozone layer depletion.
500
pH 5 is how many times more acidic than pH 9?
What is 10 000x.
500
Term for Adding lots of water to a pollutant to decrease its concentration.
What is dilution.
500
The breakdown of organic molecules by bacteria, fungi.
What is biodegradation?
500
To move nutrients from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration using energy is termed this.
What is active transport