Hydrosphere
Name for an underground layer of rock or sediment that stores groundwater
What is an AQUIFER?
Name 3 of the 4 types of pathogens we studied this year
What are bacteria, parasites, fungi, and viruses?
Breaking down rock into smaller pieces is called...
What is WEATHERING?
A pure substance made of only one type of atom
What is an element?
a change in form without creating a new substance
What is a physical change?
Name for an area of land where all the water drains into the same river, lake, or ocean
What is a WATERSHED?
Which type of pathogen is non-living?
What is a VIRUS?
Name for movement of sediment by water, wind, ice, or gravity
What is EROSION?
Positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom
What is a PROTON?
Name for the substance that is produced or made in a chemical reaction
What is the PRODUCT?
Land that is saturated with water and supports aquatic plants and animals
What are WETLANDS?
Rapid transmission of disease that goes into several countries/continents or all over the world.
What is a Pandemic?
Name for small pieces of rock and organic material.
What is sediment?
The atomic number of an element tells how many of what subatomic particle is in an atom
What is PROTONS?
What is chemical change?
A coastal area where freshwater mixes with saltwater
What is an ESTUARY?
Name 2 pathogens that must have a host
Rock type formed from intense heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock?
Atomic mass is the total of what 2 subatomic particles?
What are PROTONS & NEUTRONS?
Law that states matter is neither created or destroyed in a chemical reaction
What is Conservation of Mass?
Name 2 indicators of water quality
What are pH, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, or bioindicators?
Medicine used to kill bacteria
What is an antibiotic?
Describe an index fossil
A fossil used to determine the age of rock layers
Name for elements that are shiny, conduct heat and electricity, and usually malleable
What are metals?
Name for a substance made up 2 or more elements that are chemically combined
What is a compound?