Chemistry Vocab
Ecology Vocab
ANYTHING Chemistry
ANYTHING Ecology
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100
What is a particle that is in the nucleus of the atom, does not have a charge and has a mass of 1 amu
Neutron
100
The living components of an ecosystem
Biotic
100
Which information provided by the periodic table can help identify an element’s reactivity?
Group Number
100
An ecosystem includes what two factors?
A. Dead
B. Biotic
C. Bionic
D. Abiotic
B & D
100
How is cold front represented on a map?
Blue Triangles
200
The center of an atom, made of protons and neutrons
Nucleus
200
Organisms trying to get their share of the limited resources available.
Competition
200
How many neutrons does Oxygen have?
Atomic # = 8
Atomic Mass = 15.9999
8
200
What could happen if a species’ food source declines over time?
The species must find another food source, move on, or it will begin to die off.
200
What are the most reactive groups?
#1,#2, #17
Extra: #16
300
The columns (vertical) on the Periodic Table of Elements. Each family of elements have the same number of valence electrons creating the same reactivity. There are 18 families.
Group/Family
300
Water that flows over the ground surface or through the ground directly carrying pollutants from the ground into streams, rivers, lakes and eventually the ocean.
Runoff
300
Which statement would be most helpful in determining an element’s reactivity?
The element has the same number of electron shells as iodine
The element has the same number of valence electrons as cesium
The element has 47 neutrons
The element is a metal
Statement 2
300
Which of the following is NOT an example of natural selection?
A. People selectively breeding hamsters.
B. Insect populations developing resistance to certain pesticides.
C. Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
D. Male birds of certain species developing colorful feathers to attract female mates.
A
300
Volcanic Activity would most likely happen at what type of boundary?
Convergent plate boundaries
400
States matter cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form; number of atoms of each element must be equal on both sides of the equation.
Law of Conservation of Mass
400
Study of interactions of organisms with each other and their environment
Ecology
400
What new compound is formed by the chemical reaction below?
NaNo₃
400
What did Darwin observe about finches in the Galapagos Islands?
Their feathers were adapted to match their environment.
Their beaks were adapted to match the foods they ate.
They had identical phenotypes in all locations.
They had identical genotypes in all locations.
Statement 2
400
Uneven heating of Earth’s surface by the Sun causes which of these? (Hint: Think Coriolis Effect)
Wind patterns
500
What is a solid formed after a chemical reaction in a solution.
Precipitant
500
The theory, founded by Charles Darwin, whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Natural Selection
500
A student is using colored beads to make a model of aluminum sulfate, Al₂(S0₄)₃. Aluminum atoms are represented by blue beads, sulfur atoms by yellow beads, and oxygen atoms by green beads. What combination of beads should the student use for the model?
A. 6 blue, 3 yellow, and 7 green
B. 2 blue, 1 yellow, and 4 green
C. 2 blue, 3 yellow, and 12 green
D. 6 blue, 12 yellow, and 12 green
2 blue, 3 yellow, and 12 green
500
What is the food web energy pattern?
Hint: Starts with Sunlight then goes to what? (Think: Consumers)
1. Sunlight
2. Producers
3. Primary consumers (herbivores)
4. Secondary consumers (carnivores)
5. Tertiary consumers (top predators)
500
Which element is metal?
A. H
B. HE
C. B
D. Ca
Ca