CATEGORY 1
A pH of 3 would be considered?
Acidic
Crushing a can is an example of what change?
Physical
Burning wood is an example of what change?
Chemical
pH of 7 would be considered?
Neutral
Kinetic Energy
a pH of 10 would be considered?
Basic
The variable that changes in response to the independent variable
Dependent Variable
Variable being tested, changed, or manipulated in an experiment
Independent variable
When an equation is balanced on both sides it follows the what?
Law of Conservation of Mass
A car stopped at the top of a hill is considered what type of energy?
Potential Energy
What are the three basic environmental problems?
Poverty, Population Growth, Increasing Isolation from Nature
hurting the environment can cause this to get bigger, and helping the environment can cause this to get smaller
Ecological Footprint
The pathway through which a substance moves through the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere
Biogeochemical Cycle
Used by all cells for energy
ATP
Acquire energy from others by eating
Consumers
Natural Services that are provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies
Ecosystem Service
Natural resources and ecosystem services is referred as
Natural Capital
breaks down sugar in the presence of oxygen to release energy in the form of ATP
Cellular Respiration
Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy from eating or being eaten
Food Chain
Creates food (glucose) from sun energy
Photosynthesis
The idea that people are part of, and dependent on, nature
Earth Centered Worldview
We are currently experiencing this type of growth rate?
Exponential Growth Rate
When plates rip apart causing volcanic activity and earthquakes
Divergent Plate Boundary Type
When one plate "subducts" beneath the other, resulting in a variety of earthquakes and a line of volcanoes on the overriding plate
Convergent Plate Boundary Type
When plates slide laterally past one another, producing shallow earthquakes but little or no volcanic activity
Transform Plate Boundary Type