Chemical Safety
What does HHPS stand for?
Hazardous Household Product Symbols.
What are 5 hazardous household items accepted at depots?
Batteries, tires, clothing, paint, and electronics.
Water is considered a universal solvent, what is the definition of solvent?
Something that can dissolve other substances within it.
What is the original source of all energy in a food web?
The sun.
What are the 4 systems?
Respiratory system, Digestive system, Skin, Circulatory system.
What are the three shapes that symbolize danger,warning, and caution?
Octagon, diamond, triangle
What are the 4 R's in Recycling?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover.
In the water cycle water on land such as lakes, ponds, and rivers are classified as ...
Surface water.
What are the 6 organism groups in a food web called?
There are called a producer,herbivore, consumer, carnivore, decomposer, or an omnivore.
Breathing in is called...
Inhalation.
Define poisonous:
If you swallow or inhale this product, you could become very sick or die.
What is the drop-off Depot called near Saint Michael Catholic High School?
Walker brothers
What does the water in our oceans do?
The oceans warms parts of the world and cools others.
What do most organisms eat?
Many different kinds of producers and consumers.
Breathing out is called...
Exhalation.
What are the four main warning symbols?
Poisonous,Flammable, Explosive, and Corrosive.
List a couple items that can be placed in the green bin that we learned in class?
Coffee grounds, tissue paper, food waste, leaves and yard waste, paper drink trays, egg cartons, and paper napkins.
What was found in some samples of bottled water that we learned about?
Bacterial contaminants (bacteria), and chemicals (some cause cancer).
A model that shows how many different food chains are interconnected is called a...
It is called a food web.
The whole system of getting oxygen into the bloodstream and the carbon dioxide out, is called the...
Respiratory system
Define herbicide.
A substance that is toxic to plants like weeds.
What are the steps for disposing of large household items and appliances?
1. Call Walker brothers a week before you put it outside.
2. Wait until garbage day and they will take it away.
Instead of using plastic water bottles, how should we carry our water?
We can use a reusable water container or bottle is recommended.
What do we use to help us understand the complex way that energy flows through an ecosystem?
We use visual diagrams called food chains or webs.
When the diaphram relaxes the air is pushed back...
Out.