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Environmental Chemistry Part One Flashcards

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1
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Why is nitrogen important?

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It is required by plants to make substances necessary to life.

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How can Nitrates be added?

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  • nitrogen fixing plants (clovers, beans, alfalfa)
  • fertilizers/ compost/ manure
  • lightning
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How can Nitrates be taken away?

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  • bacteria that convert soil into free N2
  • water carries away nitrates
  • harvesting plants
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What are the natural processes?

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Chemical cycles- cycling of elements and compounds through the environment (water)

Cellular respiration- food chemicals and oxygen are used to provide the body with energy, carbon dioxide is produced.

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What are Human Activities?

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Pollution- any change in the environment that produces conditions harmful to living things (smog and forest fires.)

Agricultural Activities- farmers use chemicals to help control the growth of their crops

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Examples of Agricultural Activities?

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Fertilizers- chemicals added to the soil to increase plant growth (different ratios of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium used to produce different things)

Crop Rotation- crops that are nitrogen fixing increases soil nitrates

Pesticides- chemicals used to kill pests (herbicides=weeds; insecticides=insects’ fungicides-fungus)

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Problems of Pesticides?

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  • not selective and kills pests and non-pests
  • some remain in the environment and can be passed onto other organisms
  • pests can become resistant to them
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What are organic foods?

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Foods grown in an environment free of pesticides

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What are more Human Activities? 2

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Solid wastes- garbage that cannot be recycles is put into land fills lined with plastic and clay.

wastewater/sewage- water with dissolved/undissolved materials is carried by pipes to a septic tank and to water treatment plants

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How is sewage treated?

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septic tanks- Underground containers where bacteria breakdown organic materials before they are moved out into the soil

Sewage treatment plant- treats wastewater and releases (effluent) into rivers and lakes. Often have nitrogen and phosphorus.

Storm Sewers- large areas used to collect street water before released into rivers and lakes. Contains chemical from the street.

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What are more Human activities? 3

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Fuel Combustion- oxygen is used to burn fossil fuels and energy (H2O and CO2) is released

Industrial Processes- power generation, mineral processing, fertilizer production, etc

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What are fossil fuels? Natural gases?

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Fossil Fuels- Fuels formed from dead plants and animals. (coal, oil, natural gas)

Natural gas-Composed of various compounds that can be seperated and used.

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What is pH?

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A measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions in solutions.

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Traits of Acids?

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  • taste sour
  • soluble in water
  • corrosive
  • conduct electricity
  • react with metals
  • most formulas start with H
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Traits of Bases?

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  • taste bitter
  • soluble in water
  • feel slippery
  • corrosive
  • conduct electricity
  • react with acids
  • found in soaps, detergents
  • end in OH
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What are acids? Bases?

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Acid- a compound that dissolves in water to form a solution with a pH lower than 7

Base- a compound that dissolves in water to form a solution with a pH higher than 7

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What is Neutral ?

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A pH of 7.

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18
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What is a universal indicator?

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shows a wide variety of colors, each indicating a different pH when compared to a color chart

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What is neutralization?

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A reaction where an acid and base come together to produce water and a salt.

20
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What is a neutralization reaction?

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A reaction between an acid and a base where water (HOH) and salt are formed.

21
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What are buffers ?

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A substance that can neutralize either an acid or a base.

22
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What is CHON?

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Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen

23
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What are organic and inorganic materials?

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Organic- molecules with carbon

Inorganic- molecules without carbon

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What are nutrients?

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elements and compounds needed for living, growing, reproducing

25
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What are macro nutrients?

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9 elements needed in large amounts- CHON, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, sulfur

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What are micro nutrients?

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Elements need only in trace amounts (ex. iron, selenium)

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What are optimum amounts?

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The right amount of nutrients

28
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What are carbohydrate molecules?

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They are made up of CHO.
- found in foods like pasta, potatoes, rice

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What are the two categories of carbohydrates?

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Simple sugars- one or two sub units long (ex. glucose from photosynthesis)

Complex carbohydrates- long repeating chains of glucose joined together. (ex. starch, glycogen)

30
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What are lipids?

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Made up of CHO atoms
- produced by plants and animals (fats, waxes, oils)

31
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What are proteins?

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  • made up of CHON
  • used for growth, repair, energy source
  • made of amino acids (each has own number and arrangement)
32
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What are enzymes?

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Specialized proteins that control the rate of chemical reactions in the body

33
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What are Nucleic acids?

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Made up of CHON and phosphate
- largest, most complex molecules in organisms (DNA, RNA)

34
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What is passive transport?

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Movement of molecules that do not require an input of energy

35
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What is diffusion?

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Natural movement of molecules from high concentration to low. (anything but water)

36
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What is osmosis?

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Movement of water molecules across a membrane due to a concentration gradient (high to low) only with water

37
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What is active transport?

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energy is used to move molecules against the concentration gradient (low to high)

38
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What is ingestion?

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taking food into the body

39
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What is mechanical breakdown in organisms?

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physical breakdown of food by chewing

40
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What is chemical breakdown in organisms?

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Enzymes breakdown food into its smallest particles through hydrolysis

41
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What is hydrolysis?

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addition of water breaks down large food particles into its smallest form (become hydrolyzed)

42
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What is a substrate?

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The material on which an organism lives. Some attach to their substrates and some feed off of them.

43
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What color does litmus paper turn in bases/acids?

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Blue litmus paper turns red in acids.
Red litmus turns blue in bases.

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