Other Cards for test 1

Question 1

First major enviromnental chemistry issue

Answer 1

1865 london, developed BOD (Bio-Oxygen Demand) test to see how clear the river was, chimney sweeps got cancer from soot

Question 2

1865 london, developed BOD (Bio-Oxygen Demand) test to see how clear the river was, chimney sweeps got cancer from soot

Answer 2

First major enviromnental chemistry issue

Question 3

Silent Spring

Answer 3

1962 book about how DDT was killing birds

Question 4

1962 book about how DDT was killing birds

Answer 4

Silent Spring

Question 5

Calculating Kow

Answer 5

concentration in octonol/conenrtation in water

Question 6

concentration in octonol/conenrtation in water

Answer 6

calculating KOW

Question 7

Exponential phase

Answer 7

the period where the bacterea have adapted to eating the chemical and are growing like crazy

Question 8

the period where the bacterea have adapted to eating the chemical and are growing like crazy

Answer 8

Exponential phase

Question 9

stationary phase

Answer 9

when the bacterial population has leveled out, may stay here a long time if there is a steady supply of chemical

Question 10

when the bacterial population has leveled out, may stay here a long time if there is a steady supply of chemical

Answer 10

Stationary Phase

Question 11

Death Phase

Answer 11

when the chemical resource dries up all the bacteria die

Question 12

when the chemical resource dries up all the bacteria die

Answer 12

Death Phase

Question 13

co-metabolism

Answer 13

a microorganism eats a substance mixed in with it’s normal food and processes it.

Question 14

a microorganism eats a substance mixed in with it’s normal food and processes it.

Answer 14

co-metabolism

Question 15

milticeluar organsims procesing toxicants type 2

Answer 15

add a carboxylic acid (O+C-OH) group

Question 16

add a carboxylic acid (O+C-OH) group

Answer 16

milticeluar organsims procesing toxicants type 2

Question 17

Mesosphere

Answer 17

the layer above the stratosphere, not enough gass to form ozone, so O2 just breaks into O and eventualy reforms, Filters UV-C

Question 18

the layer above the stratosphere, not enough gass to form ozone, so O2 just breaks into O and eventualy reforms, filters UV-C

Answer 18

Mesosphere

Question 19

thermosphere

Answer 19

the highest layer of the atmosphere, next to space

Question 20

the highest layer of the atmosphere, next to space

Answer 20

Thermosphere

Question 21

troposphere

Answer 21

the layer of the atmosphere w live in

Question 22

the layer of the atmosphere w live in

Answer 22

troposphere

Question 23

why te ozone layer is in the stratosphere

Answer 23

forming ozone requires aditional molecules to cary away the heat, requiring a certain concentration, but eventualy the ozone filters out all the UV-B

Question 24

forming ozone requires aditional molecules to cary away the heat, requiring a certain concentration, but eventualy the ozone filters out all the UV-B

Answer 24

why the ozone layer is in the stratosphere

Question 25

how sunscreen works

Answer 25

by reflecting or absorbing UV rays before they can get to your skin.

Question 26

by reflecting or absorbing UV rays before they can get to your skin.

Answer 26

How Sunscreen works

Question 27

when was the Ozone hole first soptted

Answer 27

1960’s

Question 28

1960’s

Answer 28

when was the Ozone hole first soptted

Question 29

inactive forms of chlorine

Answer 29

HCl, and ClONO2

Question 30

HCl, and ClONO2

Answer 30

inactive forms of chlorine

Question 31

patterns of smog formations

Answer 31

first NO2 builds up, then VOC’s then they both decrease

Question 32

first NO2 builds up, then VOC’s then they both decrease

Answer 32

patterns of smog formation