APES Flashcards

10357869713	Organic vs. Inorganic	contain C &H vs. just C or H or neither ie. CH4 is organic CO2 is inorganic	0
10357869714	natural vs synthetic	natural made by nature synthetic human made	1
10357869715	Kinetic vs. Potential Energy	Kinetic energy- the energy a being has while in motion, potential energy- the energy an object has to be in motion	2
10357869716	radioactive decay	A spontaneous process in which unstable nuclei lose energy by emitting radiation	3
10357869717	half life	Time it takes for half of an isotope to decay	4
10357869718	Law of Conservation of Mass	Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change	5
10357869719	1st law of thermodynamics	Energy cannot be created or destroyed	6
10357869720	2nd law of thermodynamics	Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe.	7
10357869721	Entropy	A measure of disorder or randomness.	8
10357869722	Organism	A living thing	9
10357869723	Species	A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.	10
10357869724	Population	A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area	11
10357869725	Community	All the different populations that live together in an area	12
10357869726	Ecosystem	A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.	13
10357869727	biotic factor	Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact	14
10357869728	abiotic factor	physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem	15
10357869729	Producers (autotrophs)	Organisms that make their own food	16
10357869730	Consumers (heterotrophs)	obtain energy by consuming other organism so	17
10357869731	Decomposers	Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms	18
10357869732	Photosynthesis formula	6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight ---> C6 H12 O6 + 6O2	19
10357869733	cellular respiration formula	C6H1206->CO2 + H20+ ENERGY (released)	20
10357869734	Aerobic vs. Anaerobic	Aerobic means "with oxygen," and anaerobic means "without oxygen."	21
10357869735	Extinction	A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.	22
10357869736	Erosion	Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away	23
10357869737	Adaptation	A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce	24
10357869738	Gene	A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait	25
10357869739	gene pool	Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population	26
10357869740	Trait	A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.	27
10357869741	Chromosome	Any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain the genetic material.	28
10357869742	natural selection	A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.	29
10357869743	plate tectonics	A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.	30
10357869744	Biodiversity	the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.	31
10357869745	climate change	Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades	32
10357869746	Metabolism	All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism	33
10357869747	Rocks	A naturally formed aggregate, or mixture, of minerals; have varied chemical compositions	34
10357869748	Minerals	A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.	35
10357869749	Climate vs. Weather	weather is short term, climate is a region's average weather over a long period of time	36
10357869750	Weathering	The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.	37
10357869751	Ions/elements	positively and negatively charged atoms	38
10357869752	Mutations	A random error in gene replication that leads to a change	39
10357869753	electromagnetic spectrum	All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation	40
10357869754	Co2	Carbon dioxide	41
10357869755	CO	carbon monoxide	42
10357869756	C6H12O6	Glucose	43
10357869757	Ch4	Methane	44
10357869758	H2	Hydrogen gas	45
10357869759	H20	water	46
10357869760	N2	Nitrogen gas	47
10357869761	NOx	Nitrogen Oxides	48
10357869762	NO3-	Nitrate	49
10357869763	O2	Oxygen gas	50
10357869764	O3	Ozone	51
10357869765	PO4 3-	Phosphate	52
10357869766	SO2	sulfur dioxide	53
10357869767	U	Uranium	54
10357869768	P	Phosphorus	55
10357869769	S	Sulfur	56
10357869770	Cl	Chlorine	57
10357869771	K	Potassium	58
10357869772	NaCl	sodium chloride	59
10357869773	Pb	Lead	60
10357869774	Hg	Mercury	61
10357869775	Rn	Radon	62