Science 9 Unit C – Environmental Chemistry Unit Test Outline Section 1.1     

Nitrogen Cycle (page 184) o Nitrogen Fixation – What form can be used? How do we get it into the soils? Pollution Fertilizer – Definition/Uses o Pesticides/Pests – Definition/possible example Sanitary Landfill/Solid Waste (p. 187) Waste Water and Fossil Fuels

Section 1.2 

Acid/Base/Neutral/pH (p. 191) o Know a few examples of what is an Acid/Base o How to measure (Indicator/pH meter) o Neutralization/Salt o What is Acid Rain?

Section 1.3   

Organic/Inorganic (p. 196) Macro/Micro Nutrients o Nitrogen’s use Types of Organic Molecules (p. 199) o Name the types o What is an Enzyme

Section 1.4 

Diffusion/Osmosis/Active Transport (p. 204) o Explain the difference

Section 2.1   

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Recognize there are different categories for water use quality (p. 213) Biological Indicators o Microbial and Invertebrate Water Quality Chemical Indicators (p. 215-222) o Dissolved Oxygen o Acidity o Heavy Metals o Nutrients (N/P) o Pesticides o Salts Define LD50

Science 9 Unit C – Environmental Chemistry Unit Test Outline Section 2.2  

Measuring Air Quality o Measuring Directly or predicting Harmful Chemicals – Sources/What They do/How to remove (if mentioned) [p. 225-227] o SO2, CO, NOx, O3,

Section 2.3 

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Greenhouse Gas and Effect (p. 229) o What gases o What is the effect o Human affect (Enhanced Effect) o Global Warming CFC’s on Ozone (p 232) o General Explanation – what they did. How we didn’t expect it.

Section 3.1 

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Transport Through Ground Water (p. 239) o What is ground water o Pores/Permeable Surface Water (p. 241) o How it gets there Transport in Soil o Soil type affecting and what it contains

Section 3.2   

Dispersion (p. 243) Dilution Biodegradation o Phytoremediation o Photolysis

Section 3.3 

Biomagnification

Section 3.4 

WHMIS/MSDS/Labels used for what? (p.253)