NITROGEN* #1 FERTILIZER
* _____ATE=SOLID WASTE
* ___ITE=LIQUID WASTE
* PLANTS MUST HAVE-MAIN FOOD-MAKES THEM GREEN
* LOTS IN THE AIR, BUT ANIMALS CAN’T CONVERT-ONLY LEGUMES=NITROGEN FIXATION
* TOO MUCH IS TOXIC=“BURN LAWN”
PHOSPHORUS
• #2 OF FERTILIZER• HELPS PLANTS BLOOM AND PRODUCE
FLOWERS AND FRUIT/VEGGIES• TOO MUCH CAUSES HIGH ALGAE
GROWTH WHICH STEALS O2 LEVELS FROM WATER
BRACKISH* MIXTURE OF FRESH AND SALT WATER* WHERE RIVERS MEET THE
OCEAN=ESTUARIES* LARGEST NURSERIES ON EARTH
CAPILLARY ACTION* WATER PROPERTY THAT DEFIES GRAVITY* STRAW IN WATER* BECAUSE OF POLARITY-CAN “CLIMB-LIKE
CHAINS* HOW PLANTS GET WATER FROM ROOTS
TO THEIR TOP
BUFFER• WHAT IS ADDED TO A SOLUTION TO
BRING IT TO BALANCED• FIND OUT WHAT TO USE BY
MEASURING pH THE ACTION OF MEASURING THE pH IS TITRATION
WATERSHED• Land formations that cause water to
gather• Grapevine is a watershed to Bear Creek
which directly feeds into the Trinity River• Trinity River=longest interior river in
Texas, covers over 400 miles
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE* HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY WATER
CAN CONDUCT* MORE DENSE=INCREASED
CONDUCTIVITY* LIKE STEPPING STONES ACROSS A
RIVER
WATER DENSITY• D=M/V• MOST ABUNDANT LIQUID ON EARTH SO
MOST LIQUID DENSITIES ARE COMPARED TO WATER
• MEASURES HOW MUCH “STUFF” IS IN THE WATER
TITRATION• ACTION• TESTING TO FIND LEVEL OF ACID OR
BASE IN A LIQUID• Ph IS THE TOOL• BUFFER IS THE ADDITIVE TO
BALANCE
SURFACE TENSIONBECAUSE OF POLARITY, WATER
SITS LIKE A NETSMALL ENOUGH OBJECTS CAN
“STAND” ON THE NET
RUNOFF• NOT NATURAL EXCEPT ON CLAY=FLASH FLOODS• URBAN CAUSE=CONCRETE• PROBLEM=COLLECTS SEWAGE AND TAKES IT TO WATER
SOURCE
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN AVAILABLE IN THE WATER
MOST COMES FROM TURBIDITY AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PESTICIDES* CHEMICAL AND NATURAL
METHODS TO KILL ANYTHING THAT BUGS YOU
* PROBLEM=RUNOFF AND LEACHING
PH• MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF OH- (BASE)
OR H+ (ACID) IN A SOLUTION• LIVING ORGANISMS WANT TO BE AT 7• CAN ONLY SUSTAIN SMALL AMOUNTS OF
CHANGE OFF OF 7• USUALLY NO FURTHER THAN 6 OR 8
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