Chapter 3 - Matter Flashcards
In biogeochemical cycles, the material in these cycles ________ and the energy that drives these cycles ________.
a. must be constantly renewed; must be constantly renewed
b. must be constantly renewed; remained indefinitely
c. remains indefinitely; must be constantly renewed
d. remained indefinitely; remained indefinitely
c. remains indefinitely; must be constantly renewed
___________ hold their shape to a certain extent, but they are also jellylike and are easily deformed.
a. solids
b. aerosols
c. colloids
d. plasmas
e. liquids
c. colloids
Which of the following pairs of compounds are considered inorganic?
a. diamonds and carbon dioxide
b. proteins and bipolymers
c. biopolymers and diamonds
d. biopolymers and carbon dioxide
e. proteins and diamonds
a. diamonds and carbon dioxide
Which are the two most abundant elements of the earth’s continental crust?
a. oxygen and silicon
b. iron and aluminum
c. iron and oxygen
d. silicon and aluminum
e. oxygen and aluminum
a. oxygen and silicon
When regolith contains organic matter, it is:
a. soil
b. clastic sediment
c. alluvium
d. chemical sediment
a. soil
Regolith becomes a type of _______, which is then known as _________ if it is transported.
a. alluvium; sediment
b. sediment; clastic
c. sediment; alluvium
d. clastic; sediment
e. alluvium; clastic
c. sediment; alluvium
Some forms of carbohydrates cannot be digested by humans
True or False
True
A thin section is often used to example the _______ of a rock
a. density
b. hardness
c. texture
d. cleavage
e. luster
c. texture
It is not possible for materials to coexist in two different phases but in the same state
True or False
False
Metamorphic rock cannot be formed from igneous rock
True or False
False
Isotopes of the same element have the same number of __________ but different numbers of _________.
a. protons; electrons
b. neutrons; electrons
c. neutrons; protons
d. electrons; protons
e. protons; neutrons
e. protons; neutrons
Water and lava are both liquids
True or False
True
Which of the following gives the correct layering of the earth, from interior to surface?
a. mantle, crust, core
b. core, crust, mantle
c. crust, mantle, core
d. core, mantle, crust
e. crust, core, mantle
d . core, mantle, crust
in polymerization,
a. a mixture is created by joining multiple compounds
b. small molecules are linked together to for long chains or three-dimensional networks
c. compounds are joined only by iconic bond
d. more than two compounds have been added to a mixture
b. small molecules are linked together to for long chains or three-dimensional networks
a glass of water with ice cubes would contain:
a. the same states and the same phases
b. different states but the same phase
c. different phases but the same state
d. different states and difference phases
d . different states and difference phases
Genes are regions of DNA coded for specific proteins that perform particular functions.
True or False
True
A glass containing a layer of oil on top of a layer of water would contain:
a. different states and different phases
b. different states but the same phase
c. the same states and the same phases
d. different phases but the same state
d. different phases but the same state