Monday, May 4, 2009

Is global warming caused by "man"?

Yes, for the most part global warming is caused by man. Scientists have evidence such as pollution and man-made green house gases have started tearing away the atmosphere. Natural green house gases have less water vapor and harmful effects on the environment.
One natural cause of global warming is the emission of methane from the artic tundra and wetlands.

Friday, May 1, 2009

GLOBAL WARMING

Five causes of global warming- deforestation, power plants, cars, over-sized population, and carbon dioxide from various things such as airplanes or buildings.

Five things you can do to prevent global warming are take a shower not a bath, cover your pots while cooking, recycle organic waste, keep your car tuned up, and consider the impact of your investments. 

Friday, March 6, 2009

Physical and Chemical Properties

physical property- any aspect of an object or substance that can be measured or perceived  with out changing its identity.    
5 examples- color, smell, freezing point, boiling point, infra-red spectrum

chemical property- a property used to characterize materials in reaction that change there identity.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Homogenous/Heterogenous

Heterogeneous mixture- any combination of substances that does not have uniform composition and properties; a mixture of physically distinct substances with different properties.
6 Examples- sandy water, carbonated beverage or beer, orange juice with pulp in it, water with ice cubes in it, chicken noodle soup.

Homogeneous mixture- any combination of substances that has uniform composition and properties; a mixture that is uniform through out.
6 Examples- salty water(salt dissolved)   brewed tea or coffee    soapy water   a dilute solution of hydrochloric acid   hard alcohol   wine

Friday, February 27, 2009

Subatomic Particles

The three main types of subatomic particles are protons, neutrons, electrons.
Protons have a positive charge, along with neutrons, which are located in the nucleus.
Electrons have a negative charge, also located in the nucleus.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Introduction to Chemistry

Chemistry- the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and there properties and reactions.

 8 Major Fields of Chemistry

organic chemistry
inorganic chemistry
physical chemistry
biochemistry
analytical chemistry
theoretical chemistry
materials chemistry
nuclear chemistry

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Definitions

Wave length- the distance between repeating units of a propagating wave of a given frequency.
Wave frequency- measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.
Wave height- the vertical distance between the crest and the preceding trough of a wave.