Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
CO2
|
Carbon Dioxide
It enters the atmosphere when fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) are burned. We exhale this and plants take it in. |
|
|
H2O
|
Water
2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen Over 3/4ths of the planet's surface is covered by this. |
|
|
O
|
Oxygen
Our air and earth's crust |
|
|
Ca
|
Calcium
Found in bones, shells, milk, and Earth's crust |
|
|
NaCl
|
Sodium Chloride (salt)
1 Sodium + 1 Chlorine Used on food and in our pools |
|
|
Al
|
Aluminum
Used to make airplane parts & found in earth's crust |
|
|
Cl
|
Chlorine
Combines with sodium to make salt found in pools |
|
|
U
|
Uranium
Used in nuclear energy |
|
|
Si
|
Silicon
Found in rocks, sand, and soil of earth's crust |
|
|
He
|
Helium
Found in party balloons and our sun |
|
|
CH4
|
Methane Gas
1 Carbon + 4 Hydrogen Used as fuel Used as the main component in natural gas |
|
|
N
|
Nitrogen
Found in muscle-building protein and our atmosphere |
|
|
Na
|
Sodium
Salt we use on food, found in ocean water and earth's crust |
|
|
H
|
Hydrogen
Found in starts and our sun |
|
|
C
|
Carbon
All living things and helps tell age of rocks and fossils |
|
|
Fe
|
Iron
Used in steel structures, earth's crust and core |
|
|
NH3
|
Ammonia
1 Nitrogen + 3 Hydrogen A colorless, sticky gas It's used in fertilizers for growing plants, but it can also be in the atmosphere of planets. |
|
|
Ni
|
Nickel
Found in coins and make up earth's core |
|
|
Mg
|
Magnesium
Found in plants and rocks |
