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| wastewater containing dissolved and undissolved materials from my kitchen,bathroom, and laundry. |
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| fuel formed form dead plants and animals;coal, oil, and natural gas. |
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| natural gas that contains hydrogen sulfide. |
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| compound that dissolves in water to form a solution with a ph lower then 7 |
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| compound that dissolves in water to from a solution with a ph higher than7 |
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| measure of the percent of hydrogen ions in a solution; most solutions have a ph in the range of 0 to 14; 0 is very acid, 14 is very basic, and 7 is neutral |
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| reaction between an acid and base that produces water and a solid compound called a salt |
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| compounds whose molecules contain carbon,except carbon dioxide,carbon monoxide, carbonates, and cyanides, which are inorganic compounds. |
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| compounds whose molecules do not contain carbon, also include as inorganoc compounds are carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbonates and cyanides |
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| nutrients that organisms need in relatively large amounts |
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| nutrients that organism need in relatively mall amounts. |
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| organic compound made up of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |
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| organic molecules made up of atoms of carbon. |
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| organic compound made up of units called amino acids; protein molecules contain atoms of nitrogen, hydrogen,oxygen, and carbon. |
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| building blocks of proteins |
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| large and most complicated molecules found in all the cells of living things; the two most important are deoxyribonucleic acid. |
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| process in which molecules move from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration. |
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| type of diffusion in which water molecules move across a membrane from an area where there are more water molecules to and area where there are fewer water molecules |
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| process in which plant cells use energy to move nutrient molecles from areas lower concentration to areas of higher concentration |
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| reaction of a substance with water; hydro means water and lysis means break down |
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| surface on which an organism lives of moves. |
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