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Chapter 3
Review Sheet
1. The basic units of matter, the smallest units that maintain the chemical properties
of an element, are called___________________________ (64)
2. Because of their large size, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids are
together called________________________________ (67)
3. Why is water often called “the universal solvent”? (70)
4. Which sphere of Earth is made of all the rock above and below Earth's surface?
(74)
5. The lithosphere is carried on a softer, but still firm, layer of rock called
the______________________________(74)
6. Which sphere are humans a part of? (79)
7. The release of water vapor by plants through their leaves is called
_____________________ (81)
8. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are
called_________________ (83)
9. All material in the universe that has mass and occupies space is called
__________________ (64)
10. The central core of every atom, containing particles called protons and neutrons, is
called a(n)_____________________ (65)
11. Which of Earth's spheres consists of the layers of gases surrounding our
planet?(79)
12. Water which returns from the atmosphere to Earth's surface as rain or snow is
called ____________________________ (81)
13. Nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles called
________________________ (83)
14. Name two common sources of phosphorus? (86)
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15. During the process of nitrogen fixation, nitrogen gas is converted
to_____________________ (88)
17. The acidity or basicity of a solution is described by the ____________________
scale. (71)
18. An ___________________ is the negatively charged part of an atom. (65)
19. As the asthenosphere moves, it drags along large plates of crust called
____________________ plates. (77)
20. In ____________________, producers pull carbon dioxide out of their
environment and combine it with water in the presence of sunlight. (84)
21. Earth's ____________________ consists of all the planet's living or once-living
things and the nonliving parts of the environment with which they interact. (79)
23. In a process called ____________________, the addition of phosphorus to bodies
of water can lead to an overgrowth of producers (usually algae). (86)
24. The outermost layer of Earth and the geosphere is known as
the_______________. (76)
25. Most of the _____________ on Earth is located in the atmosphere. (87)
26. Draw a diagram of a divergent plate boundary (78)
27. Draw a diagram of a transform plate boundary (78)
28. Draw a diagram of a convergent plate boundary (78).
29. Which type of plate boundary (convergent, divergent, or transform) determines the
landform or result below. (78)
Earthquake _________________ Volcano ______________
Mountain________________
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30. What number on the pH scale is considered neutral?(71)
______________________
31. What number on the pH scale is the most acidic? (71)
_________________________
32. What number on the pH scale is the most basic?(71)
__________________________
Write the answer to each question in the space provided.
34.
Explain why the water cycle is so important to human life and the natural
environment. (81-82)
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