Matching Questions Match Each Term with Its Corresponding Definition

question 81

Multiple Choice

Matching Questions
Match each term with its corresponding definition .
-hydrophobic

• A)insoluble in water, such as the nonpolar hydrocarbon tail of a detergent molecule
• B)soluble in water, such as the polar end of a detergent molecule
• C)the spherical structure formed by detergent molecules when added to water
• D)a measure of the disorder in a system
• E)a solution of two or more metals

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Definitions:

Chestnut Blight

A fungal disease caused by Cryphonectria parasitica, which has devastated chestnut trees in North America by causing cankers that girdle and kill the trees.

Net Productivity

is the rate at which energy or biomass accumulates in an ecosystem's producers, after subtracting the energy used in respiration, representing the amount of new biological material.

Mineral Release

The process by which minerals become available to organisms in the environment, often through the weathering of rocks or decomposition of organic matter.

Sulfates

Compounds that contain the sulfate ion, SO4^2-, known for their role in atmospheric processes and potential to cause acid rain.