When using a rock hammer to take a sample of a rock in the field, which of the following pieces of safety equipment should you use? a. ear plugs b. heat-resistant gloves c. eye goggles d. apron

Elements and compounds are pure substances that cannot be broken down physically into a simpler substance. a physical change doesn’t break the bonds between atoms of a substance or form new ones. compounds can be broken down by a chemical change. a chemical change breaks chemical bonds and/or forms new ones between atoms of a substance. what simple substance would a compound break into? the basic elements that make it up! for example, if you passed a very strong electric current through water you’d break the chemical bonds in water and be left with oxygen and hydrogen. which of the following is an example of a chemical change? a separating water into different glasses b breaking frozen ice cubes with a hammer c running an electric current through water d boiling water to evaporate it on a stove

Amylase becomes denatured at a temperature of 80°c. during an experiment to study the effect of varyingtemperature on enzyme activity, amylase’s reactivity with starch was measured at body temperature (37°c), andthen again at an increased temperature of 42°c. how would this increase in temperature affect the experiment

In 1992, hurricane andrew left a wake of destruction through florida. one victim of the storm was a reptile-breeding facility. over 900 burmese pythons were set free, and today thousands of pythons live in florida. these pythons are an invasive species, or a harmful species not native to the region. 1. what impacts do you think the burmese pythons might have on local ecosystems