SCIENCE 10

Data Pages

Page 1 Table of Contents

Page 2 Periodic Table of the Elements

Page 3 pH Scale

Page 4 Alphabetical Listing of the Elements

Page 5 Names, Formulae and Charges of Some

Polyatomic Ions; Names and Formulae of
Common Acids; Prefixes

Page 6 Map of the Pacific Coast of North America

Page 7 World Tectonic Plate Boundaries Map

Page 8 The Carbon Cycle

Page 9 The Phosphorus Cycle

Page 10 Biomes of the World

Page 11 The Nitrogen Cycle

Page 12 Common Isotope Pairs Chart; Radioactivity Symbols;

Units and Abbreviations; Equations of Motion

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 PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS

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1 + 1 –
H H 18
Hydrogen Hydrogen 2 0
1.0 METALS NON-METALS 1.0 He
Helium

1 2 13 14 15 16 17 4.0
Atomic Number 22 4+
3+ Ion charge(s)
3 + 4 2+ Symbol Ti 5 6 7 3– 8 2– 9 – 10 0
Li Be Name Titanium B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Atomic Mass 47.9
6.9 9.0 10.8 12.0 14.0 16.0 19.0 20.2
11 + 12 2+ 13 3+ 14 15 3– 16 2– 17 – 18 0
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
23.0 24.3 11 12 27.0 28.1 31.0 32.1 35.5 39.9
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
19 + 20 2+ 21 3+ 22 4+ 23 5+ 24 3+ 25 2+ 26 3+ 27 2+ 28 2+ 29 2+ 30 2+ 31 3+ 32 4+ 33 3– 34 2– 35 – 36 0
3+ 4+ 2+ 3+ 2+ 3+ 3+ 1+
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn 4+ Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
39.1 40.1 45.0 47.9 50.9 52.0 54.9 55.8 58.9 58.7 63.5 65.4 69.7 72.6 74.9 79.0 79.9 83.8
37 + 38 2+ 39 3+ 40 4+ 41 3+ 42 2+ 43 7+ 44 3+ 45 3+ 46 2+ 47 + 48 2+ 49 3+ 50 4+ 51 3+ 52 2– 53 – 54 0
5+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 2+ 5+ Te I Xe
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
85.5 87.6 88.9 91.2 92.9 95.9 (98) 101.1 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3
55 + 56 2+ 57 3+ 72 4+ 73 5+ 74 6+ 75 4+ 76 3+ 77 3+ 78 4+ 79 3+ 80 2+ 81 1+ 82 2+ 83 3+ 84 2+ 85 – 86 0
7+ 4+ 4+ 2+ 1+ 1+ 3+ 4+ 5+ Po 4+ At Rn
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi
Cesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
132.9 137.3 138.9 178.5 180.9 183.8 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 (209) (210) (222)
87 + 88 2+ 89 3+ 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
Fr Ra Ac Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Uub Uut Uuq Uup Uuh Uus Uuo
Francium Radium Actinium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Ununbium Ununtrium Ununquadium Ununpentium Ununhexium Ununseptium Ununoctium
(223) (226) (227) (261) (262) (263) (262) (265) (266) (281) (272) (285) (284) (289) (288) (292) (?) (294)

Alkali Alkaline Halogens Noble

Metals Earth Gases
Metals
58 3+ 59 3+ 60 3+ 61 3+ 62 3+ 63 3+ 64 3+ 65 3+ 66 3+ 67 3+ 68 3+ 69 3+ 70 3+ 71 3+
4+ 4+ 4+ 2+ 4+ 2+ 2+ Lu
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb
Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
Based on mass of C-12 at 12.00. 140.1 140.9 144.2 (145) 150.4 152.0 157.3 158.9 162.5 164.9 167.3 168.9 173.0 175.0

Any value in parentheses 90 4+ 91 5+ 92 6+ 93 5+ 94 4+ 95 3+ 96 3+ 97 3+ 98 3+ 99 3+ 100 3+ 101 2+ 102 2+ 103 3+

4+ 4+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 3+ 3+
is the mass of the most Th Pa U 5+
Np 4+
Pu 6+ 3+ Am 5+ Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
stable or best known isotope for Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium 6+ Plutonium 5+ Americium6+ Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
elements which do not occur naturally. 232.0 231.0 238.0 (237) (244) (243) (247) (247) (251) (252) (257) (258) (259) (262)

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 pH SCALE
baking oven
stomach lemon grapes tomatoes bananas milk water eggs soda soap ammonia bleach cleaner

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[H+]

NH3

[OH–]
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Acidic Neutral Basic

Methyl Orange RED YELLOW

Methyl Red RED YELLOW

Bromthymol Blue YELLOW BLUE

Litmus RED BLUE

Phenolphthalein COLOURLESS PINK

Indigo Carmine BLUE YELLOW

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 ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF THE ELEMENTS

Element Symbol Atomic Number Element Symbol Atomic Number

Actinium Ac 89 Mendelevium Md 101

Aluminium Al 13 Mercury Hg 80
Americium Am 95 Molybdenum Mo 42
Antimony Sb 51 Neodymium Nd 60
Argon Ar 18 Neon Ne 10
Arsenic As 33 Neptunium Np 93
Astatine At 85 Nickel Ni 28
Barium Ba 56 Niobium Nb 41
Berkelium Bk 97 Nitrogen N 7
Beryllium Be 4 Nobelium No 102
Bismuth Bi 83 Osmium Os 76
Bohrium Bh 107 Oxygen O 8
Boron B 5 Palladium Pd 46
Bromine Br 35 Phosphorus P 15
Cadmium Cd 48 Platinum Pt 78
Calcium Ca 20 Plutonium Pu 94
Californium Cf 98 Polonium Po 84
Carbon C 6 Potassium K 19
Cerium Ce 58 Praseodymium Pr 59
Cesium Cs 55 Promethium Pm 61
Chlorine Cl 17 Protactinium Pa 91
Chromium Cr 24 Radium Ra 88
Cobalt Co 27 Radon Rn 86
Copper Cu 29 Rhenium Re 75
Curium Cm 96 Rhodium Rh 45
Darmstadtium Ds 110 Roentgenium Rg 111
Dubnium Db 105 Rubidium Rb 37
Dysprosium Dy 66 Ruthenium Ru 44
Einsteinium Es 99 Rutherfordium Rf 104
Erbium Er 68 Samarium Sm 62
Europium Eu 63 Scandium Sc 21
Fermium Fm 100 Seaborgium Sg 106
Fluorine F 9 Selenium Se 34
Francium Fr 87 Silicon Si 14
Gadolinium Gd 64 Silver Ag 47
Gallium Ga 31 Sodium Na 11
Germanium Ge 32 Strontium Sr 38
Gold Au 79 Sulfur S 16
Hafnium Hf 72 Tantalum Ta 73
Hassium Hs 108 Technetium Tc 43
Helium He 2 Tellurium Te 52
Holmium Ho 67 Terbium Tb 65
Hydrogen H 1 Thallium Tl 81
Indium In 49 Thorium Th 90
Iodine I 53 Thulium Tm 69
Iridium Ir 77 Tin Sn 50
Iron Fe 26 Titanium Ti 22
Krypton Kr 36 Tungsten W 74
Lanthanum La 57 Uranium U 92
Lawrencium Lr 103 Vanadium V 23
Lead Pb 82 Xenon Xe 54
Lithium Li 3 Ytterbium Yb 70
Lutetium Lu 71 Yttrium Y 39
Magnesium Mg 12 Zinc Zn 30
Manganese Mn 25 Zirconium Zr100 40
Meitnerium Mt 109

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 NAMES, FORMULAE AND CHARGES OF NAMES AND FORMULAE OF
SOME POLYATOMIC IONS COMMON ACIDS

Positive Ions Negative Ions

Hydrochloric acid HCl
NH4+ Ammonium CH3COO– Acetate
Sulfuric acid H2SO4
CO3 2–
Carbonate
Nitric acid HNO3

ClO3– Chlorate Acetic acid HCH3COO

ClO2– Chlorite

CrO42– Chromate
PREFIXES
CN– Cyanide
1 mono
Cr2O72– Dichromate
2 di

HCO3– Hydrogen carbonate, bicarbonate 3 tri

4 tetra
HSO4– Hydrogen sulfate, bisulfate
5 penta
–
HS Hydrogen sulfide, bisulfide 6 hexa
7 hepta
HSO3– Hydrogen sulfite, bisulfite
8 octa
OH– Hydroxide 9 nona
10 deca
ClO– Hypochlorite

NO3– Nitrate

NO2– Nitrite

ClO4– Perchlorate

MnO4– Permanganate

PO43– Phosphate

PO33– Phosphite

SO42– Sulfate

SO32– Sulfite

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 MAP OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF NORTH AMERICA

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 WORLD TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES MAP

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Eurasian Plate
North American Plate
Juan
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Plate
Caribbean
Plate Arabian Plate
Pacific Plate
Cocos Plate African
Mi Philippine Plate
d- A Plate
Pacific Plate

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Nazca Plate South Indian-Australian
American Plate
tlantic Ridge
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East Pacific R
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W E

Antarctic Plate S

Divergent boundary Convergent boundary Transform boundary Mountains

Plate movement relative to the African Plate Volcanoes

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 THE CARBON CYCLE
DIAGRAM NOT TO SCALE
atmospheric
sun 750 CO2

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CO2 in atmosphere P CO2
H
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CELLULAR RESPIRATION S 5.5
Y
N fossil fuel
T combustion 1.5 0.5
H
E change in land use
S (e.g. agriculture)
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S

540 – 610
terrestrial
vegetation 90 92

60 61 sea surface
gas exchange
plant growth
and decay

DECOMPOSITION 3
marine life
1600 700 3000

organic matter dissolved coal

in soil organic carbon 50 40

CARBON CYCLE KEY 300

100 92
carbon stores oil and gas deposit
e.g. 38 000 – 40 000 circulation of
in gigatonnes
intermediate and deep water
carbon exchange 38 000 – 40 000
e.g. 100 92 in gigatonnes per year 68 000 000 – 100 000 000
marine sediments and sedimentary rock

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 THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
DIAGRAM NOT TO SCALE

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weathering
industrial
waste 10

ocean marine
life 2
fresh water
200

7 guano bird
islands
terrestrial
.01 organisms
fish harvest 4000

uptake by
terrestrial
fertilizers organisms
leaching 200
50 into soil
runoff and
leaching
100
dissolved in
plant and waterways
phosphate decomposers
in soil animal waste mineable
soil phosphate
plant
dissolving 10 000 – 60 000
and animal
weathering waste 1000
Earth’s
mining crust
phosphate
(phosphate fertilizers
rocks 20 000 000 000
and detergents)

ocean PHOSPHORUS CYCLE KEY

sediments numbers represent flows
200 in millions of metric tons
100 000 000 (1012g) per year
shallow ocean
sediments numbers represent stored
geologic uplift amounts in millions of metric
4000
tons (1012g)

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 BIOMES OF THE WORLD

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Tropic of Cancer 23.5°N

Equator 0°

Tropic of Capricorn 23.5°S

W E

Boreal Forest Permanent Ice Tropical Rainforest

Desert Temperate Deciduous Forest Tundra

Grassland Temperate Rainforest

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 THE NITROGEN CYCLE

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Atmosphere: primarily N2 with traces of NH3, NO, NO2 N2, NH3, NO, NO2, NO3–
NO, NO2 NH3 NH3
acid precipitation
HNO3
nitrogen oxides
from transportation C
and industry O N2 ATMOSPHERIC FIXATION (lightning) NO3–
N fertilizer
V application ash
E
R NH4+, NO3–
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N sewage and fertilizers dissolved NH4+, NO3–
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LEACHIN
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T NO3– N
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O plants A
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NH4+ N A
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T decaying plant B
nitrogen-fixing E Y
I and animal waste N
O bacteria in root I P
N nodules of legumes T L
R A
I N
F denitrifying T
decomposers I S
bacteria
(bacteria and fungi) C
A NH4+, NO3–
T
I
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N
nitrogen-fixing nitrifying nitrifying
soil bacteria bacteria bacteria
NITROGEN FIXATION NH4+ NITRIFICATION NO2– NITRIFICATION NO3–
DIAGRAM NOT TO SCALE

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 COMMON ISOTOPE PAIRS CHART

Isotope
Half-life of Parent
(years)
Parent Daughter

Carbon-14 Nitrogen-14 5730

Uranium-235 Lead-207 710 million

Potassium-40 Argon-40 1.3 billion

Uranium-238 Lead-206 4.5 billion

Thorium-235 Lead-208 14 billion

Rubidium-87 Strontium-87 47 billion

RADIOACTIVITY SYMBOLS

4 4 0 0 0
α , He β e γ
2 2 –1 , –1 0

1 1 1
n p H
0 1 , 1

UNITS AND
ABBREVIATIONS EQUATIONS OF MOTION

Quantity Unit Symbol

Δd Δv Δv = vf − v i
distance (d) metre m vav = a=
Δt Δt
second s
Δd = vav Δt Δv = aΔt v i = vf − Δv
minute min
time (t)
Δd Δv
hour h Δt = Δt = v f = vi + Δv
vav a
year a

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