Populations
Humans have not hit our carrying capacity yet, meaning we are still going through this type of growth.
What is exponetial growth?
What is clear-cutting?
This type of energy can be harnessed via photovoltaic cells.
What is Solar Energy?
This greenhouse gas holds the most heat and is produced through foam products and refrigerants.
What are Chloroflourocarbons? (CFCs)
This layer found in the stratosphere reflects most of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
What is the Ozone Layer?
This is the total number of species an ecosystem can support.
What is carrying capacity?
This time period that took place between 1950-1970 involved large jumps in agricultural technology.
What is the Green Revolution?
This process refers to the splitting of atoms, releasing large amounts of energy in the process.
What is Nuclear Fission?
What is biomagnification?
This greenhouse gas is emitted mostly through natural means.
What is methane? CH4
These diagrams show the dispursion of ages in a country.
What is an Age-Structure Diagram?
This type of environmental destruction will result in a decline in overall transpiration.
What is deforestation?
The United States, Russia, and China are the world's largest reserve holders of this resource.
What is a coal?
This abbreviation refers to hydrocarbon fuel vapors and solvents in the earths atmosphere that take long periods of time to break down.
What are VOCs? (Volatile Organic Compounds)
This type of molecule is most responsible for the depletion of the ozone.
What are CFCs?
This is the maximum rate at which a population can grow.
What is Biotic Potential?
This ecosystem service provides wildlife habitats, and affects global carbon sinks.
What is Forestry?
This radioactive isotope is one of the primary elements used in nuclear reactions.
What is Uranium-235?
These small, often carcinogenic compounds include dust, soot, and asbestos.
What is particulate matter?
The average time in the troposphere for this greenhouse gas is 100 years.
What is Carbon Dioxide CO2?
These are factors affect all individuals in the population regardless of population size.
What are Density-Independent Factors?
This agricultural practice keeps soil disturbance to a minimum.
What is Low-Till Farming?
I will also take No-Till Farming
This states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
This pollution results from the chemical reaction of sunlight with primary pollutants.
What is photochemical smog?
The term describes the system in which methane emissions melt the polar ice caps, which then release methane, which then melts the polar ice caps further.
What is a positive feedback loop?