Ecology
Region of the atmosphere with the highest atmospheric pressure.
What is the troposphere?
The time period where fossil fuels and machinery became accessible to every day citizens.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Using antibiotics in the feed of livestock results in...
What is the development of dangerous, antibiotic resistant strains of disease?
Ancient dead organisms such as trees and plankton become _______ over millions of years.
What are fossil fuels?
Hydrocarbons fuels release the following 3 pollutants when burned...
What is CO2, NO, and VOC.
Term for an organism that reproduces quickly, provides little to no parental care, and has a short life span.
What is r-selected species?
The population level at which the environment can sustain is ______.
What is a carrying capacity?
Layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is found.
What is the stratososhpere?
This chemical is a persistent, broad-spectrum pesticide that is now banned but can still be found in soil in the U.S.
What is DDT?
Uranium 238 is used for this energy source...
What is nuclear energy?
A country has an annual growth rate of 2%. How long will it take for the population to double?
What is 35 years?
Problem with farm raised fish in densely populated tanks lacking genetic diversity is __________.
What is increase in disease and parasites?
This type of bedrock is very porous and alkaline providing a buffer to acidic soils.
What is limestone?
What environmental problem results from unproper storage of coal mining waste?
What is acid mine drainage?
Solar energy system that does not require electricity and instead involves environmental design?
What is a passive solar energy?
EPA hazardous waste law, with cradle to the grave clause.
What is RCRA- Resource Consumption and Recovery Act?
A decrease in this measurement of biodiversity _________ indicates that the environment has been damaged.
What is species richness?
Type of plate boundary where the deepest point of the ocean is.
What is a convergent plate (Marianna's trench)
What are the two chemical reactions for acid deposition?
H2O + NO2 --> HNO3
H2O + SO2 --> H2SO4
This type of renewable energy source generates electricity and heat from the earth's core.
What is geothermal energy?
This type of greenhouse gas is a byproduct from anaerobic decomposition of organic matter.
What is methane?