Intro to APES
What's a renewable resource?
A resource that can be naturally replenished.
What is the crust?
What's a CAFO?
A farming system that consists of raising a large number of animals in confined spaces.
What are primary pollutants?
Harmful substances that are emitted directly into the atmosphere from a specific source
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
It's when individuals overuse a shared resource.
What are R-strategist species?
Species that produce lots of offspring with little parental care.
What's the troposphere?
The lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
What's wing energy
A renewable energy source that uses moving air to generate electricity.
What are the six criteria pollutants?
Particulate Matter (PM)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Sulfur Dioxide (SO_2)
Nitrogen Oxides (NO_x)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Lead (Pb)
What's an ecological footprint?
The total amount of land and water needed to support someone's lifestyle.
What are K-strategist species?
Species that reproduce few offspring with lots of parental care.
What is the rain shadow effect?
It's a phenomenon that occurs when a mountain range blocks rain-producing weather systems.
What's Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?
A pest-control strategy that uses biological, cultural, and chemical methods.
What is eutrophication?
When excess nutrients enter a body of water and cause algal blooms as well as low oxygen conditions, leading to dead zones.
What's a nonrenewable resource?
A resource that cannot be naturally replenished.
What's TFR?
Total Fertility Rate
What are all the soil layers from top to bottom?
O Horizon
A Horizon
E Horizon
B Horizon
C Horizon
R Horizon
What was the nuclear accident that occurred in Ukraine in 1986?
Chernobyl
How does tropospheric ozone occur?
Formed when sunlight reacts with nitrogen oxides and VOCS.
What is the word to describe a human-caused environmental change?
Anthropogenic
What is the rule of 70?
The rule of 70 is used to estimate population doubling time.
What's the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)?
The region near the equator where warm air rises and ranfall is common.
Nuclear energy is generated by splitting heavy atoms through nuclear fission or combining light atoms through nuclear fusion. This releases immense energy, which is collected, stored, and converted to usable energy.
What's ocean acidification?
When the ocean's acidity increases due to the absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide.