Land and Water Use
Energy Resources
Pollution
Global Change
Potpourri
100
These are two methods that are more sustainable methods of agriculture
What are any two of the following?: No-till farming Crop Protation Intercropping Shelterbelts Contour farming terracing
100
Coal, natural gas and oil are examples of these
What are fossil fuels?
100
This forms when NO2 reacts with sunlight.
What is photochemical smog?
100
This is the type of radiation that stratospheric ozone blocks.
What is UVB?
100
Toxin buildup over time up the food web, especially if they are fat soluble, is called this.
What is biomagnification?
200
These increase crop yields, decrease crop loss, and can reduce the spread of disease but may be harmful to the environment and humans
What are pesticides?
200
This type of energy source reduces carbon emissions, but some people believe it is dangerous.
What is nuclear power?
200
This is a colorless gas found both in the stratosphere and troposphere.
What is ozone?
200
This is the treaty enacted in 1997 to achieve stabilization of GHG concentrations
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
200
This is the system in the body that produces hormones.
What is endocrine system?
300
A process to address the issue of pest control using knowledge of the pest's life cycle and environmental interactions.
What is integrated pest management?
300
Migrating salmon are a concern with this type of renewable energy.
What is hydroelectric power?
300
This is a natural occurring mineral used as insulation in the past.
What is asbestos (vermiculite)?
300
This is the gas involved in the destruction of stratospheric ozone.
What are CFCs?
300
This is how the Hawaiian Islands were formed
What is a plate moving over a hot spot?
400
This is an advantage of aquaculture
What is any of the following?: reduces bycatch energy efficient more reliable reduces consumption of wild population
400
These are the products of combustion of fossil fuels.
What are carbon dioxide, water, and energy?
400
This occurs in primary treatment of wastewater.
What is physical removal of solids using settling tanks?
400
Two main reasons global warming causes sea level rise.
What is melting land ice and thermal expansion.
400
This is the main reason for the reduction in water volume of the Aral Sea.
What is water withdrawal for irrigation?
500
This is a common practice for mining coal in the Appalachians.
What is mountaintop removal?
500
Controlling downstream flooding is an advantage of building one of these.
What is a dam?
500
Eutrophication causes this to happen, causing an ecosystem collapse.
What is hypoxia (or decrease of oxygen)?
500
The presence of this organism that often grows on trees is usually a good indicator of clean air.
What is lichen?
500
This is the reason an endemic species is more prone to extinction than other species.
What is because it is only found in one location on the planet?
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