Environment 2
What property of lakes and rivers can agricultural lime be used to correct?
high acidity
What biofuel is an alcohol derived from corn, grains, or agricultural waste?
ethanol
The technique used to dramatically increase the resolution of radio telescope images by combining signals from multiple telescopes.
interferometry
What term describes someone who believes humans are merely passing through the earth and have no claim to anything on it?
preservationist
Which of the following instruments is used to measure the distance from the ground to the base of clouds?
ceilometer
What useful fire-fighting chemicals were restricted under the Montreal Protocol?
halons
Which fossil fuel is a vapor consisting primarily of the hydrocarbon methane?
natural gas
The sun outputs the same amount of energy in summer and winter, but summer is much warmer than winter. What factor of insolation has the most influence on this difference?
angle of sun's rays
What are the U.S. laws, amendments, and extensions that control air pollution on a national level?
Clean Air Acts
Which stage of a thunderstorm ends with a huge cumulonimbus cloud that has no precipitation hitting the ground?
cumulus stage
What is the introduction of harmful chemicals or microscopic solids into the atmosphere?
air pollution
What type of pollution does a waste-to-energy incinerator help reduce?
land pollution
What term refers to the temperature at which cooling air becomes saturated?
dew point
What group of long-living halogen compounds are supposedly the primary cause of ozone depletion?
chlorofluorocarbons
What is the most destructive force of a hurricane?
wind
What usually happens to a landfill after it has been completely filled?
It is repurposed.
What refers to any harmful substance that is released into the soil, air, or water?
pollution
What are ice crystals that grow as they absorb water vapor from a cloud and stick together?
snowflakes
Which group of biogeochemical cycles recycle nutrients found in soil and rock?
sedimentary cycles
What is the first visible sign that a tornado may be forming from a mesocyclone?
wall cloud
What time period had average global temperatures warmer than at present?
Medieval Climate Optimum
What is a system that removes certain gases and particles from industrial exhaust.
scrubber
What type of cloud forms a low, heavy layer of gray puffs and is the most frequent type observed?
stratocumulus
What layer of the soil contains less organic material and more mineral material than the other layers?
subsoil
What is a combination of three air masses to form a Y-shaped front?
occluded front