Environmental Basics
This gas, often associated with photosynthesis, is NOT considered a greenhouse gas.
What is oxygen (O2)?
This phenomenon is characterized by higher temperatures in cities compared to surrounding rural areas.
What is an urban heat island?
This concept aims to use resources responsibly for future generations.
What is sustainable development?
The primary purpose of this activity is to extract valuable minerals or geological materials from the Earth.
What is mining?
This term refers to the variety of life in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
This pollutant is most directly linked to global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
The urban heat island effect is primarily caused by these materials, like pavement.
What are heat-absorbing materials?
This movement emerged from the 1960s civil rights movement.
What is environmental justice?
This environmental impact of mining includes the destruction of natural areas and disruption of ecosystems.
What is habitat destruction?
Deforestation negatively impacts global biodiversity and these important Earth cycles.
What are carbon cycles?
Respiratory diseases, cardiovascular issues, and cancer are all health problems primarily contributed to by this.
What is air pollution?
These features on city buildings primarily help to enhance biodiversity.
What are green roofs?
This concept includes People, Planet, Profits, and Community.
What is the "quadruple bottom line"?
Exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals is a potential health risk associated with this activity.
What are mining activities?
Biodiversity loss most directly threatens the resilience and stability of these.
What are ecosystems?
This large South American rainforest contributes significantly to global carbon absorption, specifically about 1/4 of CO2.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This index considers demographics and environmental factors.
What is the Heat Vulnerability Index?
This type of planning seeks to control and direct urban expansion.
What is smart growth planning?
This term refers to acidic water flowing from metal or coal mines.
What is acid mine drainage?
Mining activities affect biodiversity by destroying natural habitats and doing this to ecosystems.
What is disrupting them?
This is the waste material left over after the target mineral is extracted during mining.
What are tailings?
Mining activities can affect water resources by doing this to groundwater and surface water.
What is contaminating/polluting them?
The purpose of this process is to restore mined land to a natural or economically usable state.
What is mine reclamation?
Dealing with contaminated soil and water is a significant challenge in this process.
What is mine reclamation?
Mining contributes to air pollution by emitting dust and these.
What are harmful gases?