Freshwater Resources
High nutrient-load and low-oxygen conditions can result in this condition.
Eutrophication
This energy source is considered an alternative to fossil fuels, but also non-renewable.
Nuclear
This term describes the thermal energy that arises from beneath Earth’s surface.
Geothermal
This is the term for organisms that transfer diseases to their host.
Vectors
This will occur when the concentration of a substance in an animal’s tissues exceeds that of the environment due to enough time and exposure.
Bioaccumulation
This is the term for the bottom zone of a lake or pond.
Benthic
The number of years remaining of natural gas reserves in the world is approximately this (+/- 3%)
54 years
This is the radioactive isotope most commonly used to generate nuclear power.
Uranium
Drug use would be considered this type of environmental health hazard.
Cultural
This term is used for high exposure to a toxic chemical for short periods of time.
Acute exposure
This is the term for an area where water can infiltrate through the surface and reach an aquifer.
Recharge zone
This type of fuel is formed from ancient terrestrial vegetation.
Coal
These are two sites famously known for a nuclear disaster.
Fukushima
Chernobyl
Three Mile Island
This radioactive gas seeps up from certain types of bedrock. It is colorless and undetectable without specialized kits.
Radon
This is the date and time of the final for this class.
Monday, December 9th, 10:10-noon.
This state has both the greatest number of fracking wells, and greatest number of fracking wells under high water stress.
Texas
This country has the highest percentage of coal reserves.
United States
Earth receives enough solar energy each day to power human consumption for this many years (+/- 3%).
25 years
This is a substance that was used in the past as insulation in walls and other products. It scars and impairs lung function when inhaled.
Asbestos
She is the current president of Kirkwood Community College.
Kristi Fisher
Approximately this percentage of all freshwater is contained within glaciers and ice caps (+/-2%)
79%
The controversial extension of this pipeline would have been used to transport tar sands through Montana and North Dakota.
Keystone XL
To calculate an EROI (energy return on investment), you would use this equation.
EROI = Energy returned/energy invested
This chemical is an endocrine disruptor that specifically affects the thyroid.
PBDE
This author wrote the book Silent Spring, bringing attention to the impacts of DDT on human health.
Rachel Carson