Biodiversity
Genetic variation within a species
What is genetic diversity?
Process of soil formation from rock and organic material breakdown
What is weathering?
Pollution from a single identifiable source
What is point source pollution?
Likelihood of harm from exposure
What is risk?
Main greenhouse gas from fossil fuel combustion
Number of different species in an ecosystem
What is species richness?
Best type of soil for farming
What is loam?
Pollution formed in the atmosphere through chemical reactions
What is secondary pollution?
Dose that kills 50% of a test population
What is LD50?
Powerful greenhouse gas from livestock and landfills
What is methane?
Area where two ecosystems meet and interact
What is an ecotone?
Top soil layer rich in organic matter
What is the A Horizon?
Excess nutrients causing algal blooms in water
What is eutrophication?
Waste that can easily catch fire
What is ignitable waste?
Protective atmospheric layer that absorbs UV radiation
What is ozone layer?
A species that has a large impact on ecosystem structure
What is a keystone species?
Farming method that uses multiple pest control strategies together
What is Integrated Pest Management?
Increase in toxin concentration up a food chain
What is biomagnification?
Waste that can explode
What is reactive waste?
Frozen soil that releases greenhouse gases when thawed
What is permafrost?
The acronym for the threats to biodiversity
What is HIPPCO?
Best type of irrigation for the environment
What is drip irrigation?
Wastewater treatment stage using ozone to kill bacteria
What is disinfectant?
Law that manages hazardous waste from “cradle to grave”
What is RCRA?
International treaty that phased out ozone-depleting substances like CFCs
What is the Montreal Protocol?