Environmental Policy
environmental protection and conservation strategies
Environmental Policy
List three environmental problems
air quality, water quality, land quality, energy use, resource management
federal law that regulates air emissions to protect public health and the environment.
Clean Air Act
These are lake attributes measured at a discrete point in time
structural metrics
This population growth pattern is J Shape and occurs in ideal unlimited environments
exponential growth
provides the practical implementation of the environmental policy
Environmental Management
Emissions of these gasses cause air temperature to increase
Greenhouse gasses.
federal law aimed at restoring and maintaining the nation's water quality.
Clean Water Act
This is the Blanket of gases surrounding the Earth and contains nitrogen and carbon
atmosphere
These are the nonliving components of needed for a population to thive
abiotic factors
benefits people get from natural ecosystems, including tangible goods like food and clean water
These species are transferred from one habitat to another
invasive species
the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats to maintain healthy ecosystems and biodiversity
Wildlife Conservation
These populations live long, grow large, and have few babies at a time
K-selected
Chlorofluorocarbons are...
human-made greenhouse gases that deplete the ozone layer
Environmental policy consists of how many stages?
These species are near extinction, so they must be protected
endangered species
meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Sustainability
This is a process to turn nitrogen gas into a usable form, like ammonium, for other organisms to use
nitrogen fixation
This class of organisms makes its own food.
Producers (photosynthesis is an acceptable example)
The fourth stage of environmental policy includes which two components?
Monitoring and evaluating the policy
Overexploitation
The capacity of a population to maintain sustainable access to quality water
Water security
This is an indicator of ecosystem metabolism and measures consumption or production
oxygen
TRUE or FALSE. The ecological footprint is a measure of CO2 emissions from nature.
FALSE. This is the measurement of natural resource use.