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This process involves the growth of cities and the movement of people to those areas.
What is urbanization?
decrease in ocean pH due to CO2 absorption.
What is ocean acidification?
The increase in the number of people on Earth.
What is population growth?
Thinning of the Earth's protective layer.
What is ozone depletion?
Growing only one type of crop is called this.
What is monoculture?
This activity involves cutting down large areas of trees for timber or land use.
What is forestry?
Contamination of water sources with pollutants.
What is water pollution?
Increased food production through high-yield crops
What is the Green Revolution?
mix of smoke and fog in the atmosphere.
What is smog?
This is the process of cleaning wastewater before it is released back into the environment.
What is wastewater treatment?
This type of pollution occurs when harmful substances contaminate the ground.
What is land pollution?
Removing salt from seawater to make it drinkable.
What is desalination?
Organisms with altered genetic material.
What are GMOs (genetically modified organisms)?
Harmful substances in the air.
What is air pollution?
increased UV radiation causes this environmental problem.
What is desertification, or what is damage to crops?
Contamination of the ground with harmful substances.
What is land pollution?
Catching fish for food or commercial purposes.
What is fishing?
The expansion of dry, barren lands.
What is desertification?
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gasses?
This is the term for the amount of water used by humans.
What is water use?
The loss of fertile topsoil due to human activities.
What is soil erosion?
The total amount of water used by humans.
What is water use?
Growing only one type of crop.
What is monoculture?
A form of air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions, that creates a brownish haze.
What is photochemical smog?
Mr.T's room number?
what is E212