Human Population Dynamics
Measures the inequality within countries
What is Gini Index
Cover 30% of total land areas
What are forests
hydroxyl radicals, oceans and sunlight
What is natural cleanser
solid material of geological and biological origin that is changed by chemical, biological, and physical processes giving it the ability to support plant growth, filter water, plays key role in Earth´s nutrient cycles, and exchange of atmospheric gases
What is soil
Major use of water worldwide
What is irrigation
Use of fertilizers and pesticides to increase crop yields improved the access to food in many places
What is Green Revolution
Major cause of deforestation worldwide
What is large and small scale agriculture
Brownish, irritating haze from automobile exhaust, NOx, and Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs hit sunlight
What is Photochemical Smog
Soil Texture consisting of particles finer than 0.004 millimeters
What is Clay
Dams, canals, reservoirs, aqueducts, sewer system, treatment plants, water towers, irrigation systems, and desalination systems are all...
What are man-made systems
is the maximum population of a species that an ecosystem can support without being degraded or destroyed in the long run.
What is Carrying Capacity
largest cause of deforestation in the Amazon region
What is Cattle Ranching
Rain, Fog, Mist or Snow that is more acidic than usual
What is Acid Precipitation
Soil´s capacity to hold nutrient ions until they are absorbed by roots
What is Nutrient-Holding Capacity
99% of all liquid freshwater available to humans is here
What is Groundwater
the average number of children each woman has over her lifetime
What is Fertility Rate
repair damages to specific lands and waters.
Ecosystem Restoration
115 million tons of SO2 and up to 70 million tons of Nitrogen Oxides
What is anthropogenic sources of air pollutants
When water and wind picks up particles of soil carrying them away
What is erosion
Bacteria, acids, fertilizers, and heat are all
What is Water Pollutants
is an estimate of the amount of land and ocean an individual or population requires to provide the resources it uses and to absorb the waste it produces
What is Environmental Footprint
ecosystem currently being lost due to human activities that covers 75% of Earth´s Surface
What is Oceans
primary pollutant that is a complex mixture of solid particles and aerosols
What is Particulate Matter
Agriculture Technique where cultivation is done at 45 degree angle
What is Contour Plowing
The neighborhood is infamously known as the location of a 70-acre (28 ha) landfill that became the epicenter of a massive environmental pollution disaster harming the health of hundreds of residents
What is Love Canal