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100
Gases in the air that mix with water and fall to the Earth is called
What is acid rain
100
The contamination of the environment with substances that are harmful to life
What is pollution?
100
Energy produced when sunlight is trapped in a photovoltaic cell and converts it to electricity.
What is solar energy?
100
Based on the data, this resource would be considered a renewable resource.
What is timber?
100
An area of permeable sediment or rock that holds a significant amount of water.
What is an aquifer?
100
areas of water bodies where aquatic life cannot survive because of low oxygen levels
What are Dead Zones
200
Coal and fossil fuels are examples of
What is nonrenewable resources?
200
The development of land for houses and other buildings near a city
What is urbanization?
200
Energy produced when moving air turns a turbine.
What is wind energy?
200
This greenhouse gas is produced most by the automobile industry.
What is carbon dioxide?
200
An increase in the Earth's temperature.
What is global warming or climate change?
200
chemicals released from products like old refrigerators, air conditioners and propellants in aerosol cans
What are CFC's?
300
Mix of both solid and liquid particles in the air.
What is particulate matter?
300
When forests are cut down and create habitat loss.
What is deforestation?
300
Corn, wheat, and soybeans can be made into a substance called ethanol. In some places, ethanol is part of a mixture used to power cars and trucks. Ethanol is described as this type of alternative energy source.
a. hydroelectric c. biofuel
b. solar d. geothermal
What is biofuel?
300
According to the graph, this material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash.
What is the paper?
300
Resources that eventually run out and can not be used forever.
What are nonrenewable resources?
300
A long-term average weather condition.
What is Climate?
400
Restoring land disturbed by mining.
What is reclamation?
400
Material from which plastic is made.
What is oil or petroleum?
400
Electricity produced from heat inside the Earth is
What is geothermal energy?
400
Look at the diagram of a stream with toxic chemicals. The diagram models how toxic runoff can pollute a stream and also pollute __________________.
What is groundwater?
400
Resources that do not run out over time.
What are renewable resources?
400
The contamination of air by harmful substances including gases and smoke.
What is Air pollution?
500
Electricity produced from heat inside the Earth is
What is geothermal energy
500
Materials that come from the Earth and are used by living things are called.
What are natural resources?
500
Material that naturally breaks down easily.
What is biodegradeable
500
Which graph best illustrates the change in the human population over the past 2000 years?
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500
The careful use of Earth’s materials to reduce damage to the environment.
What is conservation?
500
Is caused when nitrogen and carbon compounds in the air react in sunlight.
What is Photochemical smog?