Climate Change
gas that is emitted by burning fossil fuels?
What is carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
native elements, such as gold, silver, and copper
What is metal or metallic?
wastes that are a risk to the health of humans or other living organisms
What is hazard waste?
Electrical energy produced by falling/moving water
What is hydroelectric energy?
the farming technique that grows multiple crops in the same field
What is multi-cropping or double cropping?
name of the process: ice sheets and glaciers melt and contribute to sea level rise?
What is glacier and ice sheet melting?
the process of extracting minerals from the earth
What is mining?
requires producers of hazardous waste to keep records of how their wastes are handled
What is Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Energy from heat in the Earth's crust
What is geothermal energy?
the process of growing a large amount of one crop over many years
What is monoculture?
process by which the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and becomes more acidic?
What is Ocean acidification?
What is a way in which surface mines impact an environment ecologically?
What is soil erosion?
a form of preventing hazardous waste?
What is reduce, reuse, or recycle?
energy from sources that are constantly being formed
What is renewable energy?
using multiple crops in the same space
What is intercropping?
Three visible signs of current global warming trends?
what is extreme weather, rise in sea level, glaciers melting?
type of mining is likely the least harmful to the environment
What is subsurface mining?
Capable of being broken down by decomposers.
What is biodegradable?
Energy from the sun that can be gathered by collectors and use to heat water or heat a building
What is active solar heating?
what is an imbalance or deficiency of micronutrients called
What is malnourishmen?
Temperature, pressure and anaerobic microorganisms chemically change plants/animals into
what is fossil fuels?
a mineral that contains one or more elements of economic value
What is an ore?
How is coal extracted from mountaintop removal mines?
What is dynamite?
what specific effect did the bioaccumulation of DDT have on predatory birds
What is thinning of eggshells and a decline in many bird populations?
two types of organic fertilizer?
What is animal manure and compost?