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Famous Figures II
100
This rule explains the decline in energy as you move up trophic levels.
What is the 10% rule?
100
Passed in 1970, this act set the first national standards for air quality in the United States.
What is the Clean Air Act?
100
Behind Carbon Dioxide this Greenhouse gas has contributed the most to climate change.
What is Methane?
100
This is the most widely used fossil fuel, formed over millions of years from ancient organisms.
What is Oil?
100
Known as the "father of national parks," this environmentalist founded the Sierra Club and fought to protect wilderness areas like Yosemite.
Who is John Muir?
200
This image shows what happens when individuals prioritize their own needs over communal needs, also known as...
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
200
The Montreal Protocol aimed to reduce this from the atmosphere.
What are Ozone depleting substances?
200
Fertilizer runoff causes this process, leading to algal blooms and dead zones in water.
What is Eutrophication?
200
A method of extracting natural gas and oil by injecting water, sand, and chemicals underground to break up rocks, often with severe environmental impacts.
What is fracking?
200
This former U.S. Vice President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate action and the documentary An Inconvenient Truth
Who is Al Gore?
300
Based on this population pyramid, Italy's population will likely ______ in the next decades
What is decline?
300
The CITES organization was created to accomplish this ambitious goal.
What is protect endangered species from trade?
300
This greenhouse gas, commonly associated with agriculture has 300 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.
What is Nitrous Oxide?
300
This highly radioactive element is used as fuel in nuclear reactors. Through the process of fission it releases large amounts of energy.
What is Uranium 235?
300
This U.S. president, established the U.S. Forest Service and protected over 230 million acres of public land, including national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
This curve, which tracks atmospheric CO2 concentration, is named after the scientist who first collected the data.
What is the Keeling Curve?
400
The U.S. famously chose to never ratify this international agreement aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
400
Triple Play: Name three gases with a greenhouse warming potential greater than one.
What is...
1. Methane (CH4)
2. Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
3. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)/Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
400
This biofuel, made from crops like corn or sugarcane, is often mixed with gasoline to reduce emissions.
What is ethanol?
400
This American forester became the first head of the US Forest Service in 1905 after attending Yale University.
Who is Gifford Pinchot?
500
Species such as elephants, with low mortality rates in early life and high parental investment, follow this type of survivorship curve
What is Type I?
500
This law holds polluters financially responsible for cleaning up sites contaminated with hazardous substances, even if the pollution occurred decades ago.
What is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)?
500
Unlike other biogeochemical cycles, this one has no gaseous component.
What is the Phosphorus cycle?
500
Known for its high energy density, this common element can be produced through electrolysis and emits only water when used in a fuel cell (battery).
What is hydrogen?
500
This American ecologist and forester wrote A Sand County Almanac and advocated for a "land ethic" in conservation.
Who is Aldo Leopold?