Unit 1-2
Countries like United States, Canada, and Russia are known as what?
High income economies (HICs)
What do we call the feeding sequence of organisms that indicates the flow of energy as one species is consumed by the next?
Food chain
what are oil, natural gas, and coal
fossil fuel or non-renewable resources
saltwater, freshwater, rivers, lakes, permafrost are all what?
distribution of Earths water
name wet depositions
snow, rain, hail, fog
Countries like Niger and Zimbabwe are known as what?
Low income economies (LICs)
What do we call when people have enough nutritious food to live an active and healthy life?
Food security
solar energy, wind energy, and biofuels are what
renewable resources
ability to access sufficient quantities of clean water
water security
what are gases in the atmosphere that absorb infrared radiation called
greenhouse gases
What is the process called when precipitation soaks into soil?
Infiltration
What do we name deserts, forests, grasslands, and tundras?
Biomes
landfills, incineration, and recycling are what
methods of waste disposal
what are some causes of water insecurity
climate change, natural disasters, inadequate sanitation, competition
a mix of air pollutants that deposit from the atmosphere as acidic wet deposition or dry deposition
acid deposition
In which layer of the atmosphere can we find the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
What are young and old population calculations?
Dependency ratios
reliable availability of energy sources at an affordable price with consideration of the environmental impacts is what
energy security
a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
aquifers
what are albedo enhancement, space reflectors, and stratospheric aerosols
geo-engineering strategies that counteract climate change
What do we call components of an ecosystem such as temperature, light, and pH?
Abiotic components
What do we call the rate at which producers convert solar energy into biomass minus the loss of energy through respiration?
Net primary productivity
supply of energy that is in line with economic developments and environmental needs
long-term energy security
some impacts of water security
reduced crop yields, livestock death, malnutrition, famine, diarrhea and cholera
ozone concentration is measured using what
Dobson Unit