Global Change
The main way humans are contributing to global warming
Name two of the six pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act
The term for an organism's role in the environment
What is niche
This area of the Earth is warmest due to receiving the most direct sunlight
ITCZ (intertropical convergence zone)
The greenhouse gas that also caused the destruction of the ozone layer
When ozone is found here it contributes to the formation of smog
What is the troposphere
The shape of an age structure diagram from a country with stable population growth
What is column-like
One of the primary drawbacks of this energy source is death of birds and bats
What is wind?
A subduction zone occurs when an oceanic plate collides with this type of tectonic plate
What is a continental plate?
The legislation that banned the use of CFCs
What is the Montreal Protocol
A lid of warm air on top of cooler stagnant air.
What is a thermal inversion
Following a natural disaster, the population of a species declines. As the genetic diversity dropped, the species experienced this type of artificial selection
What is a bottleneck effect
The soil horizon that contains a large amount of organic matter and weathered minerals from the parent material
What is the A horizon
This shell-building chemical is less available for aquatic organisms when the pH of the ocean drops
What is carbonate
The two primary pollutants that lead to the formation of acid precipitation
What are sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
A country in this stage of the demographic transition model can be described as having a high life expectancy, high levels of education for both genders, and a total fertility rate near 2
Phase 3 (Industrialized)
This energy source is best for areas with a large amount of tectonic activity
What is geothermal?
The main driving factor of air circulation
Energy from the sun
The type of radiation that is radiated by the Earth before being absorbed and reradiated by greenhouse gases in the troposphere
What is infrared (IR)
This invention is used to reduce the risk of acid rain and photochemical smog
What is the catalytic converter
The relationship between two species in which one benefits and there is no effect on the other
The country that has the largest impoundment dam
What is China
"In late 2024 this Spanish-named weather event brought colder-than-normal waters to the central equatorial Pacific"
What is La Nina