0.1 Our Island, Earth
These three resources are called fossil fuels - name them ALL please
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
A perspective that gives equal value to all living things is called this
What is biocentrism?
This is the governmental body responsible for passing national laws about the environment in the US
What is Congress?
A substance with this pH is considered to be neutral
What is 7?
A change in state of water vapor from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
This type of natural resources, such as wind or solar energy, that are naturally replenished over short periods of time are called this
What are renewable resources?
A single statement that the universe has been observed to obey is called a
What is a Scientific Law?
This law made it illegal to discharge point source pollution directly into bodies of water without a permit
What is the Clean Water Act?
Organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms, such as crude oil and petroleum products, are called this
What are hydrocarbons?
This sphere is made of the hard rock on and just below the surface of Earth
What is the lithosphere?
If a resource is used at a rate where it is naturally replenished, such that use of it at that same rate can continue indefinitely into the future, they are being used in this way
What is sustainably?
A perspective that judges actions based on their benefit or harm to the entire ecosystem is called this
What is ecocentrism?
This is the government agency that regulates pollution in the environment - you can give the full name or the 3 letter abbreviation
What is the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA?
This property of water allows small bugs to walk on it without breaking through the surface
What is surface tension?
At this type of plate boundary, magma surges upward to the surface, pushing plates apart
What is a divergent boundary?
When individuals, acting independently out of their own self interest, will deplete a shared resource it is known as this
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
A broad explanation of a scientific phenomenon applying to a wide range of situations and observations is called a
What is a Theory?
This law allows the government to monitor levels of 6 critical pollutants
What is the Clean Air Act?
This property of water causes it to stick to other surfaces more strongly than it does to itself
What is adhesion?
At this type of plate boundary, major earthquakes are the only hazard possible
What is a transform boundary?
This is a measure of the total environmental impacts of an individual or a population
What is an Ecological Footprint?
A human centered view of our relationship with the environment is called this
What is anthropocentrism?
This document must be prepared before any project associated with the government can begin in order to make sure that the impacts on the environment are accounted for
What is an Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS?
These macromolecules direct protein production, such as DNA or RNA
What are nucleic acids?
A convergent boundary between these two types of plates (must give me both!) will create a subduction zone, and result in the formation of volcanoes
What is a continental (or land) plate and an oceanic plate?