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Energy
Pollution
Ozone and global warming
Human Health
Biodiversity
100
Stored energy
What is potential energy
100
Forms nitric acid in the air
What is nitrogen dioxide
100
Destroys ozone
What is CFCs
100
Sudden and severe exposure
What is acute
100
Organisms not native to an area that have been introduced
What is exotic species
200
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is first law of thermodynamics
200
Gasoline, formaldehyde, acetone, and benzene are examples of this type of pollutant
What is VOCs
200
Main anthropogenic greenhouse gas
What is carbon dioxide
200
Prolonged or repeated exposure
What is chronic
200
Aids in restoring birds in the US
What is Lacey Act
300
Type of mining that involves mountaintop removal
What is surface mining
300
Results from the chemical reaction of sunlight with primary pollutants
What is photochemical smog
300
Worst greenhouse gas
What is water vapor
300
Protects in the stratosphere but harms us in the troposphere
What is ozone
300
International agreement to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival
What is CITIES
400
Atom used in nuclear power
What is uranium
400
Metropolitan are that is significantly warmer than its surroundings
What is heat island
400
An agreement among nations requiring the phase-out of chemicals that damage the ozone layer
What is Montreal protocol
400
Responsible for 85% of lung cancer
What is smoking
500
Renewable resource used mainly in Iceland
What is geothermal
500
Increased concentrations of smog are trapped close to the ground because of this
What is temperature inversion
500
Gas released from melting permafrost
What is methane
500
Rachel Carson exposed this chemical to be damaging
What is DDT
500
Federal responsibility to conserve marine mammals
What is marine mammal protection act