Global Warming
The type of radiation (length of wavelength) coming from the sun that passes through the atmosphere
Whay is short wavelength?
The two main elements involved in eutrification of lakes and seas
What are nitrogen and phosphorous?
Term for when toxins build up in one individuals fat cells
What is bioaccumulation?
1997 agreement for rich countries to reduce Greenhouse gas emmisions.
What was the Kyoto Protocol?
the maximum size population that the environment can support for a long time
What is carrying capacity?
pH change in ocean due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
What is lower / more acidic?
Term for a species that is very important to the environment and can regulate other populations
What is a keystone species?
Toxin used originally to kill mosquitoes, that has now spread in the food chain.
What is DDT?
An economy where used products are recycled into raw materials which can be used to make new products ( replaces linear economy)
What is a circular economy?
Name of process which releases carbon dioxide from fossil fuels
What is combustion?
When coral turns white because their mutualistic algae leaves due to rising temperature
What is (coral) bleaching?
Smelly gas produced by anaerobic bacteria in oxygen free lake bottoms
What is hydrogen sulfide gas?
women should not eat much lake fish because of this element that can be found in predator fish
What is mercury?
2016 decision for all countries to work to limit the global temperature increase to no more than 1,5 C
What was the Paris Agreement?
A clothing textile that uses much water and insecticies
What is cotton?
A greenhouse gas produced by growing rice or cattle
What is methane?
Name for bacteria that can change atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen that plants can use (free-living and in root nodules)
What are nitrogen fixing bacteria (Azotobacter and Rhizobium)?
The term for when a toxin gets a higher concemtration the farther up the food chain the animal is
What is biomagnification?
The amount of land needed to support a certain population (In Sweden it is 4 earths, if everyone on the planel lived like us)
What is ecological footprint?
Term used for how much oxygen is needed by organisms (can be measured in the lab)
What is BOD (biological oxygen demand)?
How carbon dioxide is released back into the environment by plants, animals and decomposers
What is cell respiration?
One word name for the reason lake water does not circulate in the summer and winter
What is a thermocline?
A group of toxins found in firefighting foams, textiles and cooking pans
What is PFAS?
A label that ensures workers have safe working conditions, and a decent pay
What is fair trade?
Name of bacteria type in wetlands that change nitrates back into nitrogen gas in the atmosphere.
What are denitrifying bacteria?