ecosystem disasters
the worst nuclear disaster that happened in 1986 at Ukraine and is considered the worst in history
Chernobyl
this team describes a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment
keystone species
this is the most abundant fossil fuel on earth
coal
this agricultural practice involves planting different crops in the same field each year
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer
stratosphere
this 1989 oil spill in Alaska that led to the oil population act of 1990
Exxon Valdez
these species are the first to colonize an area after a disturbance
pioneer species
this renewable energy source uses heat from the earth's core
geothermal
this the term for the large -scale, industrial farming of animals
CAFOs
this is the pH level of normal rain
5.6
this chemical disaster that happened in India involving a gas leak
bhopal
this is the process where nutrients build up on a body of water, causing algae blooms
eutrophication
this is the process of splitting an atom to release energy
nuclear fission
this type of irrigation is the most water-efficient
drip irrigation
this law regulates the discharge of pollutants in the waters of the US
clean water act
this neighborhood in New York was built over waste dump, leading to the superfund act
love canal
this is the rule that states that two species competing for the same limiting resource can cannot coexist
competitive exclusion principle
this type of solar energy uses mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central tower
concentrated solar power
this is the process of removing salt from seawater to create fresh water
desalination
this is the term for the movement of water through plants into the atmosphere
transpiration
this 2010 BP disaster was the largest marine oil spill in history
Deepwater horizon
this type of mimicry involves a harmless species evolving to look like a dangerous one
batesian mimicry
this is the main component of natural gas
methane
this term describes the maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain
carrying capacity
this is the process where nitrogen gas is converted into ammonia by bacteria
nitrogen fixation