This is the use of a resource which does not harm the environmental and allows it to regenerate.
What is sustainability?
100
Natural services and natural resources that help support human and ecosystem life.
What is natural capital?
100
This is the process through which water circulates through the oceans, rivers, groundwater, atmosphere, and land.
What is the water cycle/hydrologic cycle?
100
This pollution comes from a single, identifiable source.
What is point source pollution?
100
This is the energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
200
Temperature, pH, wind speed, salinity
What are (examples of) abiotic factors?
200
materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans
What is natural resources?
200
Using macroinvertebrates is a way to ______ test water quality.
What is indirectly?
200
This area in an ocean is comprised of microplastics from land.
What is the Pacific Garbage Patch?
200
Name two countries with significant natural gas deposits?
What are Russia/Iran/Qatar?
300
This is the area of land/water required to sustain a population and assimilate its waste
What is an ecological footprint?
300
processes in nature, such as air purification and water or renewal of topsoil.
What are natural services?
300
These are geological layers of sand, gravel, or rock through which groundwater flows.
What is an aquifer?
300
This type of pollution comes from widely dispersed sources, and is not easily identifiable.
What is non point source pollution?
400
This is made of up of biotic and abiotic factors.
What is the environment?
400
Propane and butane are examples of this.
What is natural gas?
400
The movement of seawater in a pattern of flow dependent on variations in temperature, which give rise to changes in salt content and hence in density.
What is thermohaline circulation?
400
This is the addition of a substance to the environment at a rate grater than which can be rendered harmless and has an appreciable effect on the organisms.
What is pollution?
400
This type of energy has a low environmental impact (without accidents), emits less air pollution than coal, but can promote the use of weapons.
What is nuclear power?
500
K
What is carrying capacity?
500
This is the highest rate which which we can use a resource without impacting future generations.
What is sustainable yield?
500
This is the enhancement of water through nitrates, phosphates, and potassium.