Climate
-CO2 + water vapor, methane
What are greenhouse gases?
Biological, Social,Chemical, Physical
What are the four types of hazards?
sand, silt clay
What are the three main particle sizes found in soil?
Metals (iron, copper, aluminum),Nonmetals (sand, gravel, limestone),Fuels (coal, uranium)
What materials are mined?
-coal oil, natural gas, nuclear
What are the 4 main forms of non-renewable energy?
a measure of a surface’s reflectivity
What is albedo
the study of disease in human population
What is the study of epidemiology
Timber, animals,fruit, medicine
What is an example of a provisioning service in an ecosystem?
About 2.5% of Earths water is…
How much of Earth’s water is fresh?
energy cannot be created not destroyed, only transformed
What is the law of conservation of energy?
temp gradient between the poles and equator where salt water is denser than freshwater
What is the thermohaline gradient?
carcinogens, chemical mutagens, teratogen, neurotoxins, endocrine disrupters, allergens
What are the 6 types of chemical hazards?
the lining system collects leachate and prevents ground interaction
what is a sanitary landfill
Excess nutrients → algal bloom → algae die → decomposition uses oxygen → dead zones.
How does nutrient pollution cause eutrophication?
both matter and energy are exchanged
What is an open system?
-human activities->combusting fossil fuels
What is the main cause of climate change?
asbestos, radon, VOCs, carbon monoxide, lead
What five common indoor chemical hazards did we discuss in class?
tropical and arid; loss of biodiversity
what two areas does deforestation cause the most harm
Warm air traps cooler air below → pollution builds up near ground.
What are temperature inversions?
conduction, radiation, convection
What are three ways of transferring energy?
non-binding so it was never ratified
What is a weakness of the Paris Agreement?-
DDT has …. which persist in the environment through biomagnification, harming the bald eagles food source
What are POPS
- encourages thinning, prescribed burns, and community involvement to reduce wildfire hazards.
What is the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (2003)?
International agreement to phase out CFCs
What happened because of the Montreal Protocol?
heat->steam->turbine/generator
What is the basic process used to produce electricity?