Understanding the Environment
What is an Extended period with no rainfall?
What is the defenition of a Drought?
Element normally found in soils and rocks; is poisonous and carcinogenic at high levels.
What is the definition of Arsenic?
Mixture of food scraps and other organic matter that breaks down in the environment; can be used to fertilize gardens.
What is Compost?
Nitrogen is the most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere; taking up about 78%.
True
What is the term that refers to forests being harvested faster than they can grow or are planted back?
What is the definition of Deforestation?
Tool for reporting air quality and impacts on different health concerns.
What is the definition of an Air Quality Index Tool?
Items that have less harmful environmental impact than some traditional (nongreen) items.
What are Green Products?
At least 97.5% of the Earth's water is fresh water.
False
Natural systems are made of interrelated biotic and abiotic parts.
What is the definition of an Ecosystem?
Natural mineral in soils; was formerly used for insulation and fire protection but can cause cancer when inhaled.
What is the definition of Asbestos?
Treating or processing used to waste products to make them suitable for reuse.
What is Recycling?
Paint from before the 1970s may still have been manufactured with lead and is safe when turned to dust and inhaled.
False.
A field of health that focuses on interactions between different natural systems.
What is the definition of Environmental Health?
Chemicals are applied to farmland, gardens, and lawns to promote health.
What is the definition of fertilizer?
Graphic created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows four different ways of protecting the environment: disposal or release, treatment, and source reduction.
What is the Environmental Protection Hierarchy?
What is recycling?
Recycling is the process of taking an usefulness object and turning it into another object
Oxygen is 44% of earth's gasses
False, it is 21%
Widespread hunger and starvation caused by lack of food.
Widespread hunger and starvation caused by lack of food.What is the definition of Famine?
Chemicals used to make some plastics; may be harmful to humans.
What is the definition of Bisphenol A?
Energy that comes from the Earth's natural resources, such as wind, water, and sunlight; cannot be used up.
What is Renewable Energy?
How do you reduce sources?
Some things that you can do are buy in bulk, reduce deforestation and many more