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Rain or snow that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater. It forms with gases containing nitrogen and sulfur react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals in the atmosphere. Burning of fossil fuels is a major contributor to sulfur in the atmosphere.
What is acid rain? or What is acid precipitation?
Materials that come from the Earth and are used by living things are called.
What are natural resources?
Energy produced when sunlight is trapped and converted into to electricity.
What is solar energy?
As carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, this will also increase over time.
What is the temperature?
To replace forests that have been cut down.
What is reforestation?
The contamination of the environment with substances that are harmful to life.
What is pollution?
Oil, coal, and natural gas are three different kinds of this.
What are fossil fuels or Nonrenewable resources?
Energy produced when moving air turns a turbine.
What is wind energy?
The effect that occurs when greenhouse gasses trap excess heat and re-radiate it back to earth.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The development of land for houses and other buildings near a city.
What is urbanization?
Mix of both solid and liquid particles in the air. It can block out the sun.
What is particulate matter?
Resources that eventually run out and can not be used forever.
What are nonrenewable resources?
The use of natural resources over and over again is called this.
What is recycling?
Carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane gas and water vapor are examples of these.
What are greenhouse gasses?
Restoring land disturbed by mining.
What is reclamation?
chemicals released from products like old refrigerators, air conditioners and propellants in aerosol cans
What are CFC's?
When forests are cut down and create habitat loss.
What is deforestation?
Material that naturally breaks down easily.
What is biodegradeable?
an area where the ground collapses due to the lack of sufficient support from below
What is a sinkhole?
An area of permeable sediment or rock that holds a significant amount of water.
What is an aquifer?
The contamination of air by harmful substances including gases and smoke.
What is Air pollution?
Resources that do not run out over time.
What are renewable resources?
Electricity produced from heat inside the Earth is
What is geothermal energy?
An increase in the Earth's temperature.
What is global warming or climate change?
A long-term average weather condition.
What is Climate?
Is caused when nitrogen and carbon compounds in the air react in sunlight.
What is Photochemical smog?
Coal and fossil fuels are examples of
What is nonrenewable resources?
The careful use of Earth’s materials to reduce damage to the environment.
What is conservation?
areas of water bodies where aquatic life cannot survive because of low oxygen levels
What are Dead Zones
Material from which plastic is made.
What is oil or petroleum?