Population Growth and Resource Consumption
The number of births per 1,000 individuals for a certain time period
What is birth rate?
The leading cause of air pollution
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
What is deforestation?
The water and human wastes that are washed down sinks, showers, and toilets
What is sewage?
Small particles of rocks and sand
What is sediment?
The effect our growing population has had on Earth's resources
What is the resources are depleting because the demand for them is going up?
Pollution that is widely spread and cannot be tied to a specific origin
What is nonpoint source?
Forces such as wind, water, and ice moving particles of rocks or soil
What is erosion?
When heat negatively affects bodies of water
What is thermal pollution?
A form of precipitation that forms from the pollutants in the air reacting with the water vapor in the air
What is acid rain?
A growth pattern in which individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate, so that the larger the population gets, the faster it grows
What is exponential growth?
Pollutants that are released into the air
What are emissions?
The two main methods of logging
What is clear-cutting and selective cutting?
The source/cause of most water pollution
What is human activities?
The largest and most famous oil spill in history
What is the Deepwater Horizon?
The day of the year where a year's worth of resource are used up
What is Earth Overshoot Day?
The "shield" that protects Earth's surface from too much UV radiation
What is the ozone layer?
The result of planting the same crop in the same field every year
What is nutrient depletion?
An area where nothing can live because there is not enough oxygen in the water
What is an ocean dead zone?
One of the three ways land is used as a resource
What is agriculture, mining, or development?
The historical event that sparked Earth's rapid growth
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Cool air becoming trapped under warm air leading to the formation of smog
What is a temperature inversion?
The process of restoring land to a more productive state
What is land reclamation?
A marine protected area (MPA)
What is an area where human activities are restricted or regulated?
When Earth is expected to meet its carrying capacity
What is the mid 2080's?