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100

What are all the members of a species living in a given area?

Population

100
Some things people use land resources for
What is timber production, agriculture, and mining.
100

What is reduce, reuse, recycle?

The 3 R's

100
Most water in the United States is used by
What is Power Plants.
100
Why is the greenhouse necessary to support life?
What is the greenhouse effect traps heat and warms Earth's surface temperatures that can support and maintain life.
200

What is the largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth's resources can support and maintain for a long period of time?

Carrying Capacity

200
Amount of species estimated to live in Tropical Rainforests.
What is 50 percent.
200
The purpose of green space.
What is provide recreational opportunities, decrease runoff, and improve air quality.
200
Three types of air pollution.
What is photochemical smog, particulate matter, acid precipitation, CFC's, carbon monoxide.
200
Two ways carbon is released into our atmosphere.
What is burning wood, fossil fuels, cellular respiration, decaying organisms.
300

Carrying capacity and resources are related

What is the availability of resources over a long period of time? It determines carrying capacity.

300
Two trends that triggered the need for more highways.
What is urban sprawl and increased motor vehicle use.
300
Planting trees to replace those that have been cut down.
What is reforestation.
300
Reason the use of CFC's has been phased out.
What is CFC's react with sunlight and destroy ozone molecules, making the ozone layer thiner and more susceptible to UV rays from the sun.
300
An increase in the Earth's average temperature.
What is global warming.
400

Population and carrying capacity related

What is each population in an environment has a carrying capacity, or limit to its maximum size.

400
The purpose of a well connected to a landfill.
What is to monitor the quality of groundwater.
400
Process of restoring land disturbed by mining.
What is reclamation.
400
Three ways air pollution can affect human health.
What is headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, reduced lung function, increased asthma attack, chest tightness, shortness of breath, irritation of throat, coughing, and irritation of eyes and nose.
400
Explain the greenhouse effect.
What is the process of certain gases in the atmosphere absorbing and reradiating thermal energy from the sun.
500
In the late 1800's the human population began to rise sharply, what factors contributed to this increase in population?
What are improved health care, clean water, and other technological advances.
500

Why do landfills have liners?

This is done to prevent the trash from being blown away into landfills and polluting the air, soil, and water.

500
Clean Air Act.
What is a law that sets limits on the amount of certain pollutants that can be released in the air.
500
Conditions for AQI of 62.
What is moderate, highly sensitive people should limit prolonged outdoor activity.
500
Greenhouse effect and global warming related.
What is global warming occurs when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increase, thus increasing temperatures on Earth's surface.