Impact on Land
The cutting of large areas of forest for human activities
What is deforestation
An area of permeable sediment or rock that holds significant amounts of water.
What is an aquifer.
Caused when nitrogen and carbon compounds in the air react to sunlight
What is photochemical smog
A rise in Earth's average surface temperature
What is global warming
The development of land for houses anf other buildings near a city
What is urbanization
True or false, precipitation helps replace groundwater.
What is true.
Main cause of the destruction of the ozone layer, released by refrigerators, air conditioners, and propellants in aerosol cans
What is CFCs
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb Earth's outgoing infrared radiation
Pesticide usage, soil quality, space
What are some negative consequences that dams can have on the environment?
What is can increase the rate of erosion, acts as a barrier for migratory fish, and some rivers are nearly dry before they reach the ocean.
The mix of solid and liquid particles in the air, inhaling this can cause asthma, bronchitis, and lead to heart attacks
What is particulate matter
The loss of color in coral that occurs when stressed corals expel the algae that live in them
What is coral bleaching
Spaces that are left undeveloped or lightly devoloped
Spills from oil tankers harm wildlife, but what are some other things that oil spills harm?
What is the ocean, any harm to the physical, chemical, or biological halth of the ocean ecosystem.
Rain or snow with a lower pH than rainwater
What is acid precipitation
Who is the man who is a geologist with the US Geological Survey. he studies rocks for possible clues anout past sea levels
What is Daniel Muhs
What are some advantages that dams have compared to other ways of generating electricity?
What is the ability to rapidly change the amount of electricity being generated.
Some treaties that have helped protect the atmosphere
What is the Montreal Protocol and the Clean Air Act
How does the melting of ice in the poles increase the average temperature of the Earth
What is ice has a higher albedo than water, so the water absorbs more of the Sun's energy