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| 9792232461 | ionizing radiation | cancer causing, UV, X-ray, Gamma | 0 | |
| 9792235693 | heat | what does infared translate to | 1 | |
| 9792239202 | frequency | what decreases in the greenhouse effect trapping the waves | 2 | |
| 9792245420 | entropy | the second law of thermodynamics | 3 | |
| 9792256391 | 10 | how many half lives before deemed safe | 4 | |
| 9792259457 | positive feedback loop | Causes a system to change further in the same direction. | 5 | |
| 9792285004 | negative feedback loop | corrective to maintain homeostasis | 6 | |
| 9792287856 | synergy | the power that results from the combination of two or more forces | 7 | |
| 9792293414 | p O A e B C R | soil layers | 8 | |
| 9792297960 | p layer | wetland/peat | 9 | |
| 9792297961 | eluviation | mineral buildup as water cant progress from A to B | 10 | |
| 9792306156 | clay | small with low infiltration | 11 | |
| 9792309149 | sand | large with high infiltration | 12 | |
| 9792314220 | leaching infiltration | ------- is minerals while ------ is water | 13 | |
| 9792321828 | habitat, decreases evaporation and erosion | why is the leaf litter important | 14 | |
| 9792325291 | right diagonal up | clay silt sand | 15 | |
| 9792336510 | sedimentary | weathering and erosion | 16 | |
| 9792336511 | igneous | lava, mashed together rocks | 17 | |
| 9792343765 | metamorphic | heat and pressure | 18 | |
| 9792353531 | Fixation/ammonification nirtification assimilation denitrification | nitrogen cycle | 19 | |
| 9792368041 | erosion time and no gaseous phase | why is phosphorus a limiting factor | 20 | |
| 9792374487 | ocean forest soil | carbon sink order | 21 | |
| 9792377520 | H2S | chemosnythetic bacteria uses what compound | 22 | |
| 9792380734 | law of tolerance | For each (a)biotic factor, an organism has a set range of tolerances within which it can survive | 23 | |
| 9792384015 | lava glaciers moving concrete | primary succession examples | 24 | |
| 9792394255 | fire and natural disasters | secondary succession examples | 25 | |
| 9792402880 | tissue, dead/dying, enzymes break down | difference between detritivores, scavengers and decomposes | 26 | |
| 9792411465 | tundra | permafrost | 27 | |
| 9792416063 | grassland | good soil and agriculture//savanah | 28 | |
| 9792419665 | tiaga | boreal forest, Russia, coniferous forest | 29 | |
| 9792421833 | chapareal | shrubs and fire | 30 | |
| 9792424662 | decidious forest | broad lead | 31 | |
| 9792427146 | rainforest | high NPP and biodiversity | 32 | |
| 9792430109 | desert | desertification biome | 33 | |
| 9792432468 | mangrove | roots and babies | 34 | |
| 9792436231 | coral reef | high biodiversity ad calcium carbonate=ocean acidification | 35 | |
| 9792439491 | swamps/marshes | lakes and filtration | 36 | |
| 9792442509 | estuaries | 60% of population with high transportation and primary productivity | 37 | |
| 9792442510 | kelp forest | high DO | 38 | |
| 9792445653 | r stragetist | type 3 |  | 39 |
| 9792453368 | k stragetist | type 1 | | 40 |
| 9792459834 | bottom | type three is the ---- curve | 41 | |
| 9792465633 | APEX or eats something necessary | what makes a species keystone | 42 | |
| 9792471832 | air qual water qual migration | indicator species: lichen amphibians birds | 43 | |
| 9792473979 | HIPPO H more than others | main cause of biodiversity loss | 44 | |
| 9792483787 | clumped | most popular spacial distribution | 45 | |
| 9792489949 | thermocline | A narrow stratum of rapid temperature change in the ocean and in many temperate-zone lakes | 46 | |
| 9792494163 | intertidal photic benthic abyssal | ocean zones | 47 | |
| 9792498066 | littoral limnetic profundal benthic | lake zones | 48 | |
| 9792501059 | cypress trees | swamps have what type of trees that aid in filtration | 49 | |
| 9792510197 | paul erhlich | popultion bomb | 50 | |
| 9792513370 | malthus | first proponent of notion that humans would exceed earth's carrying capacity | 51 | |
| 9792640847 | 2.1 2.6 | RLF for developed and developing | 52 | |
| 9792653344 | pre-industrial | high birth rate high death rate 0% growth | 53 | |
| 9792655663 | transitional | high birth low death BIG + | 54 | |
| 9792659968 | industrial | low birth low death small + | 55 | |
| 9792664237 | post-industrial | low birth low death 0% growth | 56 | |
| 9792678434 | middle fatter than ends | what is a negative growth histogrm | 57 | |
| 9792687204 | agriculture no education/preventative | reasons for high TFR | 58 | |
| 9792700183 | foliage roots and flowers strength | NPK meaning | 59 | |
| 9792723556 | polyculture | backyard garden | 60 | |
| 9792723557 | polyvarietial | apple orchard | 61 | |
| 9792726254 | intercropping | one row corn one row beans | 62 | |
| 9792729145 | rop rotation | one year corn one year beans | 63 | |
| 9792731746 | fallow | empty field tht is bad for erosion | 64 | |
| 9792741529 | increased pestacides and fertalizers | disadvantages of monoculture | 65 | |
| 9792746712 | undernutrition | low calorie | 66 | |
| 9792750991 | malnutrition | low nutrition | 67 | |
| 9792750993 | eyes | Vit A affects | 68 | |
| 9792753862 | goiter | Iodine affects | 69 | |
| 9792756801 | anemia | Fe affects | 70 | |
| 9792760340 | marasmus | waste away// aneorexia | 71 | |
| 9792763738 | kwahiorkor | swollen belly, less than 3 yrs weaning | 72 | |
| 9792773430 | lagoons, GHG, low | ----- from CAFOs leak E.Coli, CH4 causing an increase of ----- with a ---- efficiency | 73 | |
| 9792807440 | botom trawling | ruins benthic floor (worst) | 74 | |
| 9792825436 | purse seening | schools of fish (2nd worst) | 75 | |
| 9792828563 | drift net | bouys/ TED (2rd worst) | 76 | |
| 9792832419 | long line | bait (best) | 77 | |
| 9792834879 | 25 | percent by-catch | 78 | |
| 9792838153 | NH3 and disease | there is an abundance of ----- from waste and ---- from space in aquacultures | 79 | |
| 9792850428 | contouring terracing polyculture NO TILL IMP and BMP | sustainable agriculture practices for erosion | 80 | |
| 9792857306 | predators | in natural ecosystems, 50-90% of pest species are kept under control by | 81 | |
| 9792867888 | DDT aldrin chlordane | major CFC in fertz | 82 | |
| 9792870991 | organophosphate | malathion organic phosphorus compound used as an insecticide | 83 | |
| 9792870992 | atrazine | weeds and herbacies | 84 | |
| 9793024111 | biomag/acc carcinoge, bald eagle eggs | cons of DDT and source | 85 | |
| 9793031350 | endocrine disruptor herm frogs and estrogen imbalance | cons of atrazine | 86 | |
| 9793036410 | 1950: developed 1960: developing | green revolution differences | 87 | |
| 9793040493 | embryo | teratogen | 88 | |
| 9793048615 | LD50 | dose that kills 50% of population | 89 | |
| 9793061708 | coal gas, paint batteries | sources of the following heavy metals: Hg Pb Cadnum | 90 | |
| 9793070717 | furans | garbage that biomag/acc | 91 | |
| 9793075828 | non-living | viruses are | 92 | |
| 9793075829 | influenza | the number one death in the | 93 | |
| 9793083158 | TB | disease from air travel and high pop density | 94 | |
| 9793086834 | protozoan | malaria is ------ and comes from the anophalles in tropica areas | 95 | |
| 9793131986 | poverty (lower air and water qual) sanitation urbinization | factors that increase the spread of disease | 96 | |
| 9793140436 | chlorea/typhoid, schiosoomaysis, giardia | water bourne disease examples | 97 | |
| 9793145193 | local vs global | eipdemic vs pandemic | 98 | |
| 9793147697 | together, trench/subduction yes but cant feel yes | convergent movement earthquake volcano | 99 | |
| 9793165931 | away, ridges rifts, seafloor spread no yes | divergent movement earthquake volcano | 100 | |
| 9793169512 | lateral sliding yes no | transform movement earthquake volcano | 101 | |
| 9793175113 | CH4 | fracking biggest con is the release of | 102 | |
| 9793179128 | overburden | excess milerals from mining | 103 | |
| 9793191545 | smelting | The process by which ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements. | 104 | |
| 9793194123 | gangue | waste rock that must be removed before a mineral can be used | 105 | |
| 9793194138 | tailings | piles of gangue, which is the waste material that results from mining. | 106 | |
| 9793196707 | decreased | open pit mining results in ---- mining | 107 | |
| 9793199160 | coal seams | strip mining leads to | 108 | |
| 9793201323 | high grade ore | mnt top removal results in | 109 | |
| 9793215479 | sandstone--->quartzite shale------>slate limestone----> marble | sed into metamorphic rocks | 110 | |
| 9793217896 | pumics basalt granite | igneous rocks | 111 | |
| 9793224075 | peat lignite bitumous sub-bit ANTHROCITE | types of coal | 112 | |
| 9793224076 | efficiency | best solution to energy shortage | 113 | |
| 9793228177 | tar sands | alberta, bitumen, habitat d, keystone | 114 | |
| 9793241850 | electro-stat (filter) wet scrubbing (soak limestone to remove SO2) physical (gas/liquid) | ways to "clean" coal | 115 | |
| 9793241851 | SO2, increasing | wetscribbing gets rid of ----- and end sup ----- pH | 116 | |
| 9793256181 | no | is LNG effictive | 117 | |
| 9793262750 | crack shale w fracking fluid (lots of chemicals) releasing gas | fracking process | 118 | |
| 9793277375 | fuel (heat) control rod(absorb energy) moderator (slow neutron) | major parts of a nuclear reactor | 119 | |
| 9793287256 | neutrons | nuclear fission splits atoms using excess | 120 | |
| 9793290099 | not used | nuclear fusion is | 121 | |
| 9793297525 | 3-mile island | nuclear eplosion w no onsequences | 122 | |
| 9793300245 | fukashima | earthquake in japan caused nuclear explosion | 123 | |
| 9793302737 | low | nuclear energy has a --- efficiency because of the thermal pollution | 124 | |
| 9793306711 | 1% | percentage of sunlight used for photosynthesis | 125 | |
| 9793310028 | dams | control flooding downstream, yangzee river, low fish sex and increased CH4 | 126 | |
| 9793323414 | mass: garbage gas: ethanol, CH4 | types of bioenergy | 127 | |
| 9793323415 | bioenergy | only non-location dependent alternative energy | 128 | |
| 9793326815 | H2S | what is released from geothermal energy | 129 | |
| 9793332076 | windows | passive solar energy | 130 | |
| 9793336265 | PV panel, power tower, silicone e- | active solar power | 131 | |
| 9793336266 | cogeneration | reuse of heat or energy | 132 | |
| 9793349917 | 97% salt 3% fresh 69% ice 30% ground 1% accessible 87% lakes 11 swamps 2 rivers | water % breakdown | 133 | |
| 9793359540 | decreased increased | salt water intrusion comes from --- solvent and ---- solute | 134 | |
| 9793365376 | waterlogging | how to fix salty soil | 135 | |
| 9793382018 | drip center timing | efficiency rankings of irrigation | 136 | |
| 9793387286 | inverse | oxygen sags and BOD have an ---- relationship because | 137 | |
| 9793402433 | fert runoff algal bloom black sun everything dies (plants and algal) aerobic decomposes | eutrophication steps | 138 | |
| 9793402434 | hypoxia | low DO | 139 | |
| 9793404360 | anoxia | no DO | 140 | |
| 9793413803 | septic tanks, lagons, leachates | ground water pollution sources | 141 | |
| 9793424297 | bar screen biological (bacteria and Cl-) wetland/reverse osmosis | sewage treatment steps | 142 | |
| 9793432097 | turbidity | Fe equals | 143 | |
| 9793432098 | decrease pH | H2SO4 equals | 144 | |
| 9793442161 | DO temp NPK bacteria turb | water quality identificators | 145 | |
| 9793447049 | minimata bay | Hg poison from acid rain | 146 | |
| 9793458535 | coagulant floculation settle waste OR charcol filter, Cl-F- | safe drinking water steps | 147 | |
| 9793461152 | aral seas | stans | 148 | |
| 9793463590 | chesapeak bay | dead zone case study | 149 | |
| 9793465911 | ogally aquifer | TX, KS, overirrigation | 150 | |
| 9793474469 | hot | high pressure system | 151 | |
| 9793474470 | cold | low pressure system | 152 | |
| 9793477004 | hurricane | warm over cold causing a storm | 153 | |
| 9793501509 | east (0-30) west (30-60) trade (60-90) west east | wind zones | 154 | |
| 9793505486 | el nino | A periodic change in the pattern of ocean currents and water temperature in the mid-pacific region | 155 | |
| 9793508151 | temperature inversions | when a layer of warm air is on top of a layer of cooler air, preventing the air from mixing |  | 156 |
| 9793519115 | primary air pollutants | produced directly by humans & nature (CO,CO2,SOx,NOx, hydrocarbons, particulates) | 157 | |
| 9793522751 | particulate matter | a mixture of dust, acids, and other chemicals that can be hazardous to human health | 158 | |
| 9793525801 | nitrogen oxides | come from transportation coal causes smog acid rain and GHG | 159 | |
| 9793531931 | sulfur oxide | come from transportation and coal athsma acid rain | 160 | |
| 9793537870 | carbon oxides | coal and transporation CO=hemoglobin GHG fossil fuels | 161 | |
| 9793546807 | ozone | stratospheric=:) degrades UV radiation | 162 | |
| 9793559547 | SPM radon CO formaldahyde asbestos | indoor air pollutants | 163 | |
| 9793575225 | NOx+VOC+O2{sunlight} O3 +PANs | photo chemical smog | 164 | |
| 9793587505 | CCN + SOx, COx, NOx fert/cars volcano fossil fuel | sources of acid rain | 165 | |
| 9793592081 | thermal expansion desertification salt introusion disease | effects of global warming | 166 | |
| 9793613097 | CFC and halocarbons | what causes O3 depleation | 167 | |
| 9793616932 | aging burning cancer | UV a b c | 168 | |
| 9793619697 | A | what type of UV reaches earths surfce | 169 | |
| 9793625191 | leachates CH4 and runoff | sanitary landfill issues | 170 | |
| 9793627417 | 5 R's | best wat to solve waste problem | 171 | |
| 9793627418 | PAPER | most municipal waste is | 172 | |
| 9793629675 | conservtion | regulating nat cap | 173 | |
| 9793634152 | preservtion | eliminating nat cap | 174 | |
| 9793641332 | surface mining and control act | requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land | 175 | |
| 9793645058 | madrid protocol | suspension on mineral exploration for 50 years in antartica | 176 | |
| 9793652040 | safe drinking water act | set maximum contaminant levels for pollutans that may have adverse affects on humans | 177 | |
| 9793657063 | clean water act | set amximum contaminant levels for pollutants that can be discharged into waterways aim to make surface waters swimable and fishable | 178 | |
| 9793663153 | water quality act | attempt to reduce non-point source pollution | 179 | |
| 9793673807 | ocean dumping act | bans oceans dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste in the ocean | 180 | |
| 9793676301 | clean air act | set emmision standards for cars and limits release of air pollutants (189) | 181 | |
| 9793686291 | kyoto protocol | controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emission targets for developed countries | 182 | |
| 9793693624 | montreal protocol | phase out of ozone depleting substances | 183 | |
| 9793702560 | resource conservation and reclamation act | controls hazardous waste w cradle to grave system | 184 | |
| 9793711314 | comprehensive environmental response compensation an liability act | superfund designed to idenfity and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites | 185 | |
| 9793719092 | low level radioactive policy | all states must have facilities to handlw low level radioactive wastes | 186 | |
| 9793724390 | nuclear waste policy act | US govt must develop a high level uclear waste site by 2015 | 187 | |
| 9793728925 | endangered species act | a 1973 U.S. act designed to protect species from extinction | 188 | |
| 9793735630 | convention on international trade in endangered species | lists species that cant be commercially traded as live specimens or products | 189 | |
| 9793743873 | food quality protection act | sets pesticide limit in food and all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogen/endocrine effects | 190 | |
| 9793760943 | national environmental policy act | environmental impact statements that must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started | 191 | |
| 9793766291 | FIFRA | control over pestacide use and ban of DDT | 192 | |
| 9793769548 | rachel carson | zoology and marine biology write silent springs and DDT ban | 193 | |
| 9793773656 | john muir | sierra club, inspired FDR conservation program and create national parks | 194 | |
| 9793780107 | julia butterfly | spent two years in a redwood tree | 195 | |
| 9793786514 | david suzuki | geneticist from canada does TV shows and over 32 environmental books | 196 | |
| 9793789753 | garret hardin | tradegy of the commons | 197 | |
| 9793792580 | paul erhlich | biologist published pop bomb | 198 | |
| 9793794848 | eo wilson | island biogeograohy and biodiversity | 199 | |
| 9793802383 | roland and molina | chemists who suggested ozone depletion due to CFCs | 200 | |
| 9793805082 | wangari maathia | green belt movement planting trees in kenya | 201 | |
| 9793810780 | Natural Capital | The natural resources of Earth, such as air, water, and minerals. | 202 | |
| 9793812973 | Degradation | A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level | 203 | |
| 9793815049 | Remediation | return a contaminated area to its original state | 204 | |
| 9793815050 | Finite | Having limits | 205 | |
| 9793840495 | all three | Carbon is found in 1-shale 2-limestone 3-nat gas | 206 | |
| 9793861602 | 35 | efficiency of nuclear power plant | 207 | |
| 9793864687 | 60 | natural gas power plant efficiency | 208 | |
| 9793867682 | 10 | gas in car efficiency | 209 | |
| 9793880350 | reclamation | The process of restoring and improving land disturbed by coal mining can be defined as | 210 | |
| 9793895778 | shells | Sulfur is found in all of the following except A) shells B) ocean deposits C) volcanic eruptions D) atmosphere E) underground rocks | 211 | |
| 9793918700 | remove, remove, replenish | Terrestrial producers _____ CO2 from the atmosphee, aquatic producers _____ CO2 from the water, and consumers _____ CO2 from the atmosphere. | 212 | |
| 9793925686 | O2 | Which of the following gases was NOT present during the Earth's earliest atmosphere? | 213 | |
| 9793931347 | 99 | What percent of all species that ever existed do biologists estimate are now extinct? | 214 | |
| 9793931348 | 65 | The Middle East contains about ____ of the world's oil reserves | 215 | |
| 9793936464 | three only | Phosphorus exists in the atmosphere as a I. Gas II. Sulfate III. Fine dust | 216 | |
| 9793940415 | crystallization of magma | Granite is formed through A)crystallization of magma B) compression of precipitates C) compression of metamorphic rock D) heating of sedimentary rock E) chemical alteration of sediment | 217 | |
| 9793946235 | 80 | percentage of non-developed countries | 218 | |
| 9793980195 | algae multiplied and decoposed | why does the DO after one week decrease as the amount of waste increases when organic material is added into a tank | 219 | |
| 9793997086 | carbon that has been stored underground is added into the carbon cycle | how does the burning of fossil fuels increase the net in atmospheric carbon | 220 | |
| 9794001803 | phosphrous | which element is most likely to milit primary production in freshwater lakes | 221 | |
| 9794010922 | troposphere absorbs outgoing IR | global climate change occurs because increasing concentrations of GHG in | 222 | |
| 9794020103 | boiling point | oil refineries separate based on | 223 | |
| 9794028694 | CERCLA | deals witht eh cleanup of abondoned hazardous waste sites | 224 | |
| 9794033222 | cyanide | seperation and extraction of gold in remote regions often results in environmental contamination with what | 225 | |
| 9794043258 | SO2 | the clean air act established a cap-and-trade program for ---- | 226 | |
| 9794065020 | not | sewage treatment plants in the US (are/ are not) equipped | 227 | |
| 9807743540 | desanilization | middle east | 228 | |
| 9807743542 | desertifiction | australia | 229 | |
| 9807747179 | methane | poles/ and icy areas release | 230 | |
| 9807761364 | H2O CO2 CH4 N2O O3 CFC | GHG in order of abundance | 231 | |
| 9807763709 | CH4 | agriculture contributes to what GHG | 232 | |
| 9807768619 | no | do humans contribute to water cycle | 233 | |
| 9807771486 | commensalism | lichen on bark | 234 | |
| 9807796133 | commensalism | spanish moss | 235 | |
| 9807796319 | commensalism | remora and shark | 236 | |
| 9807801545 | paratacism | land prey and shark | 237 | |
| 9807812691 | paratacism | worm and fungus or insect | 238 | |
| 9807820677 | littoral | what lake zone has the most biodiversity | 239 | |
| 9807823730 | styrene | carpets and kidney issues | 240 | |
| 9807832176 | mitigation | to make better | 241 | |
| 9807832177 | low | internal combustion has ---- efficiency | 242 | |
| 9807838159 | fuel cell | best hydrologic alternative energy | 243 | |
| 9807843059 | hoover dam | lake mead is to what dam | 244 | |
| 9807847302 | Pans | eye irritants | 245 | |
| 9807878650 | easter Island Effect | deforestation leads to evaporation which leads to desertification and erosion | 246 | |
| 9807886060 | yes | does noise pollution affect an ecosystem | 247 | |
| 9807891278 | low | head island effect occurs because of --- aldebo in cities | 248 | |
| 9807898410 | estra O3 | CFCs bond with ----- ----- at polar regions | 249 | |
| 9807920934 | shale basin | fracturing in --- ---- | 250 | |
| 9807923524 | sizement | earthquake movement | 251 | |
| 9807926562 | electrostatic precip | catalytic converter is the equivalent of -------- ------ for cars | 252 | |
| 9807934302 | ozination | best way to clean water | 253 | |
| 9807937524 | idland biogeography | smaller and close mean more biodiversity | 254 | |
| 9808115864 | laterite | a red, highly leached soil type found in the tropics that is rich in oxides of iron and aluminum | 255 | |
| 9808119101 | pedocal | A soil formed in arid and semiarid climates characterized by an accumulation of calcium carbonate. | 256 | |
| 9869146693 | 1.5 Billion | china population | 257 | |
| 9869154182 | 1.4 billion | india population | 258 | |
| 9869156460 | 325 mil | US population | 259 | |
| 9872575934 | multiple/ divide coefficients add/subtract exponents | how to multiple and divide exponents | 260 | |
| 9872595146 | if the same exponents: add or subtract coefficients and add on exponent If not the same exponent: alter coefficient so same exponent by moving the decimal add or subtract coefficients | adding and subtracting exponents | 261 | |
| 9872598455 | -9 | nano is | 262 | |
| 9872598456 | 12 | giga is | 263 | |
| 9872601504 | 9 | terra is | 264 | |
| 9872601505 | 6 | mega is | 265 | |
| 9872622192 | 70/% growth | doubling time formula | 266 | |
| 9872629123 | Kw times time | a kilowatt hour is equal to | 267 | |
| 9872633818 | watt | equal to amps times volts OR joules/ seconds | 268 | |
| 9872639959 | logarithmatic | the pH scale is | 269 | |
| 9872653636 | half the start amount and add half life half the new amount and add half life | how to half life | 270 | |
| 9872667464 | square the number and unit | area conversion | 271 | |
| 9872669817 | cube the number and unit | volume conversion | 272 | |
| 9872673073 | crude birth rate | number of births per 1000 women per year | 273 | |
| 9872706121 | per person | per capitia means | 274 | |
| 9902851513 | top | if asked for the total on a line graph, go--- (??) | 275 | |
| 9902852756 | key | what should you not forget on line graphs w multiple lines | 276 | |
| 9902856278 | all multiplication then all division | dimensional analysis steps | 277 | |
| 9902860900 | DIVIDE | if states that the machine does no have 100% efficiency, | 278 | |
| 9902862124 | 100 | percent increase is multiplied by | 279 | |
| 9902864247 | range | what type of answers given on bar graph | 280 | |
| 9905855153 | 1.3 | global growth rate | 281 |
