6678709922 | LD 50 | the dosage that kills 50% of a sample | 0 | |
6678713814 | SO₂ | produced: fossil fuel burning (coal) primary pollutant damage: respiratory tract, trees, acid rain, smog? | 1 | |
6678719669 | NOx | sources: fossil fuel, vehicle, industrial primary pollutant damage: greenhouse gas, smog, acid rain?, damage ozone | 2 | |
6678912826 | most common greenhouse gases | water vapor and CO2, prob methane after | 3 | |
6678929392 | acute and chronic exposure | acute: short strong levels chronic: long term lethal: dead | 4 | |
6678939390 | minimata japan | methylmercury in all the water; bioaccumulate | 5 | |
6678959869 | photochemical cmog | UV hits nitrous oxides and causes visible smog | 6 | |
6678974338 | garbage %s | 27% paper 12 plastic, metal and glass small; wood 6, yard trimmings 13, food waste 14, rubber 9 | 7 | |
6678981359 | NPP | net primary productivity: how much energy produced - how much used by producer | 8 | |
6678986818 | GPP | gross primary productivity: how much energy made by producer ignoring how much the producers use | 9 | |
6689889322 | efficiency of diff irrigation methods | hydroponic > drip > central pivot > gravity/flood | 10 | |
6689907080 | why does low pH hurt fish | range of tolerance develop mucuous layer over gills to protect that suffocates them | 11 | |
6689917676 | what percent of water in US used for irrigation | 80 | 12 | |
6689936375 | criteria air pollutants | established by NAAQS (nat ambient air quality standards) CO, CO2, NOx, SO2, lead, O3, particulates pollutants that cause damage to health and enviro; EPA | 13 | |
6689957098 | energy star | certification of energy efficient products from EPA and DOE that has spread across the world | 14 | |
6689959967 | soil horizons | O: organic matter, humus A: roughly even mix of organic and sediments E: leaching of nutrients and stuff from above layers B: subsoil, distinct composition from parent rock, elluviation layer brings metals and silicate clays C: lightly broken up parent rock R: bedrock | ![]() | 15 |
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