APES Flashcards

8919254988	waste	material outputs from a system that are not useful or consumed	0
8919255928	MSW	refuse collected by municipalities from households, small businesses, and institutions	1
8919260205	waste stream	the flow of solid waste that is recycled, incinerated, placed in a solid waste landfill, or disposed of in another way	2
8919265013	source reduction	an approach to waste management that seeks to cut waste by reducing the use of potential waste materials in the early stages of design and manufacture	3
8919268724	leachate	trash juice	4
8919271994	waste-to-energy	a system in which heat generated by incineration is used as an energy source rather than released into the atmosphere	5
8919278218	hazardous waste	liquid, solid, or gaseous, or sludge waste material that is harmful to humans or ecosystems	6
8919281986	superfund act	the common name for CERCLA	7
8919283039	brownfields	contaminated industrial or commercial sites that may require environmental cleanup before they can be redeveloped or expanded	8
8919291464	fossil fuel	a fuel derived from biological material that became fossilized millions of years ago	9
8919294614	nonrenewable energy resource	an energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels	10
8919297171	nuclear fuel	fuel derived from radioactive materials that give off energy	11
8919311055	commercial energy source	an energy source that is bought or sold	12
8919313284	subsistence energy source	an energy source gathered by individuals for their own immediate needs	13
8919316797	coal	a solid fuel formed primarily from the remains of trees, ferns, and other plant materials preserved 280 million to 360 million years ago	14
8919321135	petroleum	a fossil fuel that occurs in underground deposits, composed of a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, water, and sulfur	15
8919324550	crude oil	liquid petroleum removed from the ground	16
8919327814	Hubbert curve	a bell-shaped curve representing oil use and projecting both when world oil production will reach a maximum and when the world will run out of oil	17
8919339228	peak oil	the point at which of the total known oil supply is used up	18
8919343873	fission	a nucelar reaction in which a neutron strikes a relatively large atomic nucleus, which then splits into two or more parts, releasing addition neutrons and energy in the form of heat	19
8919348847	fuel rod	a cylindrical tube that encloses nuclear fuel within a nuclear reactor	20
8919355162	Bq	unit that measures the rate at which a sample of radioactive material decays	21
8919357206	curie	a unit of measure for radiation	22
8919358242	nucelar fission	a reaction that occurs when lighter nuclei are forced together to produce heavier nuclei	23