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Ch14 Flashcards

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Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to Earth as rain, snow, or fog

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Acid precipitation

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Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere

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Acid desposition

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Solar energy systems that collect energy through the use of physical devices like photovoltaic cells or flatplate collectors

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Active solar energy systems

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Concentration of trace substances such as carbon monoxide sulfur dioxide nitrogen oxides hydrocarbons and solid particulates at a greater level than occurs in average air

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Air pollution

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Power supplied by people or animals

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Animate power

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Amount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteria to decompose a given load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution

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Biochemical oxygen demand BOD

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The number of species within a specific habitat

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Biodiversity

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Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste

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Biomass fuel

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A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium

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Breeder reactor

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A gas uses a solvent a propellant in aerosols a refrigerant and in plastic phones and fire extinguishers

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Chlorofluorocarbon. CFC

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The sustainable use and management of a natural resource through consuming it at a less rapid rate than it can be replaced

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Conservation

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Metals including iron that are utilized in the production of iron and steel

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Ferrous

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The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy

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Fission

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Energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of ago

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Fossil fuel

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Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium

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Fusion

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Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks

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Geothermal energy

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Anticipated increase in Earth’s temperature caused by carbon dioxide (emitted it by burning fossil fuels) trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface

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Greenhouse effect

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Power generated from moving water

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Hydroelectric power

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Power supplied by machines

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Inanimate power

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Metals utilized to make products other than iron and steel

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Nonferrous

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A source of energy that is a finite supply capable of being exhausted

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Nonrenewable energy

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A gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation found in the stratosphere,a zone between 15 and 50 km above Earth surface

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Ozone

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Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices

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Passive solar energy systems

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And atmospheric commission formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution especially from motor vehicle admissions

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Photo chemical smog

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Solar energy cells usually made from silicon that collect solar rays to generate electricity

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Photovoltaic cell

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Addition of more waste than a resource can accommodate

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Pollution

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The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist

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Potential reserve

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Maintenance of a resource in its present condition with as little human impact as possible

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Preservation

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The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits

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Proven reserve

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Materials from a nuclear reaction that in emit radiation; contact with such particles may be harmful or lethal to people; therefore, the Materials must be safely stored for thousands of years

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Radioactive waste

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The separation collection processing marketing and reuse of unwanted material

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Recycling

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A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans

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Renewable energy

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people is economically and technology feasible to access and is socially acceptable to use

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Resource

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A place to deposit solid waste where layer of earth is bulldozed over garbage each day to reduce emissions of gases and orders from the decaying trash to minimize fires and to discourage vermin

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Sanitary landfill

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The level of development that can be maintained in a country without depleting resources to the extent that future generations will be unable to achieve a comparable level of development

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Sustainable development

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