Chapter 17 Vocab. Flashcards
Forms from air pollination, this rain has a low pH level. Happens when nitrogen and sulfur mix to form ___ rain.
Acid Rain
Consists of chemical substances and particles released into the atmosphere.
Air pollution
Caused by air pollution- gases like carbon dixiode from burning fossil fuels increase the greenhouse effect and raise Earth’s Temperature.
Global climate change
A natural feature of Earth’s atmosphere.
Greenhouse effect
When the fertilizer ends up in bodies of water.
Algal bloom
Areas where the hypoxia water can’t support life.
Dead zone
The process in which there is generally no single point of where this type of pollution could come from and enter the water.
Non point source pollution
The process in which water had higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide.
Ocean acidification
When sources of pollution enter the water at a single point.
Point source pollution
When heated water is realized into a body of water.
Thermal pollution
Drinking sewage- contaminated water causes _____ due to pathogens such as protozoa, viruses, or bacteria.
Waterborne disease
Occurs when chemicals, sewage, trash, or heat Exeter water resources.
Water pollution
Habitats such as swamps, marshes, and bogs where the ground is soggy or covered with water much of the year.
Wetland
Energy provided by burning or decomposing organic matter.
Biomass energy
A Nonrenewable resource that is hard to be replaced. Examples include coal, oil, natural gas.
Fossil fuels
Something supplied by nature that helps support life.
Natural resource
Natural resources that can’t be remade or else take too long to remake to keep up with human use.
Nonrenewable resource
Taking a used item, breaking it down, and reusing the components.
Recycling
Natural resources that are remade by natural processes as quickly as people use them.
Renewable resource
A very important natural resource. Something that plants need to grow.
Soil
Energy that is provided by the sun.
Solar energy
Renewable living things that must be used in a way that meets the needs of the present generation but also preserves them for future generations.
Sustainable use
Energy that is provided by the blowing wind.
Wind energy
Refers to the variety of life and its processes.
Biodiversity
