Environment/Geographic Flashcards
Study environmental factors, geographic considerations, and land characteristics that influence property values and suitability.
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The process of increasing soils on a property through natural land movements, like river deposits.
Accretion
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A unit of land measuring 43,560 square feet.
Acre
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A heat-resistant fibrous mineral once used in building materials, now outlawed for public construction.
Asbestos
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Land movement caused by natural events like mudslides or earthquakes.
Avulsion
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A federal act providing funds to clean up hazardous waste sites and emergency releases of pollutants.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA)
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Harvestable plants and vegetation considered part of the land.
Emblements
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The natural movement of soils by tidal action, river flow, wind, and rain.
Erosion
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Area surrounding a water body that may occasionally flood.
Floodplain
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Antitrust violation where businesses agree to stop patronizing another firm to reduce competition.
Group Boycotting
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The condition of air inside buildings as it relates to the health of the occupants.
Indoor Air Quality
(IAQ)
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The earth’s surface as well as those portions extending downward beneath the surface as well as upward to space, and includes permanent natural objects, such as trees, water, boulders, and plants.
Land
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Per the EPA, a naturally occurring element found in small amounts in the earth’s crust. While it has some beneficial uses, it can be toxic with harmful effects to the health of humans and animals.
Lead
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Use of lead-based substances in residential structures has been outlawed since January 1, 1978, and disclosure of any residential structures where it is suspected that lead-paint substances have been used is required.
Lead Disclosure Rule
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Provides independent verification of a building or neighborhood’s green features, allowing for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of resource-efficient, high-performing, healthy, cost-effective buildings.
LEED Certification
LEED means Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is authorized from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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The extreme seaward boundary of natural vegetation which spreads continuously inland.
Line of Vegetation
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The first system of legal description for land to be developed in Europe and continues to be used as part of legal land descriptions in some parts of the country.
Metes and Bounds
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A type of fungi that exists almost everywhere, most commonly in damp places. Certain types release airborne spores that can cause serious health problems in humans.
Mold
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A specific lot or quantifiable piece of real property.
Parcel
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Refers to characteristics of land: immobility, indestructibility, and nonhomogeneity.
Physical Characteristics of Land
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Energy from unstable atoms undergoing decay or produced by machines, traveling as waves or particles.
Radiation
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Survey system based on a grid pattern of ranges and townships.
Rectangular Survey System
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Methods for neutralizing or eliminating an environmental hazard.
Remediation Programs
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Law allowing landowners to pump groundwater without liability for damage.
Rule of Capture
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Recording of terrain and identification of specific landforms.
Topography
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Areas like bogs, swamps, or marshes, including tidal salt marshes and mossy fens.
Wetlands
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Tests for airborne fibers or materials containing asbestos in living or workspaces.
Asbestos Inspection
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Practice of creating healthier, more resource-efficient construction and operation models.
Green Building Certifications
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Water held underground in soil or rock crevices.
Groundwater
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Disclosure requirements only apply to houses built before 1978 (after Dec. 31, 1977), and a seller is not required to conduct any evaluation of lead-based paints or hazards. A buyer can have samples drawn and tests conducted however.
Lead-Based Paint
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Tests for toxic molds by testing the home’s air quality and/or visible mold spores on building materials, for example, interior roof sheeting.
Mold Inspection
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Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive material found in natural ground soil in much of the country that can be tested for with a basic smoke-alarm-style monitoring device.
Radon Inspection
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A shortage of land in a given area with high demand.
Scarcity
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Refers to a location’s economic preference rather than geographic.
Situs
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Reports how many gallons per minute the well produces, which may affect either the choice of property or the price of the property to the buyer, as well as issues of contamination of the water supply with common (or uncommon) pollutants and minerals.
Well Inspection
