finals Flashcards

1
Q

what is ecological footprint?

A

the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply people in particular country with resources and absorb and recycle wastes and pollution produced by such resource use

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

what is the animal based products?

A

any material derived from the body of a non-human animal such as milk /fish/eggs/meet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

what is the multistory apartment

A

that is made of break and concrete =our homes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

how much is the ecological footprint in
2006
2029

A

2006: 1.4
2019:1.75

hummanity uses ecological servcies 1.4 times as fast as earth can renew

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

biological capacity /biocapacity

A

thr available bilogically **active land and water resources **of a region

avilable to us

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

what is ecological defict
/reserve

A

the difference between the biocapacity and ecological footprint of a region

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

ecological defict
ecological reserve

A

defict =footprint exceeds biocapacity
reserve=biocapacity exceeds footprint

reserve is what we want which stopped in 1980

28.8

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

per capita ecological footprint in us

A

9.7

40 percent of food in us goes uneaten

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

what is the most lost of the food?

A

1 fruits and vegetables
2 seafood
3 grain products
4 meat
5 milk

higher to lower wast

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

what is the twoinnermost layers of the atmosphere?

A

troposphere-supports life
atratosphhere-contains the protective ozone layer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

how the atmosphere pressure decreases?

A

with altitude ارتفاع

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

what is troposphere composition?

A

75-80% of air mass
chemical composition of air
rising and falling weather and climate
involves in chemical cycling

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

what is the stratosphere composition?

A

similar to troposphere with 2 exception
1 much less water
2 o3 ozone layer filters uv
and location

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

what is ozone layer

A

filters 95% of harmful uv radiation
allows us to exist in land

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

what is the troposphere tempreture?

A

13.2

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

air circulation in lower atmosphere due to :

A

1 uneven heating of earth surface
2 rotation of earth on its axis
3 properties of air water and land

17
Q

how does the air heated ?

A

1 due to its touching to ground
2 greenhouse gases

18
Q

what is greenhouse gases?

A

h2o
co2
ch4
n2o

19
Q

tow type of pollution problems

A

1 outdoor
2 indoor

11 of the commen air pollution higher inside than outside

20
Q

what is outdoor pollution ?

A

pollution in the air to form industrial smog rusulting from burning coal/ photochemical smog caused by moter viacke industrial and power plant emissions

photochemical smog يحدث بسببب احتراق الوقود

21
Q

air pollution comes from natural and human sources

A

natural and human sources
-human sources: mostly in urban areas

22
Q

type of human sources for AIR pollution :

A

1 stationary sources: power pland andindustrial
2 mobile sources: motor vehicles

23
Q

type air pollution comes from natural and human sources :

A

primary pollutants- directly into the air
secondary pollutants- reaction of primary pollutants

24
Q

acid deposition harful effects:

A

-human health
-release of toxic metal
-aqutic ecosysems affected low ph kills organism
-leaching of soil nutriens
-lower crop yields
-forest damage
-damage to building and man made structures

24
Q

type of outdoor pollution

what is** acid deposition **?

ph low

A

mainly caused by coal burning power plants and motor vihocls

25
Q

2 what is indoor air pollution?

A

most threatning indoor air pollutions are smoke and soot from burning the wood mostly in developing countries lcigarette smokechemicals used in building and new things

26
Q

why indoor pollution is more dangerious?

A

its more common to spend ourtimes indoor people spend 70-98% of their time indoor in cars

27
Q

most dangerous inddor air pollution:

A

1 tobacco
2 formaldehyde- the new things
3 radioactive radar 222 gas
4 small particles

28
Q

air pollution is big killer??/

A

2.4 millon deathper year
mostly asia / 750 china /150-350 us
ROLE mostly vihicles and coal burning

29
Q

what is the best solution foe air pollution ?

A

IS TO PREVENT IT

30
Q
A