Places to Know Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Aral Sea

A

Is now a public health hazard - was made to be an artificial lake but it shrank and changed climate around it - in Middle East

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

Bhopal

A

Killed tens of thousands - gas menthyl escaped from an insecticide plant

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

Chernobyl

A

Nuclear accident in Ukraine where a reactor exploded - mass radiation

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

Three Gorges Dam

A

Dam erodes area around it, putting too much sediment into the Yangtze river - causes landslides/earthquakes (China)

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

Florida Everglades

A

subtropical wetland zone home to many species - humans are harming it

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

Love Canal (Niagara Falls)

A

An electrochemical company, Hooker, dumped hazardous chemicals and contaminated soil/groundwater

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

Minamata Bay, Japan

A

Released mercury into a bay that went into fish, and then humans, caused disease

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

Ogallala Aquifer (South Dakota/Texas)

A

Huge underground reservoir that humans heavily depend on, but it is depleting

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

3 mile island, Pennsylvania

A

Cooling water failed and released radiation

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

Grand Banks, Newfoundland Canada

A

Fishing ground - overfishing - caused ban on cod fishing

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

BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico

A

Oil rig exploded, mass oil spill

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

Cuyahoga River, Ohio

A

River caught on fire because of extreme pollution - led to Clean Water Act

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

Alberta Tar Sands, Canada,

A

Tar sands are good for profit but harmful to the economy

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

Fukushima, Japan

A

Extreme radiation because of power loss, affecting water, food, ocean - forced thousands to relocate

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

Yucca Mountain, Nevada

A

Abandoned nuclear waste site, Nuclear waste policy

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

Ring of Fire

A

Active volcanoes/earthquakes, good for research on tectonics

17
Q

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

A

Almost no oxygen, almost no species - costs mass amounts of money in fish

18
Q

Svalbard Global Seed Bank

A

Storage facility for millions of seeds - ultimate contingency if we lose crops

19
Q

Muruntau Mine

A

One of the biggest deposits of gold

20
Q

Appalachian Mountains Coal Deposits

A

Mass coal production

21
Q

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

A

Extreme oil spill in 1989 destroying mass amounts of wildlife and communities

22
Q

Flint Water Crisis

A

Michigan - lead in water - led to change in policy and citizen advocated

23
Q

Kuwaiti Oil Fires

A

Iraqi troops set more than 600 tanks on fire and decreased petroleum - affecting economy

24
Q

The Gulf Stream

A

Strong current of warm water that regulates temperature

25
Q

Fertile Crescent - Middle East

A

Abundance of water - cradle of civilization

26
Q

Keystone Pipeline Path

A

transports crude oil

27
Q
A