review

Question 1

clean air act

Answer 1

regulates the emissions of pollutants into the air

Question 2

Delaney Clause

Answer 2

banned cancer causing additives in foodResourc

Question 3

e Conservations and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Answer 3

regulates hazardous waste

Question 4

clean water act

Answer 4

regulates how water looks and dumping of pollutants into waterways

Question 5

CITES

Answer 5

regulates the trade of endangered species internationally

Question 6

montreal protocol

Answer 6

international agreement to phase out CFC’s for use of HCFC’s

Question 7

Kyoto Protocol

Answer 7

international agreement that aimed to lower greenhouse gas emissions

Question 8

Endangered Species Act

Answer 8

USA law to protect at risk species

Question 9

Safe Drinking Water Act

Answer 9

regulates how water tastes and aims to protect the drinking water of the USA

Question 10

where does NOx come from

Answer 10

released from fossil fuel combustion

Question 11

where does ozone come from

Answer 11

formed due to NOx breakdown in sunlight

Question 12

where does SOx come from

Answer 12

released from coal combustion

Question 13

where does CO come from

Answer 13

released from incomplete combustion

Question 14

where does lead come from

Answer 14

found in gasoline

Question 15

where does particulate matter come from

Answer 15

released form construction and mining

Question 16

CERCLA

Answer 16

created superfund account in which businesses contribute to cleanup costs of contaminated area

Question 17

rule of 70

Answer 17

70/ growth rate

Question 18

what does habitat destruction lead to

Answer 18

decline in biodiversity

Question 19

half life

Answer 19

(original amount)x(0.5^x) where x is the number of half lifes

Question 20

primary productivity

Answer 20

NPP=GPP-R

Question 21

10% rule

Answer 21

10% of all energy moves from one trophic level to the next

Question 22

advantages of dams

Answer 22

electricity generation, no air pollution, renewable energy to many rural areas

Question 23

disadvantages of dams

Answer 23

creating reservoir may flood agricultural land, downstream ecosystems are affected, and accumulation of sediments, like silt.

Question 24

O horizone

Answer 24

organic matter in various stages of decomposition

Question 25

A horizon

Answer 25

Zone of overlying organic material mixed with underlying mineral material

Question 26

E horizon

Answer 26

Zone of leaching of metals and nutrients,

Question 27

B horizon

Answer 27

zone of accumulation of metals and nutrients

Question 28

C horizon

Answer 28

Hard rock ( least weathered)

Question 29

ocean acification

Answer 29

Co2 in ocean water creates acidic water levels

Question 30

impacts of increase in greenhouse gasses

Answer 30

melting of polar ice caps, melting of glaciers, melting of permafrost, rising sea levels due to melting of glaciers, heat waves, change in precipitation patterns, increase in storm intensity, and shift in ocean currents.

Question 31

mitigation

Answer 31

pursue actions that reduce severity of something Ex. greenhouse emissions

Question 32

where is the worlds largest hydroelectric dam located?

Answer 32

china

Question 33

what three components have to be present to create photochemical smog?

Answer 33

nitrogen dioxide, sunlight, and VOC’s

Question 34

order of nitrogen cycle

Answer 34

nitrogen fixation, nitrification, nitrogen assimilation, ammonification, denitrification.

Question 35

el nino

Answer 35

sea surface warms in the central and eastern tropical pacific and winds get weaker. less upwelling so there is less nutrients.

Question 36

ecological

Answer 36

relating with the relation of living organisms and their physical surroundings

Question 37

POPs

Answer 37

toxic chemicals that persist in the environment for long periods of time and can bioaccumulate in living organisms.

Question 38

bioaccumulation

Answer 38

gradual build up over time of a chemical in a living room

Question 39

which components must be present to create photochemical smog along with VOC’s

Answer 39

NOx and UV light

Question 40

tragedy of the commons

Answer 40

economic problem where the individual consumes a resource at the expense of society.

Question 41

best method to prevent soil erosion in agricultural areas?

Answer 41

terrace farming (cultivating crops on the sides of steep hills and mountains by constructing terraces or steps on the slopes)

Question 42

what is reclamation

Answer 42

returning land to its original or better condition

Question 43

coriolis effect

Answer 43

pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the ground as they travel long distances around Earth.

Question 44

the coriolis effect is responsible for what

Answer 44

deflection of atmospheric currents

Question 45

birth rate calculation

Answer 45

birth rate - death rate / population