unit 1

Question 1

carrying capacity

Answer 1

The number of a species which a region can support without environmental degradation.

Question 2

LIC

Answer 2

1. Low levels of health
2. shortage of clean water
3. high level of emigration
4. economy based on selling raw materials
5. poor sanitation

Question 3

HIC

Answer 3

1. High levels of health care
2. Clean and safe water
3. Balance of trade, manufacturing or processing materials
4. Stable governments

Question 4

LIC example

Answer 4

Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Guinea

Question 5

HIC example

Answer 5

Canada, USA, Hong Kong

Question 6

Sustainable Development

Answer 6

Development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit og future generations.

Question 7

To live sustainably, we must meet certain requirements…

Answer 7

1. Environmental systems must not be damaged beyond their ability to recover.
2. Renewable resources must not be depleted faster than they can regenerate.
3. Non-renewable resources must be used sparingly.

Question 8

Condensation

Answer 8

Conversion of a gas to a liquid, seen as clouds.

Question 9

Precipitation

Answer 9

Water in the form of rainfall, snow, hail and dew.

Question 10

Interception

Answer 10

Water that is caught and stored by vegetation.

Question 11

Surface Runoff

Answer 11

Water from rain or snowmelt that flows over the ground.

Question 12

Throughflow

Answer 12

Water which flows through the soil in natural “pipes”.

Question 13

Transpiration

Answer 13

Process in which water is released from the leaves of plants.

Question 14

Evaporation

Answer 14

Conversion from a liquid to a gas.

Question 15

Inflitration

Answer 15

Process by which water soaks into or is absorbed by the side.

Question 16

Groundwater flow

Answer 16

Water that has infiltrated the ground and eventually is discharged into larger bodies of water.

Question 17

Evapotranspiration

Answer 17

Combined amount of evaporation and transpiration.

Question 18

Components of the Atmosphere

Answer 18

Nitrogen - 78%
Oxygen - 21%
Argon - 0.9%
Carbon Dioxide - 0.037%
Water Vapor - 0.1%

Question 19

Troposphere

Answer 19

0-15 km
temperature decreases as altitude increases
density of air particles - 99% of water vapor, 75% atmospheric gas
Weather occurs here

Question 20

Stratosphere

Answer 20

15-45 km
temperature increases with altitude
density of air particles increases with altitude
high levels of ozone

Question 21

Mesosphere

Answer 21

45-85 km
temperature decreases as altitude increases
coldest
density of air particles decreases with altitude
third layer from the earth

Question 22

Thermosphere

Answer 22

85-100 km
temperature is very high due to filtering x rays and gamma rays
very little density of air particles
contains the northern lights

Question 23

Stratospheric Ozone

Answer 23

the good ozone, that has been formed when single oxygen atoms hit another O2 molecule.

Question 24

Tropospheric

Answer 24

the bad ozone created due to car exhaust, factory emissions and more.