Unit 9 Flashcards

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Lacey Act

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A U.S. act that prohibits interstate shipping of all illegally harvested plants and animals.

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Endangered species

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Species that are likely to go extinct in the near future.

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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

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A 1973 treaty formed to control the international trade of threatened plants and animals.

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Greenhouse warming potential (GWP)

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An estimate of how much a molecule of any compound can contribute to global warming over a period of 100 years relative to a molecule of CO2.

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Montreal Protocol

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A commitment by 24 nations to reduce CFC production by 50 percent by the year 2000.

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Paris Climate Agreement (Paris Climate Accord)

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A pledge by 196 countries to keep global warming less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

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Ocean acidification

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A process in which an increase in ocean CO2 causes more CO2 to be converted to carbonic acid, which lowers the pH of the water.

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Marine Mammal Protection Act

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A 1972 U.S. law that prohibits the killing of all marine mammals in the United States and prohibits the import or export of any marine mammal body parts.

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9
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Global change

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Change that occurs in the chemical, biological, and physical properties of the planet.

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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

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Chemical that can be used for cooling refrigerators and air conditioners.

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Kyoto Protocol

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An international agreement that sets a goal for global emissions of greenhouse gases from all industrialized countries to be reduced by 5.2 percent below their 1990 levels by 2012.

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Global climate change

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A type of global change that is focused on changes in the average weather that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades.

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Greenhouse effect

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Absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases and radiation of the energy back toward Earth.

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