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5.1: Tragedy of the commons
What is,
What qualifies something as a tra...,
What are some examples of the tra...
6
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5.3: The Green Revolution
What it is what it led towhat was...,
What did the green revolution do,
Mechanization
21
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5.4: Impacts of Agricultural Practices
Tilling,
Costs of tilling,
Slash and burn agriculture
10
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5.7: Meat Production Methods
What is meat production,
What type of country eats too muc...,
Reducing meat consumption could
15
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5.5: Irrigation Methods
Largest human use of freshwater,
Types of irrigation,
Definition efficiency pros and co...
15
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4.6: Watersheds
What is a watershed,
What are the characteristics of a...,
How does vegetation soil composit...
6
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5.12: Introduction to Sustainability
What is sustainability,
What are the 5 indicators of sust...,
Biodiversity
9
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5.14: Integrated Pest Management
Biological controls,
Physical controls,
Chemical controls
8
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5.2: Clearcutting
Logging,
Clearcutting definition,
Effect 1 of clearcutting
9
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5.15: Sustainable Agriculture
Contour plowing,
Windbreak,
Strip cropping
10
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5.17: Sustainable Forestry
What is ecologically sustainable ...,
Selective cutting strip cutting,
Sustainable forestry practices
6
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5.16: Aquaculture
Fish farming,
Benefits of aquaculture,
Aquaculture drawback
3
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5.11: Ecological Footprint
What does the ecological footprin...,
Factors of ecological footprint,
What is carbon footprint
5
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5.10: Urbanization
Urbanizaiton,
What does urbanization do,
Carbon dioxide emissions from urb...
10
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5.13: Reducing Urban Runoff
Environmental consequences of urb...,
Pollutants and effects,
Solution to urban runoff
6
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5.8: Overfishing
Fishery,
Fishery collapse,
Fishery collaspe non recovery
8
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6.1: Renewable and nonrenewable resources
What is a renewable energy source...,
Depletable renewables and examples,
Nondepletable renewables
6
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6.2: Global Energy Consumption
Nations and energy use,
Most common fuel source globally ...,
Second largest fuel source
9
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6.3: Fossil fuel types and uses
What do developing nations use su...,
Common fuel sources in developing...,
How is charcoal made
19
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6.4: Distribution of natural energy resources
Other name for fracking,
What is bitumen,
World s largest oil sands
6
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6.5: Fossil Fuels
Product of fossil fuel combustion,
Combustion and the carbon cycle,
Environmental consequences of coal
9
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6.6: Nuclear Power
Nuclear fission,
Radioactivity,
Electricity generation with nuclear
8
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6.7: Energy from Biomass
Biofuels,
Biomass burning,
Human health consequences of biom...
9
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6.8: Solar Energy
Passive solar,
Examples of passive solar,
Active solar
14
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6.9: Hydroelectric Power
Basics of hydroelectric energy ge...,
Hydroelectric renewability,
Water impoundment dams
13
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6.10: Geothermal Energy
What is geothermal energy,
Electricity geothermal,
Ground source heat pump
6
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6.11: Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Inputs,
Electricity generation,
Creating hydrogen gas
7
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6.12: Wind Energy
Wind electricity generation,
Location,
Off shore wind farms
5
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7.1: Introduction to Air Pollution
Air pollution definition,
The air pollution control act of ...,
Clean air act of 1963
19
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7.2: Photochemical Smog
Ozone formation equation,
Pans peroxyacyl nitrates,
Photochemical smog precursors
11
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7.3: Thermal Inversion
Why do urban areas have higher su...,
Thermal inversion,
Thermal inversion and pollution
3
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7.4: Atmospheric CO2 And Particulates
Natural sources of nox,
What do we get from forest fires,
What do we get from plants esp co...
10
cards
7.5: Indoor Air Pollution
Air pollutants in developed nations,
Asbestos,
Vocs
3
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7.6: Reduction of Air Pollutants
Regulation pollution credits,
Regulation cafe vehicle standards,
Reducing air pollutants with a va...
10
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7.7: Acid Rain
Sources of nox,
Sources of so2,
Limiting acid rain by reducing no...
7
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7.8: Urban Noise Pollution
What is noise pollution,
Effect on wildlife,
Effect on aquatic
3
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Unit 1
Intertidal zone,
Benthic zone,
Community
40
cards
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