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Decks in this class (13)

1 - Anthropocene
Etymology of the word anthropocene,
What is deep time how is it measured,
What are the eons
33  cards
2 - Human population growth
Current world population,
What is a population when referri...,
Populations grow or shrink based ...
34  cards
3 - Non-renewable resources
What is a resource eg,
What is a renewable resource eg,
What is a non renewable resource eg
45  cards
4 - Renewable resources
What are renewable resources,
What is renewable,
How much freshwater is available ...
31  cards
5 - Pollutants/Chemical pollution
What is an environmental stressor,
What is a disturbance,
What is pollution
50  cards
6 - Air pollution
What is a primary pollutant,
What is a secondary pollutant,
Example of a primary pollutant an...
36  cards
7 - Acidification
What is acid deposition includes,
Slides 6 7,
First step in in acid deposition ...
28  cards
8 - Eutrophication
What is eutrophication,
What is the main effect of eutrop...,
Types of productivity of lakes wh...
30  cards
9 - Valuing Ecosystems
What is neoclassical economics,
Four assumptions of the neoclassi...,
The assumptions of the neoclassic...
46  cards
10 - Climate change (part 1)
What is climate change eg,
What is global warming eg,
Ipcc definition of climate change
39  cards
11 - Climate change (part 2)
Slides 4 13,
Predicted changes to ecosystems,
Predicted changes in humans bc of...
26  cards
12 - Alternative forms of energy
How much of total energy outputs ...,
Clean vs green vs renewable energy,
Clean vs green vs renewable energ...
43  cards
13 - Environmental impacts of organic contaminants: Pesticides
What are pests,
What is a weed,
Pesticide vs herbicide vs insecti...
19  cards

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