APES spring exam part 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ore | economical to mine |
| magma | molten rock underground |
| tailings | leftovers from shaft mining |
| reserves | known deposits that could be used in future |
| gneiss rock | metamorphosed banded rocks |
| mineral | naturally occurring solid w/ physical features |
| galena | lead mineral |
| General Mining Law | encouraged settlement out of west |
| fluorite | good for hardening kids teeth |
| smelting | melting metals out of rock |
| kerogen | oil shale |
| bitumin | oil sandstone |
| ANWR | drilling here might disturb caribou |
| fluidized bed | adding air to ground up solid coal |
| strategic petroleum reserves | U.S. pumping oil underground for future use |
| coal | made from terrestrial plants n animals |
| anthracite | hardest low-sulfur coal |
| LNG | compressed natural gas |
| mountaintop removal | fills valleys with open pit spoils |
| cogeneration | using waste energy for generating power |
| fusion | joining 2 lightweight elements |
| U-238 | most common isotope of uranium |
| Three Mile Island | U.S. accident w/ gas release |
| tritium | underground storage of high level waste |
| vitrification | waste disposal in glass bars |
| fission | splitting heavy elements |
| isotopes | element w/ different # of neutrons |
| Chornobyl | USSR meltdown |
| daughter elements | elements made from fission |
| MOX | waste disposal of weapon grade plutonium |
| convection | heat moves in circle |
| USA | one of big 2 users with Iceland |
| geothermal | non-solar |
| solar-split water | source of hydrogen |
| deciduous trees | plant on S&W side of house |
| biodiesel | a bioliquid fuel |
| passive heating | a dark thermal mass radiating from sun |
| insolation | amount of sun coming into system |
| photovoltaic | light directly into electricity |
| solar thermal electric | light to heat to electricity |
| bioaccumulation | toxins that add up in body |
| threshold | point effect starts in body |
| synergistic | 1 + 1 = 3 |
| epidemiology | study of disease |
| endocrine disrupters | hormone mimics |
| LD-50 | dose that kills 50% of subjects |
| carcinogen | cancer causing agent |
| treadmill | you have to keep using more |
| rodenticide | chemical that kills rats |
| chlorinated hydrocarbon | most persistent organic pesticide |
| IPM | use of bio, chem, physical controls |
| genetic resistance | the resistant survive to repro |
| persistence | never going away-dissolves in fat |
| pheremone | chemical signal |
| GMO crops | Bt corn |
| risk | probability of getting hurt |
| reemerging disease | result of antibiotic overuse |
| less body mass | reason kids more susceptible |
| bug vac | broad-spectrum sucking up pests |
| monoculture | growing these encourages pests |
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