Set: AP Environmental Vocab.
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Acid rain | A growing environmental peril whereby acidified rainwater severely damage plants and animals life; caused by the oxides of sulfer and nitrogen that are released into the atmosphere. |
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Aquifer | Subterranean,porous,water-holding rocks that provide millinos of well with steady flows of water |
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Atmosphere | Blanket of gases surrounding the Earth and located some 350 miles above the Earth's surface |
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Biodiversity | the total variety of plant and animal species in a particular place; biological diversity |
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | Synthetic organic compounds first created in the 1950's and used primarily as refrigerants and as propellants |
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Deforestation | The clearing and destruction of forest to harvest wood for consumption,clear land for agricultural uses and make way for expanding settlement frontiers |
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Environmental stress | The threat to environmental security by human activity such as atmospheric and groundwater pollution, deforestation,oil spills, and ocean dumping |
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Hydrologic cycle | The system of exchange involving water in its various forms as it continually circulates among the atmosphere ,the ocean, and above and below the land surface |
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Mass depletion | Loss of diversity through a failure to produce new species |
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Mass extinction | Mass destruction of most species |
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Montreal Protocol | An international agreement signed in 1987 by 105 countries and the European Community (now European Union). The protocol called for a reduction in the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbon of 50% by 2000 |
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Oxygen cycle | Cycle whereby natural processes and human activity consume atmospheric oxygen and produce carbon dioxide and the Earth's forests and other flora, through photosynthesis , consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen |
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Ozone layer | The layer in the upper atmosphere located between 30 and 45 kilometers above the Earth's surface where stratospheric ozone is most densely concentrated. The ozone layer acts as a filter for the Sun's harmful ultraviolet rays |
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Pacific Ring of Fire | Ocean- girdling zone of crustal instability, volcanism, and earthquakes resulting from the tectonic activity along plate boundaries in the region |
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Pangaea | The primeval supercontinent, hypothesized by Alfred Wegener, that broke apart and formed the continents and oceans as we know them today; consisted of two parts-- a northern Laurasia and a southern Gondwana |
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Photosynthesis | The formation of carbohydrates in living plants from water and carbon dioxide, through the action of sunlight on chlorophyll in those plants,including algae |
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Radioactive waste | Hazardous-waste-emitting radiation from nuclear power plants,nuclear weapon factories, and nuclear equipment in hospitals and industry |
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Renewable resources | Reasources that can regenerate as they are exploited |
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Sanitary landfill | Disposal sites for non-hazardous soild waste that is spread in layers and compacted to the smallest practical volume. |
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Soil erosion | The wearing away of the land surface by wind and moving water |
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Solid waste | Non-liquid,non-soluble materialsranging from municipal garbage to sewage sludge;agricultural refuse;and mining residues |
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Toxic waste | Hazardous waste causing danger from chemical and infectious organisms |
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| Creator | sweetberry |
| Created | March 29, 2008 |
| Group | Parkview High |
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Most Missed Words
- Acid rain → A growing environmental peril whereby acidified rainwater severely damage plants and animals life; caused by the oxides of sulfer and nitrogen that are released into the atmosphere. - 2 misses
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) → Synthetic organic compounds first created in the 1950's and used primarily as refrigerants and as propellants - 2 misses
- Mass extinction → Mass destruction of most species - 2 misses
- Pacific Ring of Fire → Ocean- girdling zone of crustal instability, volcanism, and earthquakes resulting from the tectonic activity along plate boundaries in the region - 2 misses
- Aquifer → Subterranean,porous,water-holding rocks that provide millinos of well with steady flows of water - 1 miss
- Atmosphere → Blanket of gases surrounding the Earth and located some 350 miles above the Earth's surface - 1 miss
- Deforestation → The clearing and destruction of forest to harvest wood for consumption,clear land for agricultural uses and make way for expanding settlement frontiers - 1 miss