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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AP REVIEW

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arrange the particles from smallest to largest: silt, sand,clay
clay, silt, sand
4 most populated countries in the world
1.CHINA
2.INDIA
3.US
4.INDONESIA
ecological footprint
amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply a population with its needed resources and to absorb and dispose of its waste
examples of renewable resources
water, wind, forestry
ex of nonrenewable resources
coal, oil, metals
total fertility rate
estimate of the average # of children that women in a given pop. will have during their childhood years
replacement level fertility
average # of children a couple must beat to replace themselves (usually above 2)
infant mortality rate
# of babies out of every 1000 born each year who die before their first birthday
crude birth rate
annual # of live births per 1000 people in a pop
crude death rate
annual # of deaths per 1000 people in a pop
tragedy of the commons
depletion or degradation of a potentially renewable resource where people have free access
lowest to highest energy
radio, microwave, infrared, visible, UV, x-ray, gamma
shortest to longest wavelength
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
3 ex of organic compounds
hydrocarbons, simple sugars, methane
3 ex of inorganic compounds
ammonia, carbon dioxide, nitric acid
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