Biology Environmental Science Mini Unit

Question 0

Pillars of sustainability

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Environment economic and social

Question 1

Sustainability

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Development that meets the needs of the present without comprising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 2

Environment

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Pollution, maintaining biodiversity, waste generated

Question 3

Economy

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Job creation, economics development, cost/benefit

Question 4

Society

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Maintain lie quality, cultural sensitivity

Question 5

Environmental science

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How humans impact the earth and by products of energy, how natural disasters affect earth, ways we manage resources, how our species impacts biodiversity

Question 6

Main areas of human impact

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Water usage/ pollution, climate change, air pollution, over consumption./ expiration, solid waste

Question 7

Big changes know the water and carbon cycle impacts…

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Climate

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Goal of studying environment and the ways humans use it

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Conserve resources for future generations

Question 9

Sustainability is using

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Realist conservation plans

Question 10

Water

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Single greatest resource that is use for personal, agriculture, and recreation use

Question 11

What river lawsuits are being tried in multiple states ?

Answer 11

Colorado

Question 12

Bio magnification

Answer 12

As the trophies level increase, so does pollutants

Question 13

Ex oF pollutants

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Mercury DDT

Question 14

Acid rain

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Caused by fossil fuel emissions produced when water cycle pollutants cause rain pH to drop and can harm trees and lower pH of a lake or stream

Question 15

What 4 things are responsible for acid rain?

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Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) sulfur dioxide oxide (SO2) nitric acid (HNO3) Nitrogen oxide (NOx) + CO2

Question 16

Smog

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A haze of pollutants that hangs in the air. Combination of smoke and fog

Question 17

What is smog primarily composed of?

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Nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone

Question 18

Smog can cause…

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Respiratory problems, burning and watery eyes, increased susceptibility to disease

Question 19

How many deaths does smog contribute to a year?

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50,000

Question 20

Renewable

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The source is able to be recycled and used again EX Solar energy, wind, water

Question 21

Non-renewable

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Once the energy has been extracted from the source it can no longer be used again EX fossil fuels

Question 22

Ozone

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O3m a by product of fossil fuels

Question 23

CFC

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Destroys ozone in upper atmosphere

Question 24

Why change is difficult for people

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Expensive, unreliable, politics, infrastructure change

Question 25

Global climate change

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As more fossil fuels are released, more co2 and methane gases enter the closed atmosphere and create the greenhouse effect that holds in the sun's energy. This causes dramatic changes in temperature at earth's surface which changes climate/seasons

Question 26

Clear cutting forests causes, | ...

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Desertification

Question 27

Burning fossil fuels also cause increase in VOCs and NOX concentration which causes...

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Poor air quality

Question 28

Important climate change distinctions are...

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Global warming vs climate changes vs green house effect

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Why is climate change a more accurate term tha. Global warming

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Has much more far reaching consequences, doesn't just involve the planet getting warm but other spectrums,

Question 30

Natural Greenhouse effect

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A natural phenomenon that keeps our planet at a Livable temperature. It occurs because we have ozone layers and other atmosphere layers that protect the earth

Question 31

How do humans increase greenhouse effect ?

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Overproduction if greenhouses (CH4 and CO2)

Question 32

Overproduction causes...

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Climate change

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Climate change

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Human caused phenomenon through the run away production if green house effect causing higher than ever average temp on the planet

Question 34

What is our goal?

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Reach sustainability for all resources

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What is the opposite of sustainability ?

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Over consumption or exploitation

Question 36

Ways we over exploit/consume

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Invasive species, clear cutting, produce non reusable materials, urban sprawl

Question 37

Clear cutting forests

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Destroying rain forests to do agriculture

Question 38

Urban sprawl

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Succession done to natural habitats to develop land

Question 39

Invasive species

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Organisms brought to a new area by humans from which they outcompete native species (intentional and accidental)

Question 40

Solid waste 2 parts

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Biodegradable and non biodegradable

Question 41

Biodegradable

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Materials that can be broken down by microorganisms into essential nutrients

Question 42

Non-biodegradable

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Materials that can't be broken down by natural processes

Question 43

HIPPO

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Habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, population growth, over harvesting

Question 44

What can be done?

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Reduce usage and consumption-stick and carrots, reforestation, develop non fossil fuel energy providers,

Question 45

Between environment and social

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Bearable

Question 46

Between social and economic

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Equitable

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Between environment and economic

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Viable

Question 48

Coffee grounds/beans

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Remove sulfur to produce oil but they are difficult to gather

Question 49

Orbiting mirrors

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Captures solar energy, reflects it, and transmits it to Earth but it costs too much and is huge

Question 50

Nuclear reactors

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Collect energy by splitting bonds but byproduct is dangerous

Question 51

Muscle power

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Electric generators collect movement energy but need participants

Question 52

Floating wind farms in ocean

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Wind spins turbine to produce energy but us hard to transport

Question 53

Cow farts

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Farts release methane & collect natural gas bus cost and collection is a problem

Question 54

Text power

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Crystals under buttons produce energy but they only produce a few watts and are expensive

Question 55

Hot air fuel

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Trap heat in canopy with turbine to spin and fuel energy but the size is huge and it's 194 degrees F

Question 56

Kites & ships

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Wind pushes kite which controls boat but you don't have much control