ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAIN CORE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
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✔✔Secondary Pollutant - ✔✔A pollutant that forms in the atmosphere by chemical
reaction with primary pollutants, natural compenents of the air, or both.
✔✔Smog - ✔✔smoke and fog.
✔✔Acid Precipitation - ✔✔acid rain.
✔✔Ozone Layer - ✔✔a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that
contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the
sun.
✔✔Chloroflurocarbons - ✔✔A compound causing ozone depletion. This reaction occurs
in polar stratopheric clouds over Antartica.
✔✔Ozone Hole - ✔✔an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally
depleted of ozone.
✔✔Greenhouse Gases - ✔✔gases in the atmosphere that trap energy.
✔✔Kyoto Protocol - ✔✔Countries which ratify this protocol commit to reduce their
emissions of carbon dioxide.
✔✔Fossil Fuel - ✔✔energy source from dead organsims.
✔✔Nuclear Energy - ✔✔energy from atomic fission and fusion.
✔✔Renewable Energy - ✔✔self making energy.
, ✔✔Solar Energy - ✔✔energy from the sun.
✔✔Biomass Fuel - ✔✔Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste.
✔✔Hydroelectric Energy - ✔✔energy from water.
✔✔Geothermal Energy - ✔✔energy from heat.
✔✔Alternative Energy - ✔✔energy not from fossil fuels.
✔✔ Environmental Science - ✔✔The study of the impact of humans on the
environment.
✔✔Ecology - ✔✔the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms
and their environment.
✔✔Ecological Footprint - ✔✔The amount of biologically productive land and water
needed to support a person or population.
✔✔Natural Resource - ✔✔any material in nature that people use and value.
✔✔Pollution - ✔✔Release of harmful materials into the environment.
✔✔Biodiversity - ✔✔variety of many different species in an area, the variety of species
living within an ecosystem.
✔✔Hunter-Gatherers - ✔✔people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds,
fruits, and nuts to survive.
✔✔Agricultural Revolution - ✔✔The time when human beings first domesticated plants
and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. Started 10,000
years ago.
✔✔Industrial Revolution - ✔✔the change from an agricultural to an industrial society
and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place
in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
✔✔Sustainability - ✔✔The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable
ecosystem is one that can be maintained.
✔✔Biodegradable - ✔✔Able to be broken down naturally.
✔✔Geosphere - ✔✔The mostly soild, rocky part of the earth; extends from the center of
the core to the surfaceof the crust.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔
✔✔Secondary Pollutant - ✔✔A pollutant that forms in the atmosphere by chemical
reaction with primary pollutants, natural compenents of the air, or both.
✔✔Smog - ✔✔smoke and fog.
✔✔Acid Precipitation - ✔✔acid rain.
✔✔Ozone Layer - ✔✔a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that
contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the
sun.
✔✔Chloroflurocarbons - ✔✔A compound causing ozone depletion. This reaction occurs
in polar stratopheric clouds over Antartica.
✔✔Ozone Hole - ✔✔an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally
depleted of ozone.
✔✔Greenhouse Gases - ✔✔gases in the atmosphere that trap energy.
✔✔Kyoto Protocol - ✔✔Countries which ratify this protocol commit to reduce their
emissions of carbon dioxide.
✔✔Fossil Fuel - ✔✔energy source from dead organsims.
✔✔Nuclear Energy - ✔✔energy from atomic fission and fusion.
✔✔Renewable Energy - ✔✔self making energy.
, ✔✔Solar Energy - ✔✔energy from the sun.
✔✔Biomass Fuel - ✔✔Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste.
✔✔Hydroelectric Energy - ✔✔energy from water.
✔✔Geothermal Energy - ✔✔energy from heat.
✔✔Alternative Energy - ✔✔energy not from fossil fuels.
✔✔ Environmental Science - ✔✔The study of the impact of humans on the
environment.
✔✔Ecology - ✔✔the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms
and their environment.
✔✔Ecological Footprint - ✔✔The amount of biologically productive land and water
needed to support a person or population.
✔✔Natural Resource - ✔✔any material in nature that people use and value.
✔✔Pollution - ✔✔Release of harmful materials into the environment.
✔✔Biodiversity - ✔✔variety of many different species in an area, the variety of species
living within an ecosystem.
✔✔Hunter-Gatherers - ✔✔people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds,
fruits, and nuts to survive.
✔✔Agricultural Revolution - ✔✔The time when human beings first domesticated plants
and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. Started 10,000
years ago.
✔✔Industrial Revolution - ✔✔the change from an agricultural to an industrial society
and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place
in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
✔✔Sustainability - ✔✔The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable
ecosystem is one that can be maintained.
✔✔Biodegradable - ✔✔Able to be broken down naturally.
✔✔Geosphere - ✔✔The mostly soild, rocky part of the earth; extends from the center of
the core to the surfaceof the crust.
