Ch14

Question 0

Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to Earth as rain, snow, or fog

Answer 0

Acid precipitation

Question 1

Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere

Answer 1

Acid desposition

Question 2

Solar energy systems that collect energy through the use of physical devices like photovoltaic cells or flatplate collectors

Answer 2

Active solar energy systems

Question 3

Concentration of trace substances such as carbon monoxide sulfur dioxide nitrogen oxides hydrocarbons and solid particulates at a greater level than occurs in average air

Answer 3

Air pollution

Question 4

Power supplied by people or animals

Answer 4

Animate power

Question 5

Amount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteria to decompose a given load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution

Answer 5

Biochemical oxygen demand BOD

Question 6

The number of species within a specific habitat

Answer 6

Biodiversity

Question 7

Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste

Answer 7

Biomass fuel

Question 8

A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium

Answer 8

Breeder reactor

Question 9

A gas uses a solvent a propellant in aerosols a refrigerant and in plastic phones and fire extinguishers

Answer 9

Chlorofluorocarbon. CFC

Question 10

The sustainable use and management of a natural resource through consuming it at a less rapid rate than it can be replaced

Answer 10

Conservation

Question 11

Metals including iron that are utilized in the production of iron and steel

Answer 11

Ferrous

Question 12

The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy

Answer 12

Fission

Question 13

Energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of ago

Answer 13

Fossil fuel

Question 14

Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium

Answer 14

Fusion

Question 15

Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks

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Geothermal energy

Question 16

Anticipated increase in Earth’s temperature caused by carbon dioxide (emitted it by burning fossil fuels) trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface

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Greenhouse effect

Question 17

Power generated from moving water

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Hydroelectric power

Question 18

Power supplied by machines

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Inanimate power

Question 19

Metals utilized to make products other than iron and steel

Answer 19

Nonferrous

Question 20

A source of energy that is a finite supply capable of being exhausted

Answer 20

Nonrenewable energy

Question 21

A gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation found in the stratosphere,a zone between 15 and 50 km above Earth surface

Answer 21

Ozone

Question 22

Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices

Answer 22

Passive solar energy systems

Question 23

And atmospheric commission formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution especially from motor vehicle admissions

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Photo chemical smog

Question 24

Solar energy cells usually made from silicon that collect solar rays to generate electricity

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Photovoltaic cell

Question 25

Addition of more waste than a resource can accommodate

Answer 25

Pollution

Question 26

The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist

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Potential reserve

Question 27

Maintenance of a resource in its present condition with as little human impact as possible

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Preservation

Question 28

The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits

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Proven reserve

Question 29

Materials from a nuclear reaction that in emit radiation; contact with such particles may be harmful or lethal to people; therefore, the Materials must be safely stored for thousands of years

Answer 29

Radioactive waste

Question 30

The separation collection processing marketing and reuse of unwanted material

Answer 30

Recycling

Question 31

A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans

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Renewable energy

Question 32

A substance in the environment that is useful to people is economically and technology feasible to access and is socially acceptable to use

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Resource

Question 33

A place to deposit solid waste where layer of earth is bulldozed over garbage each day to reduce emissions of gases and orders from the decaying trash to minimize fires and to discourage vermin

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Sanitary landfill

Question 34

The level of development that can be maintained in a country without depleting resources to the extent that future generations will be unable to achieve a comparable level of development

Answer 34

Sustainable development