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| Sequence of layers in the atmosphere from intermost to outermost |
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| Trophosphere-Stratosphere-Mesosphere-Thermosphere |
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| What atmospheric layer conatins 75% of the mass of earth's air? |
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| Stratospheric ozone is NOT responsible for... |
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| Lowering atmospheric water vapor |
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| Human inputs of outdoor air pollutants occur mostly in... |
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| In india, the Asian Brown Cloud had redued photosynthesis by.... |
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| What ISN'T a part of the Asian Brown Cloud? |
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| Acid Desposition is classified as a.... |
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| If Earth were an apple, the lower layer of the atmosphere would be the thickness of.... |
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| Primary Pollutants are... |
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| Harmful chemicals emitted directly into the air from natuall processes and human activity |
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| Photochemical smog is characteristic in what type of climate? |
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| The people least vulnerable to air polliton are... |
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| The greenhouse effect is best described as... |
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| what was the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the trophosphere at the start of the industrial revoluton? |
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| What describes earths average surface temp for the last 900,000 years? |
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| Prolonged periods of cooling and warming |
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| A warmer world would result in... |
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| What is reducing the fertility in males in Missouri? |
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| Agricultural Chemicals in drinknig water |
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| Where will global warming be most severe? |
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| first recongized the natural greenhouse effect in 1896 |
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| a key dam for Californias Federal Centeral Valley Project |
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| What % of earths surface is covered in salt water? |
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| the movement of water in the seas, air, and on land and is driven by solar energy and gravity |
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| The geological later, consisting of underground caverns and layers of sand, gravel, and bedrock, where groundwater flows |
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| not stationary, it moves. |
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| sinking of grounf when water has been withdrawn |
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| what is the watershed that is vital to water supllies for sonoma county? |
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| What is a point source of water pollution? |
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| occurs when oxygen demanding wastes are added to the water |
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| the natural nutrient enrichment of a shallow lake or slow moving stream |
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| How do you protect groundwater? |
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| by preventing contamination |
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| the majority of oil pollution of the ocean comes from... |
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| Properly matched sewage treatments... |
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| Secondary-Biological Process |
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| Where is the greatest marine biodiversity? |
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| in the film "Everything's Cool", researchers showed that the enviornmental message has been... |
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| used 19th century water laws to acquire over 1 million acres of agricultural land in the San Joaquin Valley |
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| What is CA's Tulare Lake known for? |
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| 50 miles of cotton fields along intersate 5 |
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| The NASA scientist who first identified CO2 gas in the trophosphere as a greenhouse gas effecting climate change |
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| Where is climate change most evident in the US? |
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| what is the Geological Era we are living in now known as? |
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| How is the leopard frog of North America being impacted? |
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| by runoff of chemicals applied to cornfields |
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| What are the 3 grains that provide 47% of humanitys food calories? |
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| repeating irrigation in dry climates that leads to soil degredation of the upper layers |
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| Where crops are planted in strips between trees and shrubs. |
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| a traditional subsistence that farmers grwo several crops in the same crop at the same time |
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| In the US, how much of the original topsoil is gone? |
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| What was George W Bush's response to the 1997 Kyoto treaty? |
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| To twithdraw the US from participation in the treaty |
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| The Curse of kkad resulted from... |
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| What technology will be used to farm the open oceans? |
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| T/F: Nitrogen makes up 21% of the air we breath |
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| T/f: photochemical smog is a mixture of primary and secondary pollutants formed under the influence of UV raditation from the sun |
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| T/F: over the past 50 years, arctic temps have risen almost as fast as avg temperature in the rest of the world |
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| T/F: in a warmer climate, the population of humans is likely to decrease in numbers |
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| T/F: water is seen more and more as a national security issue |
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| T/F: drip irrigation is the most efficent method of delivering water needed for crops |
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Degrading Natural capital |
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| using normally renewable resources faster than nature can renew them |
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| study of relationships between organisms and their enviornment |
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| the highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitly without reducing its available supply |
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| all non-renewable resources can be theoretically... |
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| What isnt a renewable resource? |
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| how are the coral reefs in st lucia managed? |
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| protected marine reserved |
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| the total of all the different species that live in a certain are |
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| where fossil fuels and minerals are found |
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| the hydrologic cycle is primarily driven by... |
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| large terrestrial regions with similar characteristics |
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| a species way of life in a community |
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| species with a broad niche |
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| the maximum population of a given species that a paricular habitat can hold |
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| movement out of a population |
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| in the next 40 years, the population of Japan will... |
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| deep lakes with a steep bank that have a small supply of plant nutrients |
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| local areas short term temperature |
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| where does the largest input of solar energy occur? |
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| between the tropic of cancer and capricorn |
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| causes prevailing winds across the planet |
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| drier conditions on the leeward side of mountain ranges |
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| how is population change calculated? |
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| (births+immigration)-(deaths+emigration) |
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| when are death and birthrates highest? |
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| when organisms feed on other organisms |
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| the milkankovitch wobbies |
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| plentary wobbles that effect the progression of climate |
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