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| non-point source pollution |
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| no single location of pollution |
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| examples of non-point source pollution |
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| agricultural runoff, vehicle exhausts |
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| Examples of point source pollution |
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| Smokestacks, waste pipes into streams |
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| Area where there is most pollution in US |
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| Rust belt for both kinds, Rocky mountains for nonpoint-source |
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| fine, respirable solids in the air |
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| participate in chemical reactions |
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Supreme Court limited sulfur emissions to
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| great London smog of 1952 |
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| killed 4,000 people; positive feedback loop |
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–Transportation.
–Electricity.
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| sources of particulate pollution |
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–Construction.
–Natural.
–Agricultural. |
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| sulfur, nitrogen, carbonic acid |
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| primary agent in acid rain |
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| way to clean up acidified lakes |
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| photochemical reactions, produces ozone |
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| cannot have ozone too close to the surface-problem with smog |
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| where do CFC's come from? |
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| developed for refrigeration and air conditioning |
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| working fluid for carrying heat |
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| average earth temperature |
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| avg earth temperature without greenhouse gases |
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| examples of greenhouse gases |
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| must abundant absorptive greenhouse gas |
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| water is in________with the atmosphere |
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| there will never be a ________ in atmospheric water |
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| human activities have risen, caused co2 emissions to rise |
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| low temperatures have a ___ O18/O16 ratio |
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| high temperatures have a __O18/O16 ratio |
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| When we plot co2 and temperature they: |
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| A-F? CO2 causes a greenhouse effect. |
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| A/F: CO2 levels have increased over the last 100+ years. |
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| A/F: Too much CO2 will raise global temperatures. |
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| A/F: How much of the CO increase is anthropogenic. |
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| A/F: How much CO2 is needed to raise temperatures. |
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| A/F: How high must temperatures get to be damaging. |
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| T/F stopping all co2 production is fairly easy economically and politically |
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| How much garbage does NYC produce in a year? |
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| What was the name of NYC’s only landfill and when did it close? |
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| What state currently accepts most of NYC’s solid waste? |
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| San Francisco’s recycling rate |
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| How long are modern landfill liners supposed to last? |
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| purpose of modern sanitary landfills |
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| where NYC used to put their waste |
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| problem with modern landfills |
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| waste isolation prevents decomposition |
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no liquid in or out
excess leachate creates a bathtub effect
leaks are inevitable
old, sealed landfills are not entirely stable
operations are costly |
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| T/F Recycling is a new idea |
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| false- industries always used recycling within themselves; T in the sense that it is new for te public to do |
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| how much municipal waste is reusable? |
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| How much processing pollution does aluminum recycling reduce? |
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| What does compost produce? |
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| Heat and fertilizer during decomposition |
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| AKA CERCLA (comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act); pinpoints list of hazardous sites; made in 1980 |
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Spontaneous, random decay of
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| Any energy that is emitted. |
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| high energy, alpha and beta rays, neutrons. |
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| much lower energy; Visible light, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet |
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| amount of low radioactive waste |
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| amount of medium radioactive waste |
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| amount of high radioactive waste |
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| Use of Yucca Mountain should start in what year? |
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| secondary sewage treatment |
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| process of nutrients stimulate algae |
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| movement of carbon is called |
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| T/F remediating groundwater is quite expensive |
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| way to measure health of a stream |
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