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30 Cards in this Set
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Water, sunlight, wood, & wind |
Renewable Resources |
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Affects the survival and health of organisms sprayed into atmosphere |
Pollutants |
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Example of renewable energy |
Solar, wind, geothermal, water |
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Gas that depletes ozone layer |
Chlorofluorocarbons (aerosiosE |
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Exist in finite amounts |
Non-renewable resources |
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Blocks UV rays from the sun |
Ozone |
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Metals, Fossils, fuels, plastic |
Non-renewable resources |
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Forms from decaying or rotting plants precursor to fossil fuels |
Peat |
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Would prevent the Dust Bowl |
Crop Rotation |
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Keep soil fertile |
Crop Rotation |
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Geothermal Energy |
Uses heat stored inside of the Earth to spin turbines. |
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Anything that warms atmosphere |
Pollutants |
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Causes Global Warming |
Increases in carbon dixode |
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Increases soil erosion |
Clear-cutting or deforestation |
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Using fossil fuels |
Increases carbon dixoide |
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Melts polar ice caps and causes sea level to rise |
Global Warming |
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Reduce Ozone levels in atmosphere |
CFC's |
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Transport fresh water to densely popluated areas |
Aqueducts |
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Needed to produce geothermal energy |
Magma |
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How green plants reduce carbon dixodee level |
Photosythesis |
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Surface layer,thermocline, bottom layer |
Three layers of the ocean |
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Covers 75% of the Earth |
Ocean/Water |
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Comprises 97% of the all the water on Earth |
Ocean/Saltwater |
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Site of most of the freshwater on Earth |
Polar Ice Caps/Glaciers |
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Water Held underground |
Groundwater |
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Where freshwater is found |
Lakes,rivers,& streams |
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Periodic rise and fall in sea level Caused by the moon |
Tide |
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Cycle in which water is always moving and recycling |
Watercycle |
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All of the water on Earth |
Hydrosphere |
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Steps in the Water Cycle |
Precipitation Runoff Infiltration Evaporation Condensation |
