Nagy And Wagner Biology 1

Front 1

What is the result when the sulfur in the atmosphere combines with water vapor?

Back 1

acid rain

Front 2

What is the first stage of adressing an environmental problem?

Back 2

assessment

Front 3

Chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs destroy ozone because ultraviolet radiation breaks the bonds in CFVs and what else?

Back 3

free chlorine atoms react to destroy ozone

Front 4

What worldwide efforts to reduce pollution have been made?

Back 4

1. severe restrictions on the use of DDT
2. taxation and legislation
3. international agreements to stop CFC production

Front 5

What is happening to the global levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide?

Back 5

They are rising

Front 6

Label the following as nonreplaceable or replaceable resources:
topsoil groundwater animal and plant species

Back 6

animal and plant species (NR)
topsoil (NR)
groundwater (NR)
wood (R)

Front 7

How many years will it take the world's population to double if current birthrates and death rates remain constant?

Back 7

40 years

Front 8

From the following countries, which country is population growth most rapid?

Australia, Japan, Nigeria, United States

Back 8

Nigeria

Front 9

What is the primary reason plant and animal species are becoming extinct?

Back 9

loss of habitat

Front 10

T or F
Even with information obtained by scientific analysis, it is impossible to predict the consequences of environmental intervention.

Back 10

F

Front 11

T or F
Water that is withdrawn from aquifers is quickly replaced.

Back 11

F

Front 12

T or F
Areas in the northeastern United States have been seriously affected by acid rain because they are downwind from coal-burning plants in the Midwest.

Back 12

T

Front 13

T or F
Some levels int he atmosphere over Antarctica in 1985 seemed to be 30 percent higher than the levels found 10 years earlier.

Back 13

F

Front 14

T or F
Latin American countries have lower population growth rates than do the United States or Canada.

Back 14

F

Front 15

T or F
The United States has lost one-fourth of its topsoil since 1950.

Back 15

T

Front 16

T or F
Sources of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere include burning of fossil fuels and vegetation.

Back 16

T

Front 17

T or F
Once pollution enters ground water, there is no effective means of removing it.

Back 17

T

Front 18

T or F
Chemical pollutants can damage wildlife and pollute ground water.

Back 18

T

Front 19

T or F
Pollution is no longer considered a major problem largely because of increased public concern and stringent regulation in industrialized and developing countries.

Back 19

F

Front 20

T or F
The chemical bonds in carbon dioxide molecules ab sorb solar energy, trapping heat within the atmosphere.

Back 20

T

Front 21

The knowledge of ___________ is the essential tool that a citizen must have in order to contribute to solving our environmental problems.

Back 21

ecology

Front 22

When the pH of precipitation in the northeastern United States was measured in 1989, it was almost 100 times as____________ as that of the rest of the United States.

Back 22

acidic

Front 23

What is reaching Earth's surface because of the current conndition of the ozone layer?

Back 23

UV (ultra violet) radiation

Front 24

What did power plants install on their smokestacks because of the Clean Air Act of 1990?

Back 24

scrubbers

Front 25

What is conserved by washing cars and watering lawns less often and using efficient faucets?

Back 25

ground water

Front 26

This is known as the insulating effect of various gases in Earth's atmosphere.

Back 26

greenhouse effect

Front 27

Forests are being damaged in the United States and Canada because this is being absorbed by the soil has affected nutrient absorption by the trees.

Back 27

accid rain

Front 28

What is the increase in global temperatures called?

Back 28

global warning

Front 29

What are 3 examples of chemical pollutants released into the global ecosystem by the agriculture industry?

Back 29

pesticides
herbicides
fertilizers

Front 30

In the United States, the population __________________________ is less than half the global rate.

Back 30

growth rate

Front 31

Since 1650 the ________1____________ has remained constant, and the _________2_____________ has fallen steadily.

Back 31

1. birth rate

2. death rate

Front 32

What causes acid rain?

Back 32

Burning coal or sulfur combines with water and forms acid rain or snow

Front 33

What two approaches have been most effective in reducing pollution in the United States?

Back 33

laws and taxes

Front 34

What is biological magnification

Back 34

An increase in troxins as you move up the trophic level.

Front 35

How does the presence of the ozone layer affect life on Earth?

Back 35

It filters out UV rays.

Front 36

What happened to the human death rate in the past several hundred years?

Back 36

the death rate decreased as medicine gets better.

Front 37

What is the relationship between the greenhouse effect and global warning?

Back 37

gases allow heat in but not out

Front 38

Nagy/Wagner
Bio 1
Chapter 19

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cut apart and study