Environmental Science Questions
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The Earth's crust, made up of rocks and minerals.
a substance in the environment that hurts nature and human health
a disease often not known of in the developed world that people in developing nations are often particularly vulnerable to
The extremes of any factor (e.g., temperature) that an organism or a population can tolerate and still survive and reproduce.
an organism that can move a biological hazard from person to person without themselves getting sick
examples of this type of hazard include lead or mercury
a way of enforcing a law that uses statements and consequences
An interactive complex of communities and the abiotic environment affecting them within a particular area. Ecosystems have characteristic forms, such as deserts, grasslands, tundra, deciduous forests, and tropical rain forests.
A group of ecosystems that are related by having a similar type of vegetation governed by similar climatic conditions. Examples include prairies, deciduous forests, arctic tundra, deserts, and tropical rain forests.
The repeated pathway of particular nutrients or elements from the environment through one or more organisms and back to the environment. The cycles include the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, the phosphorus cycle, and so on.
The overall ecosystem of Earth. The sum total of all the biomes and smaller ecosystems, which ultimately are all interconnected and interdependent through global processes such as the water cycle and the atmospheric cycle.
Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving
chemicals that can damage the nervous system
The water on Earth, in all of its liquid and solid compartments: oceans, rivers, lakes, ice, and groundwater.
process that determines how at risk a person might be to a particular hazard based on what the hazard is, and how much and how long you've been exposed to it
a market strategy that uses "credits" given to a company that stays within the limits of pollution production which can be sold to make money for the company
The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth. Nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide are major gases, while many minor gases are also present in trace amounts.atoms
The specific environment (woods, desert, swamp) in which an organism lives.
examples of this type of hazard include the flue or COVID
putting policies and regulations in place to prevent people from being at risk of a hazard