EVN Final Exam

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Energy contained in firewood and other plant matter	Biomass Energy
Heat energy that's generated and stored in the Earth itself	Geothermal Energy
Energy that takes advantage of tides, waves and differences in water temperatures	Ocean Energy
Energy from wind, biomass, solar, hydro and geothermal sources	Renewable Energy
Advantage of hydropower	Does not rely on fossil fuel to generate electricity
Limitation of wind power	intermittent
Passive solar technologies	Use energy of sunlight without relying on electrical or mechanical devices
Tidal Power	kinetic energy of water moved by tides
Vampire Power	Energy used when appliance is turned off, but in standby mode
Urbanization	Centralization of human populations living in densely populated cities
Metropolitan area outside the central city	Suburb
Urban sprawl is a result of people moving away from	City centers
Designation of specific areas for different categories of land use	Zoning
Suburban living encourages	Increased use of automobiles
Most important to urban biodiversity and ecosystem services	Trees and forested parks
Greenway	Link that provides pathways for wildlife to travel between parks and preserves
Urban planners encourage this in arid regions	Xeriscaping
90% of Earth's garbage is generated in	Cities
In wastewater treatment, the removal of inorganic nutrient waste occurs during this	Tertiary Treatment
Water from washers, sinks, and baths	Graywater
Largest component of U.S. municipal waste	Paper
Sanitary landfills produce ________, which may be used for energy	Methane
Waste-to-energy facilities are a type of	Incinerator
Municipal solid waste management policyis set by ________ governments	County and city
Federal oversight of municipal solid waste increased with the Solid Waste DisposalAct in the ________.	1960s
Regulates hazardous wastes	EPA
The use of living organisms to break down hazardous waste is	bioremediation
The "E" in e-waste stands for	Electronic
Dose of a chemical above which there is a measurable decline in the health measure	Toxicity Threshold
Process by which chemicals are stored in the tissues of living orge	Bioaccumulation
Concentrations of a chemical increase at each higher level of the food web	Biomagnification
Chemicals that cause or support cancer	Carcinogens
Substances that cause mutations and birth defects	Teratogens
Pesticide primarily used to control mosquito populations	DDT
Result of air pollution in urban areas, more children have _______.	Asthma
Result of parasitic worms inhabiting in snails in waterways	Schistosomiasis
Tropical storms and associated floods have greater impacts in poor countries that have experienced ______.	Deforestation
H1N1 common in _____ but rarely transmitted to humans until recently.	Pigs
In the future, world climate will be ________.	Warmer
Resources will be ________ in the future.	Scarcer
Ample water can be available for future generations if we increase conservation and ________.	Efficiency
The P in the IPAT equation stands for "________."	Population Impact = Population X Affluence X Technology
In the near future, the world population growth rate will be ______.	Shrinking
Extinction rates of plant and animal species are likely to remain higher than the natural rates for the forseeable future. As a result, we will lose biodiversity and the ________ that humans benefit from	Ecosystem Services
Which of the following will not help to reduce greenhouse emissions?	Developing new technologies of oil extraction
If we define availability as "oil that can be extracted by conventional technologies and at relatively low prices," have we passed the peak of oil availability?	Yes
Something anybody can do to help effect the change to sustainability is ________.	Volunteer
Effective environmental leadership values ________.	Diversity

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