Unit 5 Vocabulary: Environmental Impact
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- Q1Circuit of sensing, evaluating, and reacting to changes in environmental conditions as a result of information fed back into a system; it occurs when one change leads to some other change, which eventually reinforces or slows the original change.Feedback loop30s
- Q2pollution that does not have a specific point of release, open,loop recycling,when materials are reused to form new products.Non-point source pollution30s
- Q3motions that have some degree of repetitionOscillation30s
- Q4any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged, such as a pipe, ditch, ship or factory smokestackPoint source pollution30s
- Q5the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over timeSuccession30s
- Q6a thin layer of the atmosphere where the normal decrease in temperature with height switches to the temperature increasing with heightTemperature inversions30s
- Q7capable of being readily decomposed into harmless substances by microorganismsBiodegradable30s
- Q8The amount of oxygen needed by microorganisms to decompose biological wastes into carbon dioxide, water, and minerals.Biological oxygen demand30s
- Q9A warm ocean current that flows along the coast of Peru every seven to fourteen yearsEl Nino30s
- Q10plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not nativeInvasive species30s
- Q11A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.La Nina30s
- Q12A form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two.Ozone30s
- Q13A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.Plate tectonics30s
- Q14Release of harmful materials into the environmentPollution30s
- Q15air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fogSmog30s