HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT FINAL EXAM TERMS
Acid deposition
Aquaculture
Aquifer
Asthenosphere
Atmosphere
Atrazine
Background extinction
Biological amplification
Biodiversity
Biofuels
Biomass
Biomes
Biometers
Biosphere
Birth rate
BPA
Carbon dioxide
Carcinogen
Carrying capacity
CERCLA
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s)
Conservationist
Consumer
Death rate
Deforestation
Demography
Desalination
Developed countries
Ecological footprint
Ecological niche
Ecology
Ecosystem
Endangered species
Endangered species act
Endemic species
Energy
Environmental degradation
Environmentalist
EPA
Eutrophication
Exponential Growth
E-waste
FDA
First law of thermodynamics
Fitness
Floodplain
Food chain
Food web
Fossil fuel
Fresh water
Garbage patch
GMO
Geosphere
Geothermal energy
Global hotspots
Global warming
GPP
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Green revolution
Ground water
Habitat
Hazardous waste
HIPPCO
Hydrologic cycle
Hydrosphere
Integrated pest management
Integrated waste management
Invasive species
IPAT
Island biogeography
Law of conservation of matter
LD50
Lithosphere
Logistic Growth
Mantle
Mass extinction
Mutagen
Natural capital
Natural gas
Natural resources
Natural services
Nonpoint source
Nonrenewable resource
NPP
Nuclear energy
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear war
Oil shale
OPEC
Open pit mining
Overconsumption
Overpopulation
Ozone layer
Pathogen
Person of principle
PET or PETE
Photochemical smog
Point source
Precautionary Principle
Primary consumer
Primary producer
RCRA
Renewable resource
Risk assessment
Risk management
Second Law of thermodynamics
Secondary consumer
Solar energy
Solid wastes
Species
Stratosphere
Strip mining
Subsurface mining
Surface mining
Surface runoff
Sustainable society
Tar sands
Temperature inversion
Tertiary consumer
Teratogen
Threatened species
Threshold effect
Toxicity
Tragedy of the commons
TRF
Trophic level
Trophosphere
Undeveloped countries
USDA
VOC’s
Watershed
Water table
Wetlands
Zone of saturation
ZPG