environmental economics Crossword Puzzles
Environmental science 2021-09-07
Environmental Science 2022-03-07
Environmental Awareness 2025-06-04
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- : Gas mainly responsible for global warming.
- : Workplace energy-saving tip: unplug ______ when not in use.
- : Switching off lights when not needed helps reduce ______.
- : Practice of calculating and reducing company’s carbon ______.
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- : Practice of reducing, reusing, and ______ materials.
- : Climate-related risk impacting supply chains globally.
- : Internal ______ helps identify environmental risks early.
- : Eco-certification standard often used in logistics.
- : Freight forwarding companies should monitor this environmental aspect of transport.
9 Clues: : Gas mainly responsible for global warming. • : Eco-certification standard often used in logistics. • : Practice of reducing, reusing, and ______ materials. • : Climate-related risk impacting supply chains globally. • : Internal ______ helps identify environmental risks early. • : Switching off lights when not needed helps reduce ______. • ...
Environmental quiz 2025-07-03
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- variety of life in a habitat or ecosystem
- community of living organisms
- maintaining something without depletion
- to use an item again after it has been used once
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- harmful substances that contaminate the earth
- organic material for decomposition and fertiliser
- to convert waste into reusable material
- to use less of something to create less waste
- to protect and preserve natural resources
9 Clues: community of living organisms • to convert waste into reusable material • maintaining something without depletion • variety of life in a habitat or ecosystem • to protect and preserve natural resources • harmful substances that contaminate the earth • to use less of something to create less waste • to use an item again after it has been used once • ...
Earth/Environmental 2025-09-03
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- The materials that soil forms from
- rock that forms on earth's surface made up of tightly packed sediments
- molten rock and gas found under the earth's surface
- outward expansion of urbanization into rural areas
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- an existing rock that has been morphed by high heat, pressure, or hot liquid deep in the earth
- solid material that can be moved through erosion
- relatively few people and large areas of open space
- when molten lava or magma cools and forms a solid
- An area with over 2'500 people and some sort of city government
9 Clues: The materials that soil forms from • solid material that can be moved through erosion • when molten lava or magma cools and forms a solid • outward expansion of urbanization into rural areas • relatively few people and large areas of open space • molten rock and gas found under the earth's surface • An area with over 2'500 people and some sort of city government • ...
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING 2025-10-20
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- _________ is the amount of time a disinfectant needs to sit on a surface without being wiped away or disturbed to effectively kill germs. (two words, no spaces)(11)
- High touch surfaces ______ the patient zone should be cleaned before the high touch surfaces inside the patient zone.(7)
- To avoid spreading dirt and microorganisms, proceed from cleaner to _____.(7)
- ______ is the number of times that a surface should be cleaned, based on a facility cleaning schedule(9)
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- ______ surfaces require more frequent and rigorous environmental cleaning than low touch surfaces. (two words, no spaces)(9)
- To prevent dirt and microorganisms from dripping or falling and contaminating already clean areas, proceed from ______ (three words, no spaces)(9)
- To prevent slipping or falling injuries when cleaning floors use _______. (two words, no spaces)(12)
- _______ kills germs on surfaces or objects.(12)
- Immediately attend to _____ fluid spills, such as blood.(4)
9 Clues: _______ kills germs on surfaces or objects.(12) • Immediately attend to _____ fluid spills, such as blood.(4) • To avoid spreading dirt and microorganisms, proceed from cleaner to _____.(7) • To prevent slipping or falling injuries when cleaning floors use _______. (two words, no spaces)(12) • ...
Environmental conservation 2025-10-29
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- to protect nature, animals, and the environment
- many different kinds of animals, plants, and other living things in one place or on Earth.
- a type of animal or plant that doesn't exist any more.
- all the animals, birds, and plants that live freely in nature
- all the living things, like animals and plants, and the places where they live, working together in nature.
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- the natural place where an animal or plant lives.
- when the air, water or land becomes dirty
- species of animals or plants that may disappear soon
- to cut down or remove a lot of trees from an area
9 Clues: when the air, water or land becomes dirty • to protect nature, animals, and the environment • the natural place where an animal or plant lives. • to cut down or remove a lot of trees from an area • species of animals or plants that may disappear soon • a type of animal or plant that doesn't exist any more. • ...
GitGood.cswrd 2021-08-20
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- Almost exclusively consumed by toddlers
- Did not have the right to bear arms
- Promoted in unfortunate circumstances in 1992
- Had otherworldly ambitions
- Operation in retaliation for Pearl Harbor
- Last Official Global Tour in 1994
- When the student becomes the master
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- Unfortunate legal method of victory
- Chinese delicacy
- Maximum
- Father of modern economics
- Uneducated plane crash survivor
- A mantra
- Eurasian deity
- Unfriendly to gaming
15 Clues: Maximum • A mantra • Eurasian deity • Chinese delicacy • Unfriendly to gaming • Father of modern economics • Had otherworldly ambitions • Uneducated plane crash survivor • Last Official Global Tour in 1994 • Unfortunate legal method of victory • Did not have the right to bear arms • When the student becomes the master • Almost exclusively consumed by toddlers • ...
unit 5 vocabulary Miller 2022-02-02
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- difference of currency
- country uses natural resources and skills efficiently encourages trade
- resources supplied by nature
- prohibits trade
- people employees
- manufacturing
- tax
- physical item that can be bought or sold
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- study of how people use their resources in the most efficient way
- work performed for money
- limit
- country's GDP divided by population
- transporting goods
- increase in value in goods and services
- buying
15 Clues: tax • limit • buying • manufacturing • prohibits trade • people employees • transporting goods • difference of currency • work performed for money • resources supplied by nature • country's GDP divided by population • increase in value in goods and services • physical item that can be bought or sold • study of how people use their resources in the most efficient way • ...
BIOINDICATORS OF POLLUTION 2023-11-28
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- also known as bioamplification or biological magnification
- occurs through a chemical reaction that produces light energy within an organism's body.
- Frogs are considered accurate indicators of environmental stress and the health of the __________
- have been widely documented as useful indicators of environmental water quality because of their differential sensitivity to pollution.
- They are the only organism on the planet with cell walls composed of transparent, opaline silica.
- Indicator for heavy metal pollution of water.
- are seeking data on fireflies worldwide, to see whether their populations are increasing or decreasing.
- have the ability to indicate indirect biotic effects of pollutants when many physical or chemical measurements cannot.
- is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism.
- are a significant component of biological monitoring programs for assessing water quality.
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- The increasing concentration of a substance in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
- can live in extreme conditions, but they hate pollution
- The presence or absence of certain plant or vegetative life in an ecosystem.
- microorganisms are diverse group of organisms found in large quantities and are easier to detect and sample.
- is used as bioindicatorto determine acute toxicity
- Abundance of ______ indicates sewage and heavy metal pollution of water
- are often used as bioindicators because they are very sensitive to pollution, excess nutrients, increased turbidity, chlorine etc.
- are considered accurate indicators of environmental stress and the health of biosphere as a whole
- are a bioindicator, a species ecologists monitor to help gauge how healthy an ecosystem is.
- Earthworms act as an early warning system in monitoring changes in this type of pollution
20 Clues: Indicator for heavy metal pollution of water. • is used as bioindicatorto determine acute toxicity • can live in extreme conditions, but they hate pollution • also known as bioamplification or biological magnification • Abundance of ______ indicates sewage and heavy metal pollution of water • ...
Houda - Unit 1 Enviormental Studies Crossword 2025-10-06
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- timber, fiber, food
- an estimate of an ecosystem's production of natural resources.
- Less economically developed country (such as Haiti)
- Technological developments can solve environmental issues.
- the yield obtained from natural resources
- integrates social, spiritual and environmental dimensions into a holistic ideal, putting nature and ecology center of humanity.
- A worldview that shapes how people perceive and evaluate environment issues.
- is the addition of a substance or an agent to an environment through human activity , at a rate greater than that at which it can be rendered harmless by the environment, and which has an appreciable effect on the organisms in the environment.
- is the day when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services is greater than the Earth's ability to regenerate those resources in a given year biocapacity of the earth is about 1.7 global hectares of productive land per person.
- contaminants from numerous widely dispersed origins
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- production; flood protection; protection from soil erosion
- Humans must sustainably manage the global system using legislation, regulations, and taxes.
- can occur when lakes, estuaries and coastal waters receive inputs of nutrients (nitrates and phosphates), which results in an excess growth of plants and phytoplankton.
- the area of land and water required to sustainably provide
- development that meets present needs without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs.
- natural resources that can supply a natural income of goods or services
- More economically developed country (such as the USA)
- the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
- Use and management of resources that allows full natural replacement and full recovery of affected ecosystems.
19 Clues: timber, fiber, food • the yield obtained from natural resources • Less economically developed country (such as Haiti) • contaminants from numerous widely dispersed origins • More economically developed country (such as the USA) • production; flood protection; protection from soil erosion • the area of land and water required to sustainably provide • ...
Sociology 2021-11-09
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- study of choice
- positive consequences
- Darwinism fittest survive society
- social science human society
- social science behavior
- anything that rep something else
- comparative study of past and present
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- negative consequences
- science operation of governments
- explanation of relationships
- psychology social envi affect individuals
- study of past events
- imagination ability to see the connection
- interaction how people relate to one another
14 Clues: study of choice • study of past events • negative consequences • positive consequences • social science behavior • explanation of relationships • social science human society • anything that rep something else • science operation of governments • comparative study of past and present • Darwinism fittest survive society • imagination ability to see the connection • ...
What is Economics 2019-12-03
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- The value of whatever we give up in order to get/do something else.
- When you choose one thing over another.
- When there are limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited needs or desires.
- The study of economics that focuses on the needs, desires and buying habits of the individual consumer based on the factors of supply and demand.
- The basic necessities that a person must have in order to survive.
- A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer better off.
- A cost or benefit that has an unintended and undesirable result which is contrary to an individual’s interests.
- This means that everything has a cost, whether it is time, money, or effort.
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- The study of how people make choices to satisfy their wants and needs.
- The study of the sum total of all microeconomic aspects that impact the overall economy.
- The desires that people have.
- Actions or activities that are done for others for a fee.
- A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer worse off.
- Making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.
- A cost or benefit that motivates a person to make a decision.
- Tangible items you purchase.
16 Clues: Tangible items you purchase. • The desires that people have. • When you choose one thing over another. • A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer worse off. • A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer better off. • Actions or activities that are done for others for a fee. • Making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. • ...
What is Economics 2019-12-03
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- The study of how people make choices to satisfy their wants and needs.
- The study of the sum total of all microeconomic aspects that impact the overall economy.
- The desires that people have.
- A cost or benefit that has an unintended and undesirable result which is contrary to an individual’s interests.
- A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer better off.
- When you choose one thing over another.
- The basic necessities that a person must have in order to survive.
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- The value of whatever we give up in order to get/do something else.
- When there are limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited needs or desires.
- The study of economics that focuses on the needs, desires and buying habits of the individual consumer based on the factors of supply and demand.
- A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer worse off.
- Tangible items you purchase.
- A cost or benefit that motivates a person to make a decision.
- Making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.
- This means that everything has a cost, whether it is time, money, or effort.
- Actions or activities that are done for others for a fee.
16 Clues: Tangible items you purchase. • The desires that people have. • When you choose one thing over another. • A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer worse off. • A cost or benefit that leaves the consumer better off. • Actions or activities that are done for others for a fee. • Making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. • ...
mirgration word search 2023-02-17
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- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
- migration FROM a location
- migration TO a location
- transition A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
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- Something that causes people to move out of their present location.
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- Something that causes people to move to a new location.
- The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- The difference between the number of immigrants(people coming to a country) and the number of emigrants (people leaving a country).
- a permanent move to a new location
- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
- Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period.
15 Clues: migration TO a location • migration FROM a location • a permanent move to a new location • Something that causes people to move to a new location. • Something that causes people to move out of their present location. • The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • ...
SIES ASCN (Autonomous) SYBCom Business Economics Class Activity GROUP C 2024-02-27
6 Clues: M in MSS stands for • budget to be followed during prosperity • Classical Economics = ______ finance policy • Firm in perfect competition is price _______ • In case of indirect tax, tax burden is shifted from ______ to consumers • Latest Indian origin person to win Nobel Prize in Economics (first name)
Chemistry Crossword 1 2022-03-09
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- Substance derived from raw material which is used to manufacture another substance
- Adds to the cost of feedstock
- This type of reaction saves money on energy costs
- Decribes the type of flavour of foods that have gone "off"
- Minimising this lowers environmental impact of industrial processes
- Permanent dipole-permanent dipole interactions occur between this type of molecule
- The role of iron in industrial production of ammonia
- The backbone of all fats and oils
- Processes designed to maximise profit and minimise environmental impact
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- You will see a big difference in polar molecules!
- Property of a molecule that is non-polar overall because its polar bonds "cancel"
- A desirable property of industrial products
- Manufactured by the Haber process
- I have polar bonds but overall I'm non-polar! What am I?
- Fats and oils belong to this homologous series
- I'm a completely non-polar bond. What am I?
16 Clues: Adds to the cost of feedstock • Manufactured by the Haber process • The backbone of all fats and oils • A desirable property of industrial products • I'm a completely non-polar bond. What am I? • Fats and oils belong to this homologous series • You will see a big difference in polar molecules! • This type of reaction saves money on energy costs • ...
nature vs nurture 2017-05-04
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- The discussion that tries to separate the influence of genes and environment
- A change in our genetic activity without changing genetic code
- Who suggests that “Anatomy is destiny”
- What approach is strongly Nature
- Measure to assess the similarity between twins
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- Selective desirable behaviours are ___
- _______ influence in a child’s life begins as soon as it is born
- Nature and nurture are so closely ______ that it makes little sense to separate them
- The approach that blends the influence of nature and nurture
- The internationalist model of mental illness that says genetic vulnerability mixed with environmental factors leads to illness
- What approach is strongly nurture
- The ________ _______ is used to assess heredity
- The genetic transmission of mental and physical characteristics from one generation to another
- Who suggests that behaviour can change due to the environment
- The notion that genes and environment interact is elaborated by ______
- John Locke said that the mind was a ____ ____ at birth
16 Clues: What approach is strongly Nature • What approach is strongly nurture • Selective desirable behaviours are ___ • Who suggests that “Anatomy is destiny” • Measure to assess the similarity between twins • The ________ _______ is used to assess heredity • John Locke said that the mind was a ____ ____ at birth • The approach that blends the influence of nature and nurture • ...
Economics Unit 1 Test Review 2024-09-23
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- Pilgrim governor who helped the Plymouth colony to survive.
- Type of economy based on customs, heredity, and caste.
- Taxes that governments apply only to imported goods.
- Division of tasks that allows the production of goods by people doing the jobs they do best.
- This type of economy emphasizes the role that information plays.
- 1st Secretary of the Treasury for the United States.
- Tangible item that people want and for which they will pay.
- Any work that contributes to the production of goods and services.
- Economic system that Governor Bradford found contrary to the word of God.
- Establishment of colonies & territories to benefit a mother ocuntry.
- Aim of this economic system was to hoard as much gold/silver as it could to benefit the state's treasury.
- Founder of modern economics.
- People who work to provide goods.
- Type of economy also known as a planned economy.
- Largest and most prosperous city in Scotland in the 18th century.
- Author of Robinson Crusoe.
- Anything used in the production and distribution of goods and services.
- "Let things alone"; idea that nation's economy is best served with few government regulations.
- Intelligent direction and supervisor of natural and human economic resources.
- Amount of an item available for sale at any given time.
- Economic system based upon collective ownership & control of many or most national resources.
- Intangible goods produced by labor for which people expect to pay.
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- Old word for the bad habit of spending more than one can afford.
- Economic success or the condition of enjoying many goods and services.
- Group of American settlers that began their economy out of almost nothing.
- Who said, "Experience is a hard master, but fools will have no other"?
- Considered to be one of America's early "captains of industry".
- Worth that customers attach to a certain item.
- Limited availability or the lack of something.
- Comes from the Greek meaning "house law"; study of the choices made in the production, consumption, & distribution of goods.
- The type of economics that deals with specific components within a major economy.
- These philosophers favored a "natural" economy.
- Sometimes considered the 5th factor of production.
- People who use goods.
- Usefulness of a good.
- An economy that combines a good measure of the free market and a good measure of government regulation.
- Amount of a product bought for a certain price at a certain time.
- Human desire to have and use a certain product.
- The type of economics that is the study of national and international economies.
- This type of property is the result of creative labor, and may include rights to a song or a written work.
- Economic system where individuals and businesses are allowed to make private and individual decisions.
- Economic system that provides barely enough to keep a society alive.
- Seek to show relationships among the various components out of an economy.
- Resources that include land and other raw materials.
- Value of all things that people own.
45 Clues: People who use goods. • Usefulness of a good. • Author of Robinson Crusoe. • Founder of modern economics. • People who work to provide goods. • Value of all things that people own. • Worth that customers attach to a certain item. • Limited availability or the lack of something. • These philosophers favored a "natural" economy. • ...
Infectious Disease 2015-03-16
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- many professionals can be overexposed to this, including nurses
- growth of a disease causing organism in the body of another organism
- drug used to kill some bacteria
- diseases caused by hereditary or environmental factors
- an organism that lives and feeds on another organism
- changes in how someone feels because of an illness
- a disease caused by a pathogen is this
- an organism, virus or protein that causes disease
- mostly beneficial, some cause disease such as many types of skin infections
- particles with their own genetic material that need living things to reproduce
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- disease that occurs when food or water contaminated by a certain parasite, is consumed
- some are beneficial, some cause disease
- 2 wds. can cause respiratory disease
- environmental factors that cause changes in DNA
- people with this disease have issues with blood clotting properly
- cells that produce (this) are destroyed in type 1 diabetes
- type of bacteria that causes food poisoning
- the uncontrollable reproduction of mutated cells
- can force out thousands of droplets containing pathogens
- common type of bacteria in humans
20 Clues: drug used to kill some bacteria • common type of bacteria in humans • 2 wds. can cause respiratory disease • a disease caused by a pathogen is this • some are beneficial, some cause disease • type of bacteria that causes food poisoning • environmental factors that cause changes in DNA • the uncontrollable reproduction of mutated cells • ...
Ecology 2016-05-10
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- Where organisms living in the same place recquire same resources
- Graph showing number of individuals surviving against different age categories
- Atmospheric moisture
- Inherited feature that enables members of a species to live and reproduce in a habitat
- Line across a community along which sampling occurs at regular intervals
- Changes in the composition of a community which occur in response to an environmental gradient
- Area of land subject to particular restrictions
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- Organisms interacting with their physical environment
- Death rate
- A group of organisms from the same species of different ages
- Contamination of the natural environment
- Between different species
- The ability of a species to cope in environmental conditions
- Capable of being prolonged
- How a population is spread out
- Occurs when one organism lives in or on another organism feeding off it but not killing it
- Organisms such as fungi and bacteria which break down dead organisms
- Average number of individuals belonging to a population that are present per unit area
- Birth rate
- To save from damage or destruction
20 Clues: Death rate • Birth rate • Atmospheric moisture • Between different species • Capable of being prolonged • How a population is spread out • To save from damage or destruction • Contamination of the natural environment • Area of land subject to particular restrictions • Organisms interacting with their physical environment • ...
bioindicators 2024-10-21
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- a species ecologists monitor to help gauge
- have been widely documented as useful indicators aof environmental water
- algae that live in houses made of glass
- one of immature insects example
- Diverse group of organisms found in large quantities and are easier to detect and sample
- indicates sewage and heavy metal pollution
- often uses as bioindicators because they are very sensitive to pollution
- they can be form both higher and lower classes of plantae
- one of example of higher plants
- Indicate or monitor the health of environment
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- can live in extreme conditions, but they have pollutio
- live in slightly polluted water
- significant component of biological monitoring programs for assessing water quality
- also known as bioamplication
- occurs through a chemical reaction that produces light within an organism’s body
- frogs affected by ______
- indicate the presence of gold in the soil
- is the gradual accumulation of subtances, such as pesticides or other chemicals in an oragnisms
- considered accurate indicators of environmental stress and the health of biosphere as a whole
- used as bioindicator to determine acute toxicity
20 Clues: frogs affected by ______ • also known as bioamplication • live in slightly polluted water • one of immature insects example • one of example of higher plants • algae that live in houses made of glass • indicate the presence of gold in the soil • a species ecologists monitor to help gauge • indicates sewage and heavy metal pollution • ...
Noah Tim Tam's Sustainability Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-30
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- Coal, oil, and gas from ancient life that pollute when burned.
- Total greenhouse gases released by a person, group, or product.
- Global group formed in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation.
- Protecting nature and resources responsibly.
- Turning waste into reusable materials.
- Non-native species that harm ecosystems.
- Growth that doesn’t harm future generations.
- Gases that trap heat and warm the planet.
- Keeping nature balanced and saving resources for the future.
- Variety of life in an ecosystem.
- Long-term shifts in Earth’s weather caused mainly by humans.
- Harmful substances released into the environment.
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- Natural home of a species.
- 17 UN goals to improve global sustainability.
- Growth of cities, which can harm or help sustainability.
- Useful materials from nature like water and minerals.
- Heat from Earth used for power and heating.
- Impact: How human actions affect nature.
- Animals or plants at risk of extinction.
- Power from sources that naturally refill, like sun and wind.
20 Clues: Natural home of a species. • Variety of life in an ecosystem. • Turning waste into reusable materials. • Impact: How human actions affect nature. • Non-native species that harm ecosystems. • Animals or plants at risk of extinction. • Gases that trap heat and warm the planet. • Heat from Earth used for power and heating. • Protecting nature and resources responsibly. • ...
Sustainability 2019-05-08
14 Clues: build • a ball • change • nature • a person • creature • a habitat • Mother Nature • add something • colour something • when you talk to people • when you follow directions • a guy that teaches science • when you tell someone something
Ecology Part II 2023-03-13
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- measure of individuals living in a defined are
- movement of individuals into a population
- environmental resistance that affects a population regardless of population density
- dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time
- reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem in an are where the soil was left intact
- establishment and development of an ecosystem in an area that was previously uninhabited.
- theory that states that no two species can occupy the same niche at the same time
- environmental resistance that affects a population that becomes overly crowded
- number of individuals that the resources of an environment can normally and persistently support
- way in which individuals of a population are spread out over an area or volume survivorshipcurve graph showing the surviving members of each age group of a population over time
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- population growth that is characterized by a period of slow growth, followed by a period of exponential growth , followed by a period of no growth
- all of the physical, chemical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy and reproduce in an ecosystem
- organism that is the first to live in a previously uninhabited area
- movement of individuals out of a population
- environmental factor that limits the growth and size of a population
- dramatic increase in population over a short period of time
- combined biotic and abiotic factors found in an area where organisms live
- Sequence of biotic changes that regenerate a damaged community or start a community in a previously uninhabited area.
- organisms that share a similar niche but live in different geographical regions
19 Clues: movement of individuals into a population • movement of individuals out of a population • measure of individuals living in a defined are • dramatic increase in population over a short period of time • organism that is the first to live in a previously uninhabited area • environmental factor that limits the growth and size of a population • ...
Prince FRM 2024-07-15
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- Insurance companies assess exposure to claims from natural disasters like earthquakes or cyclones.
- Adani Enterprises evaluates risks related to government policies affecting infrastructure projects and investments.
- SpiceJet deals with flight cancellations due to aircraft maintenance issues affecting customer satisfaction.
- RBI monitors risks that could destabilize the entire financial system, such as banking sector crises or economic recessions.
- Axis Bank assesses the risk of default by corporate borrowers in its loan portfolio.
- Reliance Industries faces litigation over environmental compliance impacting public perception and regulatory approvals.
- Zomato manages public perception during controversies over food quality affecting user trust and market share.
- Mahindra & Mahindra evaluates its ability to secure short-term financing for working capital needs during economic slowdowns.
- Rate Tata Steel deals with currency fluctuations impacting revenue from international steel sales.
- Indian Oil Corporation assesses geopolitical stability before expanding refining operations in new global markets.
- Nestle India assesses risks of disruptions in the supply of dairy and agricultural products impacting production.
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- Paytm faces disruptions in payment processing due to technical glitches during high-volume transactions.
- Rate Bajaj Finance manages exposure to fluctuations in interest rates impacting loan profitability.
- NTPC evaluates risks related to environmental regulations impacting thermal power plant operations.
- HDFC Standard Life ensures adherence to new insurance regulations impacting policy sales and operations.
- TCS reviews the accuracy of financial models used for risk assessment and project estimation.
- Infosys assesses overdependence on revenue from a few large clients in its IT services business.
- Infosys strengthens cybersecurity measures to protect client data from cyber threats in IT services delivery.
- Marico evaluates exposure to changes in raw material prices affecting profit margins in FMCG sector.
- Hindustan Unilever manages risks associated with fluctuating prices of palm oil affecting production costs.
20 Clues: Axis Bank assesses the risk of default by corporate borrowers in its loan portfolio. • TCS reviews the accuracy of financial models used for risk assessment and project estimation. • Infosys assesses overdependence on revenue from a few large clients in its IT services business. • ...
Industrial Revolution- ruby 2022-06-21
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- home to France and England
- a large political change
- a dirty crowded home
- private individuals that own property and goods
- materials and products
- a town or city
- countryside
- physical work
- having paid work
- a building or buildings where good are manufactured
- to take advantage of
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- social science concerned with the production and manafacturing of goods
- commercial area
- work being executed
- a person that puts money into financial schemes
- forced to work/stay against your will
- dirty
- illness
- a combustible black rock
19 Clues: dirty • illness • countryside • physical work • a town or city • commercial area • having paid work • work being executed • a dirty crowded home • to take advantage of • materials and products • a large political change • a combustible black rock • home to France and England • forced to work/stay against your will • private individuals that own property and goods • ...
SIENA CROSSWORD 2023-04-28
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- you don't want any one to no
- all your money is gone
- by thing
- something you get ride of
- you write them down
- makes thing
- it tells you something
- you getting rid of it
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- the study of money
- you get pad
- you get money if you do it
- you are creating something
- you are on a dead line
- you go to university
- you live there
- a five letter word that you earn
- you by them
- you are getting something
- signs and letters
19 Clues: by thing • you get pad • you by them • makes thing • you live there • signs and letters • the study of money • you write them down • you go to university • you getting rid of it • you are on a dead line • all your money is gone • it tells you something • something you get ride of • you are getting something • you get money if you do it • you are creating something • you don't want any one to no • ...
UNIT 6 2025-04-30
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- – Currency gaining value.
- – Record of economic transactions.
- – Currency losing value.
- – Exchange of goods and services.
- – Earnings influencing trade flows.
- – Restriction of imports to protect domestic industry.
- – Cost of borrowing money.
- – Imports quantity limit.
- – Exporting more than importing.
- – Government approach to economics.
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- – Rising prices impacting trade.
- – System where goods and currencies are exchanged.
- – Sudden economic downturn or instability.
- – Importing more than exporting.
- – Desire for currency.
- – Account measuring financial transactions.
- – Tax on imported goods.
- – Availability of a currency.
- – Account for goods and services.
19 Clues: – Desire for currency. • – Currency losing value. • – Tax on imported goods. • – Currency gaining value. • – Imports quantity limit. • – Cost of borrowing money. • – Availability of a currency. • – Rising prices impacting trade. • – Importing more than exporting. • – Exporting more than importing. • – Exchange of goods and services. • – Account for goods and services. • ...
Vocabulary learning in MONEY 2025-04-02
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- A contract that provides financial protection against potential losses.
- A reduction in the value of a currency relative to other currencies.
- The income generated from normal business operations
- Something for which a company is liable, such as a debt or obligation.
- A cost incurred in a business operating cycle.
- The branch of economics that analyzes the market behavior of individuals and firms in order to understand their decision-making processes.
- The acquisition of goods or services in exchange for money.
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- The management of money, banking, credit, investments, and assets.
- An asset or item purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in value.
- The branch of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as national productivity and the overall levels of prices and employment.
- A business deal or agreement between a buyer and a seller.
- An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
- A system of money in general use in a particular country.
13 Clues: A cost incurred in a business operating cycle. • The income generated from normal business operations • A system of money in general use in a particular country. • A business deal or agreement between a buyer and a seller. • The acquisition of goods or services in exchange for money. • An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. • ...
Food 2019-09-06
10 Clues: - really fat • - cattle, etc • - study of money • - most important • - related to farming • - not having enough to eat • - being rich and successful • - typical weather somewhere • - number of people in a country • - not having good access to food
Topic 1 2022-12-12
10 Clues: Shortage • merchandise • A necessity • Something you desire • Any natural resource • Doing work for someone • any purchase, sale, or lease • not utilizing machines or resourses • Production, consumption, and transfer • purchase of goods made with money in production
The Industrial Revolution 2024-01-29
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- Cities becoming more urban due to population increase
- An issue that became prominent as it was affecting the health of Americans especially with the population increase
- Buildings, Roads, and Transportation built during the revolution
- A new process used in the mass production of iron
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- (______) Gin- a machine invented to pick seeds out of cotton rather than doing it by hand
- A terrible disease to which Edward Jenner created a vaccine
- A form of government where production and economics are controlled by private sectors
- A form of government where production and economics are controlled by the government
- (____) Theory- proved that the theory of "Miasma" was not true
- The nickname for an invention which was revolutionary in the textile industry
10 Clues: A new process used in the mass production of iron • Cities becoming more urban due to population increase • A terrible disease to which Edward Jenner created a vaccine • (____) Theory- proved that the theory of "Miasma" was not true • Buildings, Roads, and Transportation built during the revolution • ...
Social Darwinism and Social Reform 2025-05-23
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- A form of economics where groups or companies are free from the government
- A form of economics that's mainly has decisions made about investments, not the government
- A British philosopher who applied the theory of evolution
- The term of a condition where a person is living their life with little to no money
- The term where a person can be successful,no matter their background
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- A philosophy derived from the person with the same last name
- Where providing money helps support humanization and social goals
- The era in the US with a rapid growth of industrialzation
- The person who made the theory of evolution
9 Clues: The person who made the theory of evolution • The era in the US with a rapid growth of industrialzation • A British philosopher who applied the theory of evolution • A philosophy derived from the person with the same last name • Where providing money helps support humanization and social goals • The term where a person can be successful,no matter their background • ...
Ecology 2013-05-14
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- Group of organism that can interbreed or produce offspring
- Biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the number of a population within a community
- Makes their own food from sunlight
- Environmental factor such as storms independent of pop.
- Living
- Group of same species in the same place
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- Environmental factor such as disease depending on pop.
- A species that wasn't originally there and disturbs everything
- Nonliving
- Largest number of individuals in an species that an environment can support long term
- Number of different species living in a specific area
- Biological community and all the non living factors that affect it
12 Clues: Living • Nonliving • Makes their own food from sunlight • Group of same species in the same place • Environmental factor such as disease depending on pop. • Number of different species living in a specific area • Environmental factor such as storms independent of pop. • Group of organism that can interbreed or produce offspring • ...
Deforestation 2025-01-21
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- Degradation of soil due to tree removal
- Microorganisms in soil that fix nitrogen for plants
- The study of organisms for industrial and environmental applications
- Large-scale removal of trees in forests
- A technique used to restore soil using microorganisms or plants
- Biotechnological devices used to monitor environmental changes
- Type of biodiversity affected most by deforestation
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- A biotechnological process for growing plants in a lab
- A sustainable alternative to traditional plastics made from plant materials
- Forests act as these to store carbon dioxide
- A crop often linked to deforestation in tropical regions
- The process by which plants absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis
12 Clues: Degradation of soil due to tree removal • Large-scale removal of trees in forests • Forests act as these to store carbon dioxide • Microorganisms in soil that fix nitrogen for plants • Type of biodiversity affected most by deforestation • A biotechnological process for growing plants in a lab • A crop often linked to deforestation in tropical regions • ...
no habrá más peces en el mar 2025-02-19
10 Clues: tuna • collapse • ecosystem • overfishing • biodiversity • marine species • plastic residue • unregulated fishing • environmental impact • industrial contamination
Environment 2023-11-06
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- involves the collection and processing of materials to reuse them, reducing the need for new raw materials and minimizing waste.
- is the long-term increase in the Earth's average surface temperature, primarily caused by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, leading to climate change.
- also known as clean energy, refers to energy sources that have minimal environmental impact, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power.
- is a complex, interconnected system where living organisms (plants, animals) interact with their physical environment (air, water, soil) and with each other. Ecosystems can range from small-scale, like a pond, to large-scale, like a forest.
- includes all non-domesticated animals and organisms found in their natural habitats, from mammals and birds to reptiles, insects, and microorganisms.
- is a natural process where certain gases (greenhouse gases) in the Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun, helping to maintain a relatively stable temperature on the planet. However, human activities have enhanced this effect, leading to global warming
- represents the long-term patterns and average conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other atmospheric elements in a specific region. It can refer to the weather conditions in an area over an extended period of time.
- refers to materials or substances that are no longer needed or wanted and are typically discarded, posing environmental challenges if not managed properly.
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- are disposal sites where solid waste and garbage are buried, often resulting in environmental and health concerns if not properly managed.
- refers to energy sources or resources that can be naturally replenished or regenerated over time, such as solar energy, wind energy, and hydroelectric power.
- is the consciousness and knowledge of environmental issues, challenges, and the need for conservation and sustainable practices.
- often symbolizes eco-friendliness and sustainability, and it can refer to green practices, green technologies, or green energy.
- is the practice of using resources and managing the environment in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
- is a specific environment or place where a particular organism or species lives, providing the necessary conditions and resources for their survival and reproduction.
- encompasses the surroundings and conditions in which living organisms, including humans, exist, including the physical, biological, and chemical elements of the Earth.
- refers to the introduction of harmful substa0nces or contaminants into the environment, causing adverse effects on living organisms, ecosystems, and natural resources
- is a molecule composed of three oxygen atoms (O3) found in the Earth's atmosphere, with the ozone layer being a region of the stratosphere that contains a higher concentration of ozone, protecting the planet from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
- is a large, dense area of land covered with trees, plants, and wildlife, playing a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and mitigating climate change.
18 Clues: often symbolizes eco-friendliness and sustainability, and it can refer to green practices, green technologies, or green energy. • involves the collection and processing of materials to reuse them, reducing the need for new raw materials and minimizing waste. • ...
Chapter 32-33 2023-04-17
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- Are used in public health to kill vectors of disease, such as mosquitoes, and in agriculture to kill pests that damage crops.
- March 28, 1979, a nuclear power plant released radioactive gasses and radioactive iodine into the environment.
- It establishes a comprehensive permit system for all major sources of air pollution.
- An American marine biologist and conservationist who was influential in advancing the global environmental movement.
- Regulates commercial nuclear power plants, and other uses of nuclear materials.
- An independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters.
- The introduction of harmful materials into the environment.
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- a person who works to protect the environment from destruction and pollution.
- Produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants.
- Each year on April 22, millions of people around the world gather to heighten public awareness of environmental problems.
- A severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating
11 Clues: The introduction of harmful materials into the environment. • a person who works to protect the environment from destruction and pollution. • Produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants. • A severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating • ...
Secondary airborne microplastic 2025-01-19
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- Process that causes larger plastics to become brittle and break into smaller particles (8 letters)
- A form of secondary microplastics produced from the breakdown of large plastics in landfills (9 letters)
- Type of microplastics produced from fragmentation of larger plastic items (9 letters)
- A common plastic product that can degrade into microplastics after use and disposal, often found on roads (5 letters)
- A major process that causes large plastics to break down into microplastics, especially from mechanical wear (6 letters)
- Improperly managed waste sites that contribute to the creation of secondary microplastics (10 letters)
- Type of radiation that contributes to the degradation of larger plastics (2 letters)
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- The general term for large plastics that degrade into microplastics through exposure to environmental factors (4 letters)
- The process by which plastics break down due to environmental factors like sunlight and temperature (10 letters)
- This is a common source of secondary microplastics, found in many consumer products (8 letters)
- A type of environmental exposure that accelerates the breakdown of plastics (7 letters)
11 Clues: Type of radiation that contributes to the degradation of larger plastics (2 letters) • Type of microplastics produced from fragmentation of larger plastic items (9 letters) • A type of environmental exposure that accelerates the breakdown of plastics (7 letters) • ...
Sustainability Crossword Puzzle 2021-08-23
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- Through _________ digestion methods, treatment facilities can convert food waste into biofuel, a source of renewable energy for a more sustainable environment.
- As the main culprit of environmental pollution, recent national movements such as ______ zero and individual movements ______ reduction are underway.
- CSA has a Test Force(TF) that cares about the environment and works to reduce environmental pollution. We publish quarterly news, hold environmental events, and encourage CSA's social and environmental movement. What is the name of this team?
- Which disease is currently the most threatening virus, affecting daily life around the world, and causing pandemic in its contagiousness and mortality?
- S energy is renewable energy converted from the sun into thermal or electrical energy.
- Nonfunctional spacecraft and abandoned launch space vehicle stage turn out to be space d eventually.
- the outside of the cup is made of paper, inside is a thin layer of plastic. The PP (Polypropylene) film protects the liquid from seeping into the paper (and thereby burning you) and keeps your warm drink from cooling too quickly.
- Every year on June 5, World ___________ Day(WED), the United Nations (UN) established this day to raise awareness of environmental issues. Topics range from ocean pollution to global warming, sustainable consumption or wildlife crime.
- It is a movement that picks up trash while jogging. It started in Sweden and spread mainly in Northern Europe. It is a compound word of the Swedish word ‘plocka upp’, which means 'to glean', and the English word ‘jogging’.
- Globally, the primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions are electricity and heat (31%), _______ (11%), transportation (15%), forestry (6%) and manufacturing (12%). Energy production of all types accounts for 72 percent of all emissions.
- Of the earth’s natural resources, we tend to think of six as the most important – water, air, oil, natural gas, coal and minerals. However, these resources are finite and rapidly running out. The simple solution to this is the seventh Resource. What is the seventh resource?
- Human consumption of Earth's natural resources more than ______ between 1970 and 2015. Our use of natural resources is expected to continue growing and more than double from 2015 to 2050.
- Every 100 pounds of ______ waste in our landfills sends 8.3 pounds of methane into the atmosphere. Over 20 years, methane has 86 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide.
- It can be used instead of plastic/vinyl bag. The Green Team held an event to make this product using T-shirts that are not worn. What was it?
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- G energy is heat derived below the earth’s surface which can be harnessed to generate clean, renewable energy.
- What is the movement to reduce waste generated in daily life such as plastic and vinyl as much as possible?
- American companies alone use enough _____ to encircle the Earth 3 times.
- Global warming is an aspect of climate change, referring to the long-term rise of the planet's temperatures. It is caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly from human activities such as burning fossil fuels and _______ agriculture.
- Plastics that are less than five millimeters in length (or about the size of a sesame seed) are called _______?
- Food waste ¬¬¬¬____________ helps convert food waste into organic fertiliser. The fertiliser can then be used directly or combined with further elements depending on purpose. This process also helps to reduce food waste cost.
- Landfills are composed of 35% ________materials.
- “_______ Effect” is one of the reason cause Global warming when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space.
- One of environment day, September 22, encourages motorists to give up their cars for a day. The slogan "In Town Without My Car!" It aims to reduce traffic and improve the environment, and holds annual events in over 40 countries around the world.
- It is an environmental campaign hosted by the World Wildlife Fund, and has been held on the last Saturday of March every year since the first event was held in Sydney, Australia in 2007. It is a symbolic nature conservation campaign that reminds us of the meaning of climate change by turning off the lights for one hour on that day, and it is also widely known that famous landmarks around the world participate.
- _____is cheap and incredibly versatile with properties that make it ideal for many applications. However, these qualities have also resulted in it becoming an environmental issue. We have developed a “disposable” lifestyle and estimates are that around 50% of ______ is used just once and thrown away.
- NOT ALL PLASTIC IS RECYCLABLE. Straws, Plastic bag, ______Cup are not recyclable.
26 Clues: Landfills are composed of 35% ________materials. • American companies alone use enough _____ to encircle the Earth 3 times. • NOT ALL PLASTIC IS RECYCLABLE. Straws, Plastic bag, ______Cup are not recyclable. • S energy is renewable energy converted from the sun into thermal or electrical energy. • ...
Chapter 2 Vocab 2025-09-12
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- Services Resources or services provided by environmental systems.
- Development A real increase in well-being and standard of life for the average person that can be maintained over the long term without degrading the environment or compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- Development Goals Global goals that include eliminating the most severe poverty and hunger; promoting health, education, and gender equality; providing safe water and clean energy; and preserving biodiversity.
- A philosophy that emphasizes the fundamental right of living organisms to exist and to pursue their own ends.
- Environmentalism A definition of species that depends on evolutionary relationships
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- Conservation The philosophy that resources should be used for the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time.
- Gases A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
- Ecological, social, and economic systems that can last over the long term
- People descendants of the original inhabitants of a land or region who occupied it before it was colonized or invaded by other groups, and who maintain distinct cultural, social, economic, and political institutions and a strong connection to their territories
- Environmentalism the worldwide awareness of environmental issues and the coordinated effort to protect the global environment from human impact, driven by the understanding that actions in one part of the world can affect others
- Science The systematic, scientific study of our environment as well as our role in it.
- Indicators A series of measurements that indicate the status of wellbeing in a country
- Development Goals A program who’s targets include an end to poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equity, child health, maternal health, combating of HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, and global cooperation in development efforts
- The flow of energy and/or matter into and out of a system
14 Clues: The flow of energy and/or matter into and out of a system • Gases A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere • Ecological, social, and economic systems that can last over the long term • Services Resources or services provided by environmental systems. • ...
Migration Vocab 2023-02-17
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- The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- I emigrated from the United States.
- The difference between the number of immigrants (people coming to a country) and the number of emigrants (people leaving a country).
- Migration TO a location
- Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
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- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
- A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- A permanent move to a new location.
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters
13 Clues: Migration TO a location • I emigrated from the United States. • A permanent move to a new location. • The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. • Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated. • ...
Unit 3 vocab choice board 2022-02-11
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- A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters
- Migration TO a location.
- Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period.
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- The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- A permanent move to a new location.
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
- The difference between the number of immigrants (people coming to a country) and the number of emigrants (people leaving a country).
- Migration FROM a location.
13 Clues: Migration TO a location. • Migration FROM a location. • A permanent move to a new location. • The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. • Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated. • ...
Unit 3 vocab choice board 2022-02-11
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- A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters
- Migration TO a location.
- Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period.
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- The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- A permanent move to a new location.
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
- The difference between the number of immigrants (people coming to a country) and the number of emigrants (people leaving a country).
- Migration FROM a location.
13 Clues: Migration TO a location. • Migration FROM a location. • A permanent move to a new location. • The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. • Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated. • ...
Inflation 2016-05-18
10 Clues: Going Up • The Topic • Going Down • The Price of Money • What Rises and Falls • Enhancing the Economy • The Study of Inflation • The Source of Inflation • The System of Government • What inflation does to the Nations Dollar
Industrial Revolution Vocab 2025-02-18
10 Clues: City • Creation • Countryside • Business Owner • Bringing new ideas • The creation of cities • Development of industries • People not interfering with economics • Workers trying to improve their conditions • When an individual owns something but the government doesn't
Econ Unit 1 Practice CW 2024-06-06
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- The value of the next best alternative given up for the alternative that was chosen
- A theory or simplified representation that helps explain and predict economic behavior in the real world.
- The branch of the economics that deals with behavior and decision making by small units such as individuals and businesses
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- The branch of economics that deals with the economy as a whole and decision making by large units such as governments
- the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind
- the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., especially with a view to its productivity
- The Basic economic problem that results from a combination of limited resources and unlimited needs
7 Clues: The value of the next best alternative given up for the alternative that was chosen • The Basic economic problem that results from a combination of limited resources and unlimited needs • the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., especially with a view to its productivity • ...
Migration Vocabulary 2023-02-15
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- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
- A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- that causes people to move to a new location.
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
- The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.
- Migration To a location.
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- migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- that causes people to move out of their present location.
- Migration from a location.
- limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period.
- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
- A permanent move to a new location.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
15 Clues: Migration To a location. • Migration from a location. • A permanent move to a new location. • that causes people to move to a new location. • that causes people to move out of their present location. • migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants. • ...
Genetic Disorders 2024-10-17
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- The genetic constitution of an individual, which can include specific alleles or mutations.
- Dysmorphism: Abnormalities in facial features that can be indicative of certain genetic conditions; often used in clinical diagnoses of syndromes.
- A genetic mutation where a segment of DNA is missing, which can lead to various genetic disorders.
- to the presence of a single extra full chromosome
- DNA that is hidden beneath the kinetochore proteins
- Reduced muscle tone, which can affect motor skills and movement; commonly seen in various genetic syndromes.
- A term describing a condition that is present from birth, which can be due to genetic or environmental factors.
- Neck: A condition where the skin folds between the neck and shoulders are abnormally thick or extended, commonly seen in Turner syndrome.
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- Abnormalities: Variations or malformations in the bones and skeletal structure, which can occur in various genetic conditions.
- proteins attached to centromere
- The observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, as determined by both genetic makeup and environmental influences.
- The study of changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the underlying DNA sequence, often influenced by environmental factors.
- pair of sister chromatids
- Disability: A generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
- Defects: Structural problems with the heart that are present at birth, often associated with several genetic syndromes.
15 Clues: pair of sister chromatids • proteins attached to centromere • to the presence of a single extra full chromosome • DNA that is hidden beneath the kinetochore proteins • The genetic constitution of an individual, which can include specific alleles or mutations. • A genetic mutation where a segment of DNA is missing, which can lead to various genetic disorders. • ...
Pdhpe spelling test 2022-10-16
10 Clues: A whole • Long and lean • Having context • Strong and solid • Constantly changing • Relating to the mind • Relating to cognition • Relating to the government • Relating to economics or the economy • Higher percentage of body fat and less muscle
Kenyon College Quiz Bowl 2025-05-06
10 Clues: THE university • Frankly nostalgic • It brings the buzz • Tenth in a lineage • Causes Jordan Yellin' • NCA mineral, for Iris • Compounding difficulty? • Experience rapture, or tossups • Our leader, our compass, our buzzer • Fitting footwear color for surrender
Comparative Adjectives 2024-05-24
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- The Gucci bag is _________ than the H&M bag, I wish I could afford it.
- The UK is _________ than Indonesia, I always need a coat over there!
- Taking a GoCar is __________ than a GoJek, but he cares more about the price than safety.
- This pumpkin is huge! Much _______ than last year.
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- I love pretty things, and the necklace was __________ than the ring. I had to have it!
- I dropped out of economics for psychology, economics bored me but psychology seemed ____________.
- The antelope was fast, but the cheetah was _________.
- She seems ________ today, she wasn't smiling as much yesterday.
- Lions are a type of big cat, house cats are _______.
- Jakarta is __________ during Eid, mostly because most people go back home for Eid.
10 Clues: This pumpkin is huge! Much _______ than last year. • Lions are a type of big cat, house cats are _______. • The antelope was fast, but the cheetah was _________. • She seems ________ today, she wasn't smiling as much yesterday. • The UK is _________ than Indonesia, I always need a coat over there! • ...
Spell bee 2025-11-07
9 Clues: To work hard • To take someone • A place to stay • To ask impolitely • a part of division • Third in economics • Someone who migrates • To provide something • Something that repeats
Basic Islamic Economic 2014-06-14
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- Islamic economics focuses on the scarcity of unlimited wants and limited ________.
- to thrive or to be successful.
- the belief and understanding that Allah SWT is the Creator, the Lord, the Sovereign, the Sustainer and the Giver.
- spending on others and on the social needs of the community merely to seek God’s pleasure.
- purification plus growth or Inner-self purification.
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- How many philosophies of Islamic Economics are there based on Khurshid Ahmad?
- an agreement of Muslim jurists of a particular matter on a question of law.
- Additional of the philosophies of Islamic economic system based on Umar Chapra.
- In an Islamic economic system, the basic economic problem of what to produce is solved by the pattern of consumer _____________.
- The primary sources for Islamic economic systems.
10 Clues: to thrive or to be successful. • The primary sources for Islamic economic systems. • purification plus growth or Inner-self purification. • an agreement of Muslim jurists of a particular matter on a question of law. • How many philosophies of Islamic Economics are there based on Khurshid Ahmad? • ...
History of economics 2024-10-31
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- …is an economic activity of selling goods and services produced in one country to another.
- …the idea that there is a finite amount of wealth in the world.
- Who was the leadre promoter of railways in Germany?
- Austrian school also known as…?
- …is the tax of a uniform amount levied on each individuals,or “head” paid by non-Muslim dhimmis (jews,christians) and commandet in the Qur’an.
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- Who widely regarded as the “father of economics”?
- “Mental labor should be done by the upper class and physical labor by the lower class” who said this words?
- What is the name of the tax on the produce of lands(islam economics)?
- Which classical school was founded by W.Petty?
- Which histotical school was founded by Friedrich Roscher?
10 Clues: Austrian school also known as…? • Which classical school was founded by W.Petty? • Who widely regarded as the “father of economics”? • Who was the leadre promoter of railways in Germany? • Which histotical school was founded by Friedrich Roscher? • …the idea that there is a finite amount of wealth in the world. • ...
Environmental Disease 2017-03-18
7 Clues: contributor of pollution • illnesses caused by environment • established work affects health • preventor of environmental diseases • a way to prevent enviromental disease • wrote first findings of lung illness' • traffic congestion to reduce pollution
Environmental Change and Management 2018-03-08
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- Closely spaced contours indicates a ____ landscape.
- One of the pollutants released into the Citarum River.
- Dams stop the upstream ______ of fish species.
- The _______ River is known as the world's dirtiest river.
- Releasing this into waterways increases the level of nutrients in the water.
- Environmenatl disaster in Prince William Sound, Alasaka in 1989.
- Illegal hunting.
- Adding fertiliser to our rivers results in _____
- A variety of living things.
- These are more accurate than directions
- Site of the world's worst nuclear accident.
- This role of the environment sees us releasing our waste so it can be "treated" by the natural environment.
- Cold water pollution stops fishing ________.
- Location of the world's dirtiest river.
- Another name for river catchment.
- Number of digits in a grid reference.
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- A form of pollution in Citarum River.
- The ________ habits of carp reduce the clarity of water.
- The ship that ran aground in Alaska creating an environmental disaster.
- This form of agricultural extracts a lot of water from the Murray-Darling rivers.
- The __________ zone is an important habitat on the banks of waterways.
- One of the main nutrients found in sewage.
- A river in northern NSW.
- This large body of water has been drastically reduced by cotton irrigation.
- This type of environmental management restricts tourist numbers national parks.
- Irrigation can lead to increased _____ levels in our rivers.
- Taking too much water out of the river.
- A types of land use: grazing, irrigation, cropping etc
- The _________ industry dumps large quantities of pollution into the Citarum River.
- These are shown on topo maps are permanent wetlands/swamps
30 Clues: Illegal hunting. • A river in northern NSW. • A variety of living things. • Another name for river catchment. • A form of pollution in Citarum River. • Number of digits in a grid reference. • Taking too much water out of the river. • These are more accurate than directions • Location of the world's dirtiest river. • One of the main nutrients found in sewage. • ...
Environmental Science Crossword Puzzle 2021-11-22
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- A community of ll the living organisms, and their physical environment
- A large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing
- Latin word for shedding its leaves annually
- The way ecologists figure-out what weather will be in a biome
- An individual animal, plant, or single celled life-form
- The temperature and precipitation combined
- an animal born in a certain place
- Region of the earth with water, temperature, weather and all the living organisms inhabiting it
- A group of animals living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
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- A thick layer of sub surface ground or soil that stays frozen throughout the year
- All the inhabitants of a particular area
- Rain, Snow, Sleet, or Hail that falls to the ground
- All the non living factors within an environment
- A flat, Treeless part of North America, Europe, and Asia
- A tree that bears cones and needle or scale like leaves that are typically evergreen
- reef A ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
- Somewhat swampy coniferous forest of the Northern Hemisphere
- A luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.
- All the living organisms within an environment
- the action or process of adapting or evolving
- Barren area of landscape that has little to no annual rainfall
21 Clues: an animal born in a certain place • All the inhabitants of a particular area • The temperature and precipitation combined • Latin word for shedding its leaves annually • the action or process of adapting or evolving • All the living organisms within an environment • All the non living factors within an environment • Rain, Snow, Sleet, or Hail that falls to the ground • ...
Environmental Science Vocabulary Crossword 2022-04-11
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- Eat only plants
- A single living thing.
- Something that was never alive.
- Process by which plants make their own food.
- Can make their own food
- Community + Abiotic Factors
- Something that is living or was once alive.
- Pyramid Diagram that shows the different feeding levels.
- Large areas that are classified largely based on temperature and precipitation.
- A group of members of the same species, living in the same area.
- The study of how living things interact with the living and nonliving parts of their environment.
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- A group of organisms that have similar enough DNA that they can reproduce.
- Break down food and wastes of other organisms
- A large region of Earth that is defined by a specific climate.
- Eat only dead organisms
- A group of populations
- All living things make up this sphere.
- One organism eats another and so on, down the line.
- All of the biotic and abiotic factors and organism needs to survive and reproduce
- The level an organism occupies in a food web.
- Eat plants and meat
21 Clues: Eat only plants • Eat plants and meat • A single living thing. • A group of populations • Eat only dead organisms • Can make their own food • Community + Abiotic Factors • Something that was never alive. • All living things make up this sphere. • Something that is living or was once alive. • Process by which plants make their own food. • ...
Industry Study - Environmental Factor 2014-05-13
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- / desired results
- Neutral / No release of carbon dioxide into atmosphere
- / make a product on a large scale
- / Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort
- / Capable of being decomposed by bacteria
- / Not harmful to the environment
- / natural world
- / conservation of waste into reusable material
- Energy / energy emitted by the sun
- / new method idea or product
- Fuel / Natural fuel e.g. coal, petrol formed by the remains of living organisms
- / waste disposal in the form of burying it
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- / stock or supply of money, materials
- / marked effect or influence
- Gases / toxins in a gaseous state
- / being sustainable
- Vehicle / a car that uses 2 or more power sources e.g. petrol and electric
- Footprint / Amount of carbon dioxide released into atmosphere as the result of person or group
- / discharge of gas or radiation
- / action of conserving something e.g. resources
- / use again
- / company that performs a public service
22 Clues: / use again • / natural world • / desired results • / being sustainable • / marked effect or influence • / new method idea or product • / discharge of gas or radiation • / Not harmful to the environment • Gases / toxins in a gaseous state • / make a product on a large scale • Energy / energy emitted by the sun • / stock or supply of money, materials • ...
Environmental Science Crossword Puzzle 2022-12-15
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- the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
- the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in all types of water environments
- the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
- the process of making an area more urban
- a component of biodiversity that generally concerns the range of things that organisms do in communities and ecosystems
- a form of mining in which the soil and the rock covering the mineral deposits are removed
- the cultivation of waste land or land formerly under water
- materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- an estimate of the average number of children born to each female in her childbearing years
- the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resource
- an urban area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food
- the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land
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- the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed
- the ratio of the number of deaths in the year to the average total population of the year
- occurs when human activity introduces increased amounts of these nutrients, which speed up plant growth and eventually choke the lake of all of its animal life
- the process of removing salt from seawater
- the variety of different habitats, communities and ecological processes
- placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals
- a rise in the temperature of rivers or lakes that is injurious to water-dwelling life and is caused by the disposal of heated industrial waste water
- the use of living organisms to suppress pest populations, making them less damaging than they would otherwise be
- mining beneath the surface of the earth
- an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas
- the range of different inherited traits within a species
- the average period that a person may expect to live
- any positive benefit that wildlife or ecosystems provide to people
- any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops
- the natural resources and environmental features in a given area, regarded as having economic value or providing a service to humankind
- safe to drink; drinkable
30 Clues: safe to drink; drinkable • mining beneath the surface of the earth • the process of making an area more urban • the process of removing salt from seawater • the average period that a person may expect to live • the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land • the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level • ...
environmental systems b vocab 2020-02-10
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- resources- such as solar and wind power and water are unlimited in supply.
- Niña -is a weather pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean. In this pattern, strong winds blow warm water at the ocean's surface from South America to Indonesia. As the warm water moves west, cold water from the deep rises to the surface near the coast of South America
- resources -is a substance that is being used up more quickly than it can replace itself. Its supply is finite. Most fossil fuels, minerals, and metal ores are nonrenewable resources.
- the process of individuals moving into a range from elsewhere
- of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.
- act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad.
- envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- a substance or object) capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms.
- rate- which measures the average number of children per woman. The global average fertility rate is just below 2.5 children per woman today. Over the last 50 years the global fertility rate has halved.
- capacity-the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
- (O3) is a highly reactive gas composed of three oxygen atoms.
- -fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants.
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- rate-the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
- growth-growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.
- means the usual condition of the temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, and other meteorological elements in an area of the Earth's surface for a long time. In simple terms climate is the average condition for about thirty years.
- process of making an area more urban.
- Nino-an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December.
- regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
- density- is the number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square kilometre or square mile, and which may include or exclude for example areas of water or glaciers. Commonly this may be calculated for a county, city, country, another territory or the entire world.
- population growth-the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to only what is needed to replace the existing population.
- warming-a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
- natural event-A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other geologic processes.
- number of live births per thousand of population per year.
- factor-the environmental factor that is of predominant importance in restricting the size of a population lack of winter browse is a limiting factor for many deer herds.
- growth- takes place when a population's per capita growth rate decreases as population size approaches a maximum imposed by limited resources, the carrying capacity( K).
25 Clues: process of making an area more urban. • envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. • number of live births per thousand of population per year. • the process of individuals moving into a range from elsewhere • (O3) is a highly reactive gas composed of three oxygen atoms. • -fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants. • ...
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 2020-04-22
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- rocks formed from erosion compaction
- 3rd planet from the sun
- measures heat
- rocks formed from magma and lava
- ours is halocene or recent
- measures air pressure
- all matter exploded
- spot on earth surface directly above an earthquake
- precise age
- measures humidity
- metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary
- caused by unequal heating and pressures
- dirty space snowballs
- the layer of the atmosphere we live in
- state of matter that fills its container
- space rocks between mars and jupiter
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- the air above the earths surface
- makes up about 78% of our atmosphere
- rocks formed by heat and pressure
- ours is the quaternary
- sudden violent shaking of the earth
- any kind of rock can become any other kind of rock
- distance light travels in 1 year
- all the surroundings
- makes up about 21% of our atmosphere
- have 5 characteristics
- ours is the cenozoic
- VA has 5 geologic of these
- the 2 main types are warm and cold
- remains or evidence of remains
30 Clues: precise age • measures heat • measures humidity • all matter exploded • all the surroundings • ours is the cenozoic • measures air pressure • dirty space snowballs • ours is the quaternary • have 5 characteristics • 3rd planet from the sun • ours is halocene or recent • VA has 5 geologic of these • remains or evidence of remains • the air above the earths surface • ...
Chapter 7 Environmental Science 2021-01-06
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- An organism that lives in or on another organism and feeds on it.
- A range of conditions in which a species can survive.
- A relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is neither harmed nor helped/
- The arrangement of a populations individuals in a space
- Populations grow faster and faster.
- When a natural resource is being used at the same rate the resource is produced.
- The set of individuals within a species living in the same place at the same time.
- A certain proportion of a population is affected regardless of the populations density.
- The organism a parasite takes its nourishment from.
- A location in which a species lives.
- The relationship between a parasite and its host.
- If two species have requirements that are too similar, one species may eliminate the other from a habitat.
- Incidents occur more quickly in a crowded population than a sparse population.
- The number of deaths per year.
- The population size where birth rates and death rates are equal.
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- The maximum number of offspring that each member of the population can produce.
- The interaction of a predator feeding on prey.
- A relationship in which two species live in close association.
- The average time it takes a member of the population to to reach the age when it reproduces.
- A relationship in which different individuals or populations attempt to use the same limited resource.
- Occurs when each species uses less of the niche that it is capable of using.
- An organism that is feed upon.
- The birth rate minus the death rate.
- An area defended by one or more individuals against other individuals.
- An organism that feeds on another organism.
- The number of births per year.
- The fastest rate at which a population can grow.
- A close relationship between two species in which each species provides a benefit to the other.
- The number of individuals per unit area or volume.
29 Clues: An organism that is feed upon. • The number of births per year. • The number of deaths per year. • Populations grow faster and faster. • The birth rate minus the death rate. • A location in which a species lives. • An organism that feeds on another organism. • The interaction of a predator feeding on prey. • The fastest rate at which a population can grow. • ...
Environmental Chemistry Vocabulary Review 2021-10-18
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- a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea
- an area of land surrounded by water on three sides
- a slowly moving mass of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow
- naturally raised landform, smaller than a mountain
- global ecosystem composed of living organisms
- a piece of land surrounded by water
- The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
- Tallest landform
- solid components of a planet such as Earth
- liquid layer of Earth
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- rigid outer part of Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
- lowest atmospheric level. Where most weather happens
- Broad area of relatively flat land
- Ozone layer. Where airplanes fly
- Low area of land between mountains, typically with a river or stream
- Mostly solid layer. 84% of Earth's volume
- Outer-most layer that living organisms with which living organisms have contact
- all the water on Earth's surface
- a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it
- Solid metal center of the planet
- Flat, elevated area of land. Rises sharply above the surrounding land
21 Clues: Tallest landform • liquid layer of Earth • Ozone layer. Where airplanes fly • all the water on Earth's surface • Solid metal center of the planet • Broad area of relatively flat land • a piece of land surrounded by water • Mostly solid layer. 84% of Earth's volume • solid components of a planet such as Earth • global ecosystem composed of living organisms • ...
Environmental Science Extra Credit 2022-06-13
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- one type of radiation on electromagnetic spectrum
- energy from coal, oil, methane, gas
- thermal energy
- reducing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere
- effect caused by radiation (heat) absorbed by gasses in atmosphere
- to give or send out, i.e. and object emits energy ability to change environment with work or heat
- all ice on Earth
- all liquid water on earth
- wonder material made from petroleum
- transfer of energy through electromagnetic spectrum
- Earth's atmosphere at specific time and place
- the protective layer on gasses around Earth
- a state of balance, absorbed=emitted
- feedback loop that amplifies change
- fuel machinery to produce goods
- average weather over at least 30 years
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- every living thing on Earth
- excess nutrients cause harmful algal blooms
- feedback loop that buffers change
- supplying water and feed for livestock
- all of Earth's rock, geology, and crust
- greenhouse gas being emitted by people in record amounts
- planes, trains, and automobiles' emissions
- measurement of internal energy
- powering machinery, etc. with coal, wind, etc
- adjusting to actual or expected future climate
- reduced level of oxygen
- emissions from running a household
- breaking down and reusing plastic, 10% ever
- energy from wind, solar, hydropower
- emissions from running a business
31 Clues: thermal energy • all ice on Earth • reduced level of oxygen • all liquid water on earth • every living thing on Earth • measurement of internal energy • fuel machinery to produce goods • feedback loop that buffers change • emissions from running a business • emissions from running a household • energy from coal, oil, methane, gas • wonder material made from petroleum • ...
AP Environmental Unit 2 2022-10-26
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- The totality of an organism’s adaptations, its use of resources, and the lifestyle to which it is fitted. The role an organism plays in the ecosystem, different for every species.
- an event that drastically reduces the size of a population.
- Appear first when the ground is still bare rock or bare soil after a disturbance, characterized
- The degree of variation
- human impact/done by humans, not natural
- Goods that come from natural resources or services/functions that ecosystems carry out that have measurable economic/financial value to humans.
- study of the loss of Earth’s biologicaldiversity and the ways to prevent loss
- Appear last, after soil is deepened and enriched with nutrients by cycle of growth and death by early and mid successional species,
- the process by which a large expanse of natural habitat is transformed into a number of smaller isolated patches of smaller area, bad for ecosystem because edges are more dangerous, more invasive species
- unpredictable(earthquakes and volcanic eruptions)
- All populations have some, or variability in genomes of individuals; crossing over in parent chromosomes creates new combinations of genes(and therefore traits)
- Any environmental resource that, because of its scarce or unfavorable levels, restricts the ecological niche of an organism
- The study of ecological relationships and community structures on islands.
- the reduction in the amount of space where a particular species can survive and reproduce
- Frequency is sometimes unpredictable, overall idea in large time frame(fires/hurricanes)
- Range where the organism will die, ex. Thermal shock, lack of oxygen/food/water, suffocation,
- Any factor that controls population growth, lack of space/food
- an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem.
- the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations.
- Individuals with adaptations pass them onto offspring and individuals without adaptation die off, which leads to entire population having adaptation over time
- Starts with already established soil in an area where a disturbance (human or natural) cleared out most of plant life.
- areas with a lot of biodiversity
- an animal leaves its home because the habitat is no longer ideal for them and they need to find a more suitable environment.
- Organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and produce more offspring
- Competition within a species over a resource like food or shelter, limits population
- an org whose presence/absence/abundance reflects a specific environmental condition.
- Species diversity may be greatest in an area where disturbances are moderate in frequency and severity. (Too much kills off too many organisms, too little and the ecosystem is mostly specialists, not a lot of diversity) and disturbances can have positive effects (tree falling creates habitats, fires release nutrients)
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- the current geological age. the period in which human activity has been the dominant influence on the environment/climate change.
- the number of different habitats available in a given area
- Diversity of life forms in an ecosystem; measured on three different levels (genetic, species, habitat)
- Competition between different species over a resource like food or shelter, limits population
- The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
- A random mistake in that happens when copying genetic code(DNA), create new traits
- an area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities/creations
- an animal establishes a home in a habitat because it has resources it can utilize or because the habitat is ideal for them.
- Starts from bare rock in an area with no previous soil formation.
- single species rapidly evolving into several new species to use different resources and reduce competition
- Range of conditions such as temp, salinity, pH, and sunlight, that an organism can endure before injury or death results
- the complete disappearance of a species from Earth.
- A species in danger of becoming endangered in the near future
- (predictable/regular), always going to happen(seasonal rains)
- organisms that can survive with a wide range of conditions/niches. More likely to be able to immigrate to islands and survive disturbances/1st to repopulate. More likely to be invasive. Mostly omnivores (rabbits, rats)
- (r) is the total number of different species in an ecosystem
- orgs that require specific environmental conditions/niches. ie. panda/koala. Unlikely threat to be invasive
44 Clues: The degree of variation • areas with a lot of biodiversity • human impact/done by humans, not natural • an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem. • unpredictable(earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) • the complete disappearance of a species from Earth. • the number of different habitats available in a given area • ...
Earth and Environmental Science 2022-09-02
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- winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances
- the center of a hurricane- a core of warm, calm air with low pressure and light winds
- A dome of water that sweeps across the coast
- Sedimentary rock that forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together.
- Classifies hurricanes according to wind speed, air pressure in the center, and potential for property damage.
- The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock,specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth's magnetic poles; also the magnetic properties that rock requires during formation
- A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
- A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean
- rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at Earth's surface
- A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center
- The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
- a long, narrow ditch.
- A measure of how hot or cold something is.
- an enormous thunderstorm that lasts for several hours
- The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
- A severe storm with high winds that spiral around a calm center
- A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning
- A scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest; used in testing the hardness of minerals
- a cyclonic storm having winds ranging from approximately 48 to 121 km (30 to 75 miles) per hour.
- The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
- metamorphic rock that does not exhibit a banded or layered appearance
- The process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock.
- The process that converts sediments into solid rock by compaction or cementation.
- A weak spot in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma surfaces; forms a volcano (ex: Hawaii & Yellowstone)
- are those containing large quantities of organic molecules.
- An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed
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- The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- can be found in many places, from the ocean to deserts to caves. For instance, most limestone forms at the bottom of the ocean from the precipitation of calcium carbonate and the remains of marine animals with shells.
- A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
- the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
- a hurricane lands
- rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath Earth's surface
- Brings about hurricanes due to change in weather, climate, altitude, latitude, or direction.
- A scale that tells how severe a tornado is based on wind speed and the damage being caused.
- A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
- a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
- Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
- winds that blow west to east between 30 and 60 degrees in the northern and southern hemispheres
- A current of rising air
- The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
- A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
- a large body of circulating air with low pressure at its center and higher pressure outside of the system
- Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator
- mass/volume
- a metamorphic rock with a texture that gives the rock a layered appearance
- The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
- A representation of an object or event
- A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
- the doughnut-shaped area of intense cumulonimbus development and very strong winds that surrounds the eye of a hurricane
- a band of dense clouds that swirls around the eye wall of a hurricane
- the makeup of something
- A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
- Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
53 Clues: mass/volume • a hurricane lands • a long, narrow ditch. • A current of rising air • the makeup of something • A representation of an object or event • A measure of how hot or cold something is. • A dome of water that sweeps across the coast • The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid • A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart • ...
Interdependence Within Environmental Systems 2018-04-25
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- / a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
- / when energy is passed in an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of the energy will be passed on
- / a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
- / the process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time. The time scale can be decades, or even millions of years after a mass extinction.
- / Relating to or resulting to living things; especially in their ecological relations
- / the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment
- / relationship between two organisms where one benefits, and the other is harmed
- / all the different species living in the same place
- / The action or process of adapting or being adapted
- / the point where new species come into the community at the same time as others leave making it a stable, mature community with little change in the number of species
- / a relation between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
- Species / The first organisms to grow back after ecological succession occurs
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- / hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.
- / the establishment of a community in an area of bare rock that does not have topsoil
- / A pyramid that shows the flow of energy or biomass at each trophic level in a particular ecosystem as well as the feeding relationships of groups and organisms
- / when a disturbance such as a fire or flood destroy a community
- / the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms
- / all organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time
- / living and nonliving things in the same place
- / interaction where a predator kills and eats its prey
- / a relationship beneficial to both organisms involved
- / Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms
22 Clues: / living and nonliving things in the same place • / all the different species living in the same place • / The action or process of adapting or being adapted • / interaction where a predator kills and eats its prey • / a relationship beneficial to both organisms involved • / a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains • ...
Environmental Science Unit 2 2019-10-29
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- A source of emissions from mobile sources.
- An indicator that measures the concentration of chemicals.
- The measure of harm a substance can cause in humans and other living things.
- The term used to describe the dose of a substance that is sufficient to kill 50%.
- A source of emissions from a single discharge point.
- The increase of a chemical in an organism.
- A type of pollution that increases the noise in the environment.
- The increase of a chemical in an organism directly from the environment.
- A type of pollution that can change the temperature of the environment.
- The release of large amount of nutrients in waterway resulting in algal bloom.
- The probability that a substance or situation will cause harm.
- A type of pollution where the pollutant finds its way indirectly into the environment.
- The amount of salt that is in water.
- The place where the organism lives.
- An indicator that measures social or economic effects.
- Use of a substitute material to avoid presence of them in the environment.
- A type of pollution where the pollutant is added directly to the environment.
- The presence or introduction of a substance into the environment which is harmful.
- The potential for a substance or situation to cause harm.
- A type of pollution that increases the amount of light in the environment.
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- A measure of how much of a pollutant a person is exposed to.
- The process when chemicals are absorbed in the body through the skin. ______ absorption.
- A single exposure or short term effects.
- Removal of pollutants in society to stop the presence of them in the environment.
- The increase of a chemical in an organism via the food chain.
- A source of emissions that escape from their stored location.
- The presence of a substance where it does not naturally occur.
- Use of chemicals to help breakdown pollutants in the environment.
- Multiple exposures or long term effects.
- An indicator that measures the physical properties in the environment.
- A material or substance that is discarded as no longer useful after the completion of a process.
- A process or place that removes, stores or absorbs the pollutant.
- A chemical that will cause cancer.
- A harmful substance that can affect the environment
- An indicator that measures organisms.
- A source of emissions from a broad area.
- The amount of variation an organism can withstand without harm.
- The measure of fine particles suspended in the water.
- The amount of a chemical absorbed per unit of body weight.
- The description of an organisms role in the ecosystem.
40 Clues: A chemical that will cause cancer. • The place where the organism lives. • The amount of salt that is in water. • An indicator that measures organisms. • A single exposure or short term effects. • Multiple exposures or long term effects. • A source of emissions from a broad area. • A source of emissions from mobile sources. • The increase of a chemical in an organism. • ...
Intro to Environmental Science 2019-09-07
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- pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes
- all the water on earth
- a principle the geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes
- any natural resource that can be replenished in a relatively short period of time
- the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial
- all the living things in an ecosystem
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
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- an undesired change in the air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or toher organisms
- the part of the Earth where life exists
- a thin layer of gases surrounding Earth
- a term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
- the change form food gathering to food production
- a record of geologic events and ife forms in Earth's history
- human's impact on the Earth
- the solid part of the Earth consisting of the crust and the outer mantle
- materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
- a large extinction of species in a relatively short period of time
- the impact of a person or community on the environment expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources
- pollutants that cannot be broken down by natural processes
- the ability to keep in existence natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance
- any community of living and nonliving things that work together
- non-living things in an ecosystem
22 Clues: all the water on earth • human's impact on the Earth • non-living things in an ecosystem • all the living things in an ecosystem • the part of the Earth where life exists • a thin layer of gases surrounding Earth • the change form food gathering to food production • pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes • ...
environmental change and management 2023-07-18
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- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- the ability of natural environments to absorbwastes and pollution
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- All the water on earth
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- supports life on earth wrequiringrequing human action eg. decomposition
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- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all
- the envelope surrounding the earth or another planet
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- part of Earth in which life exists includingland, water, and air or atmosphere
- Take urgent action to combat climatechange and its impacts
24 Clues: All the water on earth • Release of harmful materials into the environment • the envelope surrounding the earth or another planet • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • the ability of natural environments to absorbwastes and pollution • hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms • ...
Final Review Environmental Science 2024-01-24
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- plants will do this to carbon dioxide in our atmosphere while burning fossil fuels would increase carbon dioxide in our atmosphere
- very dry terrestrial biome year round
- a negative effect of pesticides is the creation of...
- these provide 81% of the world's energy
- what protects us from harmful UV radiation in our atmosphere
- meaning to use resources in a way that they can last into the future
- buying a car that uses a lot of gas would increase your....
- when gases such as carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere
- slash and burn agriculture, draining wetlands, and deforestation are what kind of loss...
- wood, algae, ethanol, and manure of which type of energy
- the aquatic biome that has sea turtles and whales
- monoculture and confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) are examples of which kind of farming
- the coldest of the terrestrial biomes
- which energy type is fission of uranium atoms
- the pollutant that is naturally formed by radioactive decay, seeps into the house through cracks in the basement
- primary consumers eat plants, making them ...
- the pollutant found in old buildings because it was used in insulation, causing mesothelioma and lung cancer
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- coal, nuclear, and oil are this kind of energy
- heat or energy from inside the Earth
- the coral reef and which terrestrial biome is associated with high biodiversity..
- wind, water, biomass, and solar are what kind of energy
- these species have characteristics of rapid reproduction and few or no natural predators
- the pollutant found in paint and formerly in gasoline, causes neurological impairment
- disease, availability of food, and competition are these kind of factors
- the aquatic biome that is found in warm shallow salt water is...
- rats are a type three, while humans are a type...
- the use of these is responsible for the thinning of the ozone layer
- this capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support
- dead zones are areas of low what in a body of water
- these species have characteristics of only being found in one area and being valued by hunters/poachers
30 Clues: heat or energy from inside the Earth • very dry terrestrial biome year round • the coldest of the terrestrial biomes • these provide 81% of the world's energy • which energy type is fission of uranium atoms • primary consumers eat plants, making them ... • coal, nuclear, and oil are this kind of energy • rats are a type three, while humans are a type... • ...
Environmental Change and Management 2024-02-04
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- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
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- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- The solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- All the water on earth.
24 Clues: All the water on earth. • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. • the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution • ...
Environmental, Health & Safety Puzzle 2024-07-01
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- Who to notify if you see an unsafe activity.
- Safety _______ are used to prevent debris and chemicals from getting in your eyes.
- The form you fill out when you have an injury is an Employee ________ Report.
- The small hazard pictures found on chemical labels.
- First __________ are the employees responsible for maintaining first aid kits.
- The name of the federal agency responsible for laws for a safe workplace.
- Who to notify when there is an accident or spill.
- What you use to keep you safe when working with power tools, Personal __________ Equipment.
- What we can shut off to save electricity.
- The device used to keep employees from using equipment under repair.
- What the "E" stands for in EH&S.
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- ISO stands for International Organization of __________.
- What we do with our scrap cardboard, paper and aluminum cans.
- The emergency ________ Procedure has a list of emergency contacts.
- Type of labeling required on hazardous chemicals.
- Ridesharing to work can reduce _________ gas emissions.
- The EH&S _________ is responsible for implementing EH&S procedures.
- Required health and safety _______ can be found on the EH&S bulletin board.
- What we use to put out small fires, Fire ________.
- An extension cord laying across the floor is known as a trip ________.
20 Clues: What the "E" stands for in EH&S. • What we can shut off to save electricity. • Who to notify if you see an unsafe activity. • Type of labeling required on hazardous chemicals. • Who to notify when there is an accident or spill. • What we use to put out small fires, Fire ________. • The small hazard pictures found on chemical labels. • ...
Environmental Final 23-24 2024-05-01
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- a fee that the government charges polluters for each unit of greenhouse gas they emit
- a mineral that crystallizes in different forms because of differences in temperature or other conditions
- this green energy source is electricity generated from the movement of waves
- this circulation pattern is when warm. less salty water moves along the surface while cool, salty water moves deep below the surface
- this green energy source is produced from organic materials
- this type of management is a customized approach to managing resources that has been developed through scientific testing
- this type of logging removes dead trees following a natural disturbance
- a chemical compound derived from oil that is used to make plastics, detergents, and other products
- the amount of a crop produced in a given area
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- this source of pollution comes from many places over a large area
- the separation of a solid substance from a solution
- the raising of fish for food in controlled environments
- a forest that has never been logged
- the waste produced in processing ore
- a system where the government determines an acceptable amount of a specific pollutant and then assigns (via permits) a fraction of that amount to industrial sources of the pollutant
- a huge warehouse or pen designed to deliver energy-rich feed to livestock or poultry
- a spongelike formation of rock, sand, or gravel that holds water
- one or more rows of trees or other tall plants along the edge of a field to prevent wind erosion
- the physical and chemical processes that break down rocks and minerals into smaller particles
- a soil conservation method in which two or more crops are planted in one field
20 Clues: a forest that has never been logged • the waste produced in processing ore • the amount of a crop produced in a given area • the separation of a solid substance from a solution • the raising of fish for food in controlled environments • this green energy source is produced from organic materials • a spongelike formation of rock, sand, or gravel that holds water • ...
ch 9 Environmental Health 2024-04-26
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- disease carrying organism
- study of disease in human population
- pesticide that caused egg shells to soften and decreased bald eagle population
- a physical hazard
- disease that has appeared in the human population for the 1st time
- effect an organism shows as a result of exposure
- chemicals that harm embryos and fetuses
- chemicals that affect the nervous system
- chemicals that cause cancer
- disease causing agent
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- caused by drinking water that contains bacteria vibrio cholerae
- united states centers for disease control
- caused by the HIV virus
- found in water, paint and dust
- toxic chemicals that persist in the environment, dirty dozen
- how harmful a substance is to an organism
- international group that helps respond to emerging disease
- amount of a substance an organism is exposed to
- mineral that forms long thin microscopic fibers
- probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response
- concentrations of toxic substance like DDT can be greatly magnified in this process
- colorless odorless radioactive gas
- matter or energy that is released into the environment causing negative effects
- study of how poisonous substance affects an organisms health
- a social hazard
25 Clues: a social hazard • a physical hazard • disease causing agent • caused by the HIV virus • disease carrying organism • chemicals that cause cancer • found in water, paint and dust • colorless odorless radioactive gas • study of disease in human population • chemicals that harm embryos and fetuses • chemicals that affect the nervous system • united states centers for disease control • ...
Environmental Management Key Words 2024-11-26
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- the systematic error in the way the sample represents the population.
- _______ transition = how populations change over time
- = the C in Abundunce scale (ACFOR)
- contains 80% of all the atmosphere mass. Temperature decreases rapidly with altitude. All weather events occur here;
- _______ trap = Some flying invertebrates like moths are attracted to this and get trapped;
- ______ trap = Used to sample invertebrates that move over the ground surface;
- _________ variable = the factor that is being deliberately altered and measured to see if it controls the dependent variable
- _________ sampling = when a proportionate number of observations is taken from each part of the population
- _________ variable = kept constant during testing so they will not influence the outcome
- _______ factors = living or once-living components in the ecosystem
- _________ variable = the factor being controlled by the independent variable
- _______ index = 𝑵 =(𝒏𝟏×𝒏𝟐)/𝒎𝟐
- capture - ______ - recapture
- they obtain their energy by braking apart large molecules, transforming them into nutrients to be used again by plants
- the group of ecosystems on a given region that have similar vegetations and animals adapted to a certain climate regime
- photosynthetic organism that use the sun to produce energy
- ________ ratio = (𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝟎−𝟏𝟒)+𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝟔𝟓+))/(𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝟏𝟓−𝟔𝟒))×𝟏𝟎𝟎
- the process that transform water into vapor that rises to the atmosphere
- tray = It is similar to the sweep net method. A blancket tray is placed underneath a plant that is hit, so invertebrates would fall.
- concerns not just the different populations but also the environmental factors and their interaction with life
- (Ha)
- pro- and anti- ______ policies that help influence birth rates
- = (𝑵º 𝒐𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅)/(𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑵º 𝒐𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒔) x 100
- _______ sampling = It is used to sample aquatic mobile invertebrates in a river or coastal area.
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- the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment
- the constant transport of water on, above or below the surface of Earth
- _______ density = (𝑵º 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆)/𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂
- a group of individuals of the same species that live in a particular area
- Data that can be expressed has a number and counted
- the fall of condensated water due to gravity – rain
- Information that can’t be expressed as a number
- the extent to which an experiment, test, or any measuring procedure yields the same results on repeated trials
- = (𝑵º 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅)/(𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑵º 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔)×𝟏𝟎𝟎
- = (No. of individuals x total area) / area of the quadrat
- obtain their energy by grazing photosynthetic organisms or prey on lower-level _______
- the transition of water vapor to form clouds
- ______ index = 𝑫 = 𝟏−(∑(𝒏/𝑵)𝟐)
- Population ________ = shows the structure and distribution of a given country
- the group of different species’ populations that inhabit a certain area
- meeting our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
- the process by which plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in a form of sugar (glucose);
- considers all the biomes on Earth, being the highest level of ecological organization.
- _________ sampling = when each member of the population is likely to be included
- ___________ competition = when the same speices comptete for resources
- _________ sampling = when the observations are taken in regular intervals
- ________ effect = It is responsible by maintaining stable temperature, without big oscillations between night and day;
- ______ nets = nets with large diameter that can be swept throught vegetation to collect invertebrates
47 Clues: (Ha) • capture - ______ - recapture • _______ index = 𝑵 =(𝒏𝟏×𝒏𝟐)/𝒎𝟐 • ______ index = 𝑫 = 𝟏−(∑(𝒏/𝑵)𝟐) • = the C in Abundunce scale (ACFOR) • _______ density = (𝑵º 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆)/𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 • the transition of water vapor to form clouds • Information that can’t be expressed as a number • Data that can be expressed has a number and counted • ...
5thG Environmental Learning: Fall 2024-12-22
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- related to, or derived from, living matter
- vertebrates covered by feathers
- a sustainable farming method that combines plants and fish together in a system
- organism that helps break down organic matter
- managed decomposition of organic materials
- 2nd trout life cycle stage where yolk sack is still attached
- type of fish that we raise from egg to fry
- element found in DNA, Proteins and Chlorophyll. component of the nutrient cycle
- box turtle who lives in the greenhouse
- arthropod with 4 pairs of legs
- breaking down of organic matter using worms
- cold blooded animal covered in scales that breathes through gills
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- beetle larva, or, the chickens’ favorite treat
- chemical substances that are essential for all living things
- single celled organisms that can be helpful or harmful.
- to break down, like when a dead plant turns to soil.
- turtle Poppy is a ____
- warm blooded animal with fur.
- invertebrates with an exoskeleton
- 3rd stage of the trout’s life cycle after completely absorbing its yolk sack.
- animal that eats only plants
- where an organism lives.
22 Clues: turtle Poppy is a ____ • where an organism lives. • animal that eats only plants • warm blooded animal with fur. • arthropod with 4 pairs of legs • vertebrates covered by feathers • invertebrates with an exoskeleton • box turtle who lives in the greenhouse • related to, or derived from, living matter • managed decomposition of organic materials • ...
Environmental Pollution (Year 7) 2025-05-24
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- Chemicals used on farms that can pollute the air.
- Heat added to water bodies that harms aquatic life.
- Another word for household rubbish or waste.
- The use of living things (like bacteria or plants) to clean up polluted environments.
- Substances added to soil to help plants grow, but can pollute.
- Harmful substances often released by factories or farms.
- A non-biodegradable material that pollutes soil.
- Pollution caused by loud or disturbing sounds.
- A clean energy source powered by sunlight.
- Coal, oil, and gas used for energy that cause pollution.
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- The presence of harmful substances in air, water, or soil.
- Waste water and human waste from homes and toilets.
- Water bodies often polluted by farm or factory waste.
- Substances that cause harm when released into the environment.
- Untreated waste that makes water unsafe.
- This comes from burning rubbish and fuels.
- The build-up of harmful chemicals in the body of a living organism over time.
- A waterborne disease caused by dirty water.
- The increase in concentration of harmful chemicals as you move up the food chain.
- This body process is affected by air pollution.
- Aquatic animals often killed by polluted water.
- A common cause of soil and water pollution involving crude oil.
22 Clues: Untreated waste that makes water unsafe. • This comes from burning rubbish and fuels. • A clean energy source powered by sunlight. • A waterborne disease caused by dirty water. • Another word for household rubbish or waste. • Pollution caused by loud or disturbing sounds. • This body process is affected by air pollution. • ...
Environmental Conditions & Hazardous Materials 2022-03-18
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- Chemical linked to Lumber Liquidators and UFFI insulation
- Type of ceiling that may contain asbestos
- Method to cover asbestos and prevent release
- Common source of electromagnetic fields (EMF)
- What Lumber Liquidators filed for in 2024 after a 60 minutes report
- Gas from the natural decay of uranium in soil
- One of three things mold needs to grow
- Field produced by electrically charged objects
- Buried storage tank for fuel or chemicals
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- Old insulation that may contain asbestos
- Describes asbestos that can easily release airborne particles
- Persistent chemicals linked to major water contamination lawsuits
- Beauty products that once contained lead
- The risk when exposed to heavy metals
- Common roofing and siding material before the 1980s
- Unit used to measure radon levels
- Major health effect caused by asbestos exposure
- Floor tiles in older homes that may contain asbestos
- Fungus that grows in thread-like structures called hyphae
- Toxic metal found in old paint and pipes
- ___-____Underground container sometimes left after heating upgrade
- What inspectors might give clients worried about lead in old homes
22 Clues: Unit used to measure radon levels • The risk when exposed to heavy metals • One of three things mold needs to grow • Old insulation that may contain asbestos • Beauty products that once contained lead • Toxic metal found in old paint and pipes • Type of ceiling that may contain asbestos • Buried storage tank for fuel or chemicals • ...
Earth Environmental Review 4 2025-05-07
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- When a solid phases to a gas
- Chemical and mechanical are the 2 types of this
- This Biome has 4 different seasons
- The Earth's tilt causes these
- All Non-living things
- What P in P-wave stands for
- This biome is home to Elephants and Lions
- The tendency for water to rise and fall
- This effect determines what direction hurricanes spin
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- This biome has drought-resistant plants
- Largest layer of the Earth
- This effect helps trap heat
- Weather phenomena that causes an increase in hurricane activity
- Property of water that makes things float
- Going from a liquid to a gas
- Biome where freshwater and saltwater meet
- All Living things
- What V-shaped lines represent on a topographic map
- As you go down in the ocean, it get saltier
- Property of water that makes it move between solid, liquids, and gases
20 Clues: All Living things • All Non-living things • Largest layer of the Earth • This effect helps trap heat • What P in P-wave stands for • When a solid phases to a gas • Going from a liquid to a gas • The Earth's tilt causes these • This Biome has 4 different seasons • This biome has drought-resistant plants • The tendency for water to rise and fall • ...
Environmental Systems Crossword #1 2025-09-02
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- Chain – A series of organisms showing energy flow.
- – A symbiotic relationship where one benefits and the other is not affected.
- – An organism that makes its own food, usually a plant.
- – A large region with a specific climate and organisms.
- – All living and nonliving parts of an environment together.
- – Variety of life in an ecosystem.
- – The role an organism plays in its ecosystem.
- – An animal that is hunted by predators.
- Cycle – Continuous movement of water on Earth.
- Pyramid – Diagram showing energy loss through trophic levels.
- – A symbiotic relationship where one benefits and the other is harmed.
- – A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.
- – All the members of one species living in an area.
- Web – Network of connected food chains in an ecosystem.
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- Factor – Something that restricts the growth of a population.
- – Organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.
- – Study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
- Capacity – The largest population an environment can support.
- – Process where plants use sunlight to make food.
- – A close relationship between two different species.
- – An animal that hunts other animals for food.
- Respiration – Process that releases energy from food molecules.
- – Water changing from liquid to vapor.
- – The gradual change of ecosystems over time.
- – Organism that breaks down dead matter and recycles nutrients.
- – All the different populations living in one area.
- Level – Position an organism has in a food chain.
- Cycle – Movement of nitrogen through soil, plants, animals, and atmosphere.
- – Place where an organism lives.
- Cycle – Movement of carbon between organisms, air, water, and Earth.
30 Clues: – Place where an organism lives. • – Variety of life in an ecosystem. • – Water changing from liquid to vapor. • – An animal that is hunted by predators. • – The gradual change of ecosystems over time. • – An animal that hunts other animals for food. • – The role an organism plays in its ecosystem. • Cycle – Continuous movement of water on Earth. • ...
Unit 2 Environmental Science 2025-09-03
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- cool, nutrient-rich water rises to the surface replacing warm water.
- this trophic level has the most energy available.
- plants convert light, co2 & water into glucose & oxygen.
- fungi & many microorganisms keep nutrients cycling through the ecosystem by breaking down dead matter.
- different species interacting in the same habitat & time.
- a place where something is collected & stored.
- thanks to nitrogen & phosphorus based ______________ the amount of fixed nitrogen & phosphorus INCREASES.
- thanks to adhesion, cohesion and surface tension water has the ability to move from the roots of plants to the leaves.
- the second level in the organization of life.
- the largest reservoir of carbon is stored here.
- the fourth level in the organization of life.
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- ________________ eat the herbivores.
- light, CO2, Water are all non living components in an ecosystem. What is the technical term for a non-living factor?
- One of the Five properties of water makes it so coastal areas experience less temperature extremes. This is called ____________________ moderation.
- thanks to this property of water, clouds form.
- Also known as the Hydrologic Cycle
- same species interacting in the same habitat & same time.
- eats both plants & animals.
- Land
- the third level in the organization of life.
- Water
- the first level in the organization of life.
- foxes, rabbits & snakes are all living factors in a terrestrial ecosystem. What's the technical name for a living factor?
23 Clues: Land • Water • eats both plants & animals. • Also known as the Hydrologic Cycle • ________________ eat the herbivores. • the third level in the organization of life. • the first level in the organization of life. • the second level in the organization of life. • the fourth level in the organization of life. • thanks to this property of water, clouds form. • ...
Engineering Careers Crossword 2019-09-23
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- Plan, design, maintain, construct roads to ensure safety and transportation
- hardware Research, test, oversee, computer chips and systems
- Understand geologic formation of rock and determine monitor operations
- Uses physical science to turn raw materials to useful paper materials
- Install insulating materials
- Bring innovative projects to the market
- Develop aircraft and spacecraft
- Combine mechanical, electronic, computer to improve manufactured goods
- Research and develop systems to benefit nuclear radiation or energy
- Advance or improve modern medicine
- Understands how technology fits to larger and professional needs
- Responsible to ensure all parts of the plane are in proper, working order
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- Responsible for building, monitoring for the train
- Create a design fulfilling the needs of the company and customer
- Develop organisms better to fit environmental needs and fits modern medicine
- Research about energy and how it changes over time
- Solve problems with environment to improve of maintain the quality
- Monitor all the quality of manufactured goods
- Combine microbiology to create to make processed food taste better
- Produce lighting effects for live evens
20 Clues: Install insulating materials • Develop aircraft and spacecraft • Advance or improve modern medicine • Bring innovative projects to the market • Produce lighting effects for live evens • Monitor all the quality of manufactured goods • Responsible for building, monitoring for the train • Research about energy and how it changes over time • ...
Commercial Design 2014-11-02
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- trial and error method of space planning using quick pencil sketching
- informational sheet about products used in design process
- caused when substances combine and become more toxic
- preliminary space planning using grid paper or templates
- pre-design process beginning when planning problem is presented to planner and ends when physical planning begins
- compounds that release chemicals into the air
- toxic element occurring natural in ore
- space planning chart indicating specific needs for each space
- cancer causing silicon mineral
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
- biological contaminant which can cause allergic reactions
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- information gathering session between designer and client
- pre-design process which connects spaces by function
- meeting needs of present and future generations
- the void between the completed design program and the planning solution
- additive to paint to preserve shelf life
- a reaction occurring when materials absorb chemicals out-gassed by other materials which are released later
- the speed at which VOCs are released into the air
- watching the operational processes which occur in a space in order to design it appropriately
- independent, non-profit environmental testing program
20 Clues: cancer causing silicon mineral • toxic element occurring natural in ore • additive to paint to preserve shelf life • compounds that release chemicals into the air • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design • meeting needs of present and future generations • the speed at which VOCs are released into the air • pre-design process which connects spaces by function • ...
Evolution 2014-10-08
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- Darwin/ all life was "produced by a simple life filament"
- Variation/ mutations are sources of different traits
- some traits give a selective advantage
- habitats separated
- isolation/ bodies are incompatible for sexual reproduction
- populations have ability to reproduce more individuals than can survive
- a group of individuals tat belong to the same species live in a defined area, and breed with others in the group
- isolation/ differing courtship prevent gene flow
- populations-variations in traits; environmental influence
- flow/ immigration or emigration between 2 or more populations
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- extinct glyptodonts- large, similar to armadillo and same region
- changes in environmental conditions that lead to a phenotypic shift in one direction
- changes happening over a long period or time
- drift/ small populations affected by random change
- differences in timing of reproduction
- intermediate forms of the trait are elected against
- body structures
- ex: mating ritual
- small scale changes within a population
- functionality
- Selection/ overpopulation,genetic variation, competition, successful reproduction
- isolation/ early death, sterility, or low survival rates of hybrids
- Lyell/ Theory of uniformity
- mortality/ molecular incompatibilities
- Breeding/ artificial selection
25 Clues: functionality • body structures • ex: mating ritual • habitats separated • Breeding/ artificial selection • differences in timing of reproduction • Lyell/ Theory of uniformity • some traits give a selective advantage • small scale changes within a population • changes happening over a long period or time • mortality/ molecular incompatibilities • ...
Philosophy 2025-09-22
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- Fairness in facing climate challenges
- Advocacy to solve ecological problems
- Value is in ecosystems as a whole
- Links social and environmental issues
- Natural disasters harming humans and nature
- Maximizing output, minimizing waste
- Using resources for future generations
- Growth that protects environment
- Fair distribution of burdens and benefits
- Nature has intrinsic value
- Value of beauty in the environment
- Decline of environment by humans
- Maintaining the state of nature
- Unequal burden of environmental problems
- Destruction of forests by humans
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- All living beings have value
- Morality in human-nature relationship
- Avoiding waste of resources
- Humans as caretakers of creation
- Living in harmony with the natural world
- Fairness for present and future generations
- Brings out harmony and beauty
- Human-centered view of nature
- Contamination of air, water, or land
- Earth as a self-regulating system
- Responsibilities about climate change
- Wise use of natural resources
- Moral duty to care for environment
- Humans are part of nature
- Wise and careful decision-making
30 Clues: Humans are part of nature • Nature has intrinsic value • Avoiding waste of resources • All living beings have value • Brings out harmony and beauty • Human-centered view of nature • Wise use of natural resources • Maintaining the state of nature • Humans as caretakers of creation • Growth that protects environment • Wise and careful decision-making • ...
Words Crossword 2023-01-22
15 Clues: cure • go around • 3D reality • good timing • lawlessness • well-trained • separate from • mental fatigue • native culture • sleeping giant • about to happen • unkept, lazy, sloth • condemn with strong opinion • tuned into societal and racial issues • ongoing environmental and economic problems
CHLOE HELENA GEORGIA 2018-08-06
Across
- Age between twelve to eighteen
- Long term general movement or change in frequency.
- A significant stage or event in development of someone's life.
- Relates to the body and what a persona is naturally born with.
- Number of deaths caused by a particular disease, illness or other environmental factor
- The physical things exterior to our body that is around us that affects our health.
- The rate at which a particular disease or illness occurs.
- Interactions with other people.
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- Continual changes un our state of health.
- Measurable changes in the body
- Age between conception to birth.
- Describes gradual changes in a person's physical, social and emotional abilities.
- Refers to a person's ability to think and reason.
- Features that can be seen externally on the body.
- The way a person acts, speaks and presents themselves.
15 Clues: Measurable changes in the body • Age between twelve to eighteen • Interactions with other people. • Age between conception to birth. • Continual changes un our state of health. • Refers to a person's ability to think and reason. • Features that can be seen externally on the body. • Long term general movement or change in frequency. • ...
Medio ambiente 2024-04-24
Across
- An essential act for life, it involves inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide.
- Gathering and collecting items or waste, often as part of efforts to maintain cleanliness and prevent pollution.
- Transforming waste materials into new products, reducing environmental impact and conserving resources.
- To shield and safeguard against various threats or dangers, especially those posed to wildlife or habitats.
- Acts of heroism that involve rescuing imperiled species or ecosystems from the brink of extinction or destruction.
- More than just the surroundings, it encompasses the intricate web of interdependent ecosystems supporting life on Earth.
- To cause harm or injury, often unintentionally, to the environment or living organisms.
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- Not just about gardening, it's an act crucial for replenishing green spaces and combating deforestation.
- Beyond artistic endeavors, it's about generating innovative solutions and initiatives for environmental sustainability.
- The practice of maintaining the integrity and balance of natural ecosystems for future generations.
- Beyond surface dirt, it involves efforts to restore and maintain environmental purity, combating pollution.
- A key concept in ecological restoration, it's about reshaping landscapes and habitats to enhance biodiversity.
12 Clues: An essential act for life, it involves inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. • To cause harm or injury, often unintentionally, to the environment or living organisms. • The practice of maintaining the integrity and balance of natural ecosystems for future generations. • ...
Plastic 2025-04-09
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- – A community of living organisms and their physical environment, interacting as a system.
- – The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat, essential for ecological balance.
- – Tiny plastic particles, often invisible, that result from the breakdown of larger plastic items and contaminate oceans and food chains.
- – The act of using goods and services, often associated with overuse and waste in modern society.
- – The tendency to use items once and discard them, contributing to environmental problems.
- – Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact, especially relating to environmental issues.
- – The process of converting waste materials into new, usable products to reduce environmental impact.
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- – The introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment.
- – The practice of using resources in a way that preserves them for future generations.
- – Laws or legal measures put in place to control or influence behavior, such as those regulating plastic use.
- – A model of economy focused on reusing, repairing, and recycling materials, in contrast to a linear take-make-dispose model.
- – The fundamental facilities and systems serving a country or area, such as waste management or recycling plants.
12 Clues: – The introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment. • – The practice of using resources in a way that preserves them for future generations. • – A community of living organisms and their physical environment, interacting as a system. • – The tendency to use items once and discard them, contributing to environmental problems. • ...
SI session 7 Animal physiology 2017-05-17
Across
- the part of a negative feedback loop that changes a parameter to bring it back to its set point
- an organism that must allow its body temperature to vary in order to survive in its environment
- salmon develop gills as they grow in order to increase the _____________ ___________ through which oxygen exchange can happen
- diffusion and exchange with the environment is easier with __________ organisms, that have high surface area to volume ratios
- when a physiological mechanism begins, then its processes perpetuate and increase its actions, an example would be giving birth
- the relationship between the changing size of an organism and its shape or other physical properties
- As a lizard grows, its size stays the same, with the same proportions
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- when an adaptation comes at a cost, for example a male peacock having very ornate feathers
- an organism that can regulate and produce its own body heat
- when an animal's phenotype changes in response to environmental change, similar to phenotypic plasticity
- between two organisms that perform similar physical functions, they have differently shaped skeletons due to difference in size
- metabolic rate of animals __________ as they get smaller
- the part of a negative feedback loop that receives information from environmental stimuli
- and often heritable, genetic change that is seen in a population over time in a population due to environmental factors
- the ability to maintain a constant internal environment
15 Clues: the ability to maintain a constant internal environment • metabolic rate of animals __________ as they get smaller • an organism that can regulate and produce its own body heat • As a lizard grows, its size stays the same, with the same proportions • the part of a negative feedback loop that receives information from environmental stimuli • ...
Migration Crossword: Human Geo 2024-09-04
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- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
- Migration TO a new location.
- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border.
- Something that causes people to move out of their present location.
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- A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated.
- The difference between the number of immigrants (people coming to a country) and the number of emigrants (people leaving a country).
- Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period.
- Migration AWAY from a location.
- A permanent move to a new location.
- Something that causes people to move to a new location.
15 Clues: Migration TO a new location. • Migration AWAY from a location. • A permanent move to a new location. • Something that causes people to move to a new location. • Something that causes people to move out of their present location. • The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • ...
Migration Vocabulary 2023-02-13
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- The migrant has chosen to move, usually for economic reasons, though sometimes for environmental reasons.
- The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors.
- An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
- Maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United States during a one year period
- Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee
- Migration FROM a location.
- The difference between the number of immigrants (people coming to a country) and the number of emigrants (people leaving a country)
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- Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border
- Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated
- Something that causes people to move out of their present location.
- A permanent move to a new location
- A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produces demographic transition.
- Someone who has been forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or other disasters
- Migration TO a location
- Something that causes people to move to a new location.
15 Clues: Migration TO a location • Migration FROM a location. • A permanent move to a new location • Something that causes people to move to a new location. • Something that causes people to move out of their present location. • The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural or environmental factors. • ...
Populations - Growth & Limiting Factors 2023-08-24
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- The study of human population characteristics
- An animal that kills other animals and eats them
- When a species is wiped out & no long longer exists
- The agricultural & extreme weather phenomenon in the Great Plains in the 1930's
- Environmental factors that never lived, limiting population
- Biotic or abiotic conditions that control the growth of a population
- Data revealing percentage of different ages & genders of a population
- Individuals moving into an area
- The revolution of human population growth that occurred in the 1800's
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- An animal that only eats plants
- An animal that is killed and eaten
- The accelerating increase in population
- The country where the potato famine occurred in the 1840's
- Number of individuals per unit area
- When a population's growth curve slows then stops, after exponential growth
- The number of individuals of a species that an environment can support
- Individuals moving out of an area
- Environmental factors that once lived, limiting population
18 Clues: An animal that only eats plants • Individuals moving into an area • Individuals moving out of an area • An animal that is killed and eaten • Number of individuals per unit area • The accelerating increase in population • The study of human population characteristics • An animal that kills other animals and eats them • When a species is wiped out & no long longer exists • ...
Diving Deep with Marine Biologists 2022-03-11
Across
- a word that means "like jelly"
- the type of scientist responsible for exploring Earth's oceans(2 words)
- a scientist that studies sea mammals like whales, dolphins, and porpoises
- the natural home of an animal or plant
- a traditional canoe
- Whale populations with genetic ___ can more easily adapt to environmental changes
- the world's largest bony fish
- The type of marine biologist Y Meeda is.
- Rosenbaum serves as the Director of the Ocean ____ Program
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- the world's ugliest fish
- a fish that looks like it came out of a horror movie
- Marine molecular biologists use marine life to address environmental challenges and help ___.
- the type of whale that Rosenbaum spent two years following
- a large pit too deep to be measured
- the person who encouraged A. Costa to study biology in college
- Tiny algae that produce 20% of the oxygen humans breathe
- ____ cover more than 70% of Earth's surface
- A marine biologist that studies bony fish, analyze their behavior, their habitats, and fish evolution
18 Clues: a traditional canoe • the world's ugliest fish • the world's largest bony fish • a word that means "like jelly" • a large pit too deep to be measured • the natural home of an animal or plant • The type of marine biologist Y Meeda is. • ____ cover more than 70% of Earth's surface • a fish that looks like it came out of a horror movie • ...
Buy, Use, Toss Vocabulary 3 2016-11-07
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- A way in which a component of a system can be changed in order to alleviate a problem.
- The practice of creating products, buildings, and communities minimizing negative impacts on the environment and human health but maximizing economic benefits.
- Activities that promote the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer.
- A collection of many interconnected parts that work together; if you affect one part you affect the system.
- A person who has an interest in something and is affected by its well-being.
- A place where garbage and trash is burned. By product is usually CO2.
- The process of turning used materials into new products.
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- The process of using natural resources, materials, or finished products to satisfy human wants or needs.
- Trash (inorganic) garbage (organic)
- The system of extracting raw materials, turning them into products and selling them to consumers who use and dispose of them.
- A place where garbage and trash is buried.
- The act of getting rid of unwanted items or things that are no longer useful.
- The level of well-being of an individual or group of people.
- Creating and enforcing environmental laws and the equitable protection of all persons from environmental and health hazards.
- The ability to locate, evaluate and understand messages from any media source.
- Persuasive messages that inform the public about a product or service for sale.
16 Clues: Trash (inorganic) garbage (organic) • A place where garbage and trash is buried. • The process of turning used materials into new products. • The level of well-being of an individual or group of people. • A place where garbage and trash is burned. By product is usually CO2. • Activities that promote the transfer of goods from a seller to a buyer. • ...
Biology chapter 4 vocabulary 2023-10-13
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- when data rises over a period of time, creating an upwards trending curve on a graph
- long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
- the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance
- any natural or industrial process that causes free nitrogen
- the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time.
- gases in the earth's atmosphere that trap heat.
- plant species that can germinate and grow with limited resources
- happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
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- the use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms or other forms of life to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site.
- the concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic locale
- ecological footprint is the amount of environmental resources necessary to produce the goods and services that support an individual's lifestyle, a nation's prosperity, or the economic activity of humanity as a whole.
- The ways in which an element—or compound such as water—moves between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere
- anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
- happens when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time
- the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
- an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area
16 Clues: gases in the earth's atmosphere that trap heat. • long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns • any natural or industrial process that causes free nitrogen • plant species that can germinate and grow with limited resources • the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance • ...
