Environmental Quality and Sustainability

3. When there is not enough, we call it water ____________.
4. The abnormal lack of rain, also known as __________ periods, could be one consequence of manmade climate change.
6. An example of external forcings on the atmospheric system.
7. Poor ____________ in some areas leads to the contamination of water sources with human or domestic waste.
8. The prime example of a biodiversity hotspot.
10. The change in climate caused by man is called ____________.
12. The term used to describe variety in species and population numbers in an area.
14. An example of an external forcing on the atmospheric system related to colour.
15. This is a greenhouse gas resulting from rotting aquatic vegetation and cattle emissions.
16. Water supply is lower than demand. You have ___________ water scarcity.
18. This year the sea North of Russia was completely navigable. A problem of global warming is the ________ of polar ice sheets.
19. Climate __________ has always been present on Earth, causing Ice ages and warm periods.

1. ____________ Natural species __________ have occurred before, and over geological history, on five occasions they were massive
2. The name given to the Oklahoma panhandle during the 1930s.
4. A consequence of deforestation, poor soil management, and climate change.
5. Carbon __________ is a greenhouse gas.
9. This type of radiation is visible to the naked eye.
11. You might have the water but not the capital to develop it. Your problem is __________ water scarcity.
13. Soil _______ is the loss of soil to wind or rain.
17. This type of radiation is emitted by the earth when it is warmed up.