Atmosphere, Weather, Air Quality Barometric
pressure Isobars
Fujita Scale Condensation Wind Nor’easter Tornado Vortex Hurricane Latitude Longitude Storm surge Convection cell El Nino-Southern Oscillation Tropical depression Typhoon/Monsoon Eye, Eye wall Saffir/Simpson Stratosphere Marine climate Orographic effect (Chinooks) Troposphere Jet stream Turbulence Ozone, ozone layer Anthropogenic Combustion Fossil fuels Acid rain Spectrum UV radiation CFC’s Montreal Protocol Clean Air Act Dissemination Hydroxl radical( OH-) Photochemical smog Temperature inversions Auto emissions standards Precipitators PM-10 Open burning Stack emissions Aerosols Suspended particulate matter Scrubbers Lead Volatile organic compounds Sulfur oxides Electrostatic Nitrogen oxides Carbon monoxide Microwave Catalytic converter Command and control Decibel Criteria pollutants Radon and Asbestos Smog Sick Building Syndrome Petroxyacyl nitrates Ozone, troposphere Legionnaires Disease Electrostatic precipitator Ecosystems, Biomes, Populations Biomass Species Ecosystems 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pyramid Keystone species Commensalism Parasitism Mutualism Symbiosis Zoo Succession-primary/secondary Subsistence hunters Predation Natural selection Mass extinction Seed banks Kudzu Human Population Dynamics Famine Fertility rate Family planning Birth control “Baby boom” Histogram Demographics Plague Demographic transition Total fertility rate Age/sex pyramids Demographic stages K and r strategies Zero population growth (ZPG) RU-486 Urbanization Birth, death , growth rates Survivorship curves Global Changes Greenhouse effect Hydrocarbons Photosynthesis Refracted Reflected Scattered Aerosol Climate Albedo Carbon cycle Carbon sinks Global nitrogen cycle Regional consequences Anaerobic Urban heat islands Kyoto Conference Phytoplankton Anomilies Upwelling Acid rain Ozone depletion Water Zone of saturation Groundwater Aquifer- artesian/confined Artesian wells Karst Hard water` Gray, black water Brackish water Potable water Ogallala Aquifer Desalinization Drought Tributary Aqueduct Drought cycle Recharge zones Evapotranspiration Reverse osmosis Distillation Flood control devices Condensation Percolation Sublimation Runoff Subsoil Porosity Capillary water Zone of aeration Caprock Infiltration Sink hole Watershed/basin Consumptive Water table Reservoir/aqueduct Permafrost Storm water Residence time Overdrawn Offset Channelization TVA Xeroscaping Spillways Meander Aswan High Dam Three Gorges Dam Mono Lake Lake effect snow Aral Sea Flood plain Salt water intrusion Subsidence Center pivot irrigation Drip irrigation Water table Groundwater Hydrologic cycle Fish ladder Drainage basin Land, Soil and Food Desertification Topsoil Erosion Contour plowing Fertilization Strip farming Siltation Salinization Drip irrigation Wilderness corridors Urbanization Shelter belts Deforestation Monoculture Clear cutting Slash and burn agriculture Clay, silt, sand Laterite Compost Humus Mulch Casting Soil profile Loam Parent material Leaching Acid mine drainage Tailings Smelting Aquaculture Drift netting Purse seining Green revolution GRAS list Food additives Genetic engineering Free range Organic agriculture Maize Subsistence agriculture Preservatives Vegetarian types Irradiating food Environmental QualityContaminants Soluble Concentration Relative Residue Oxidation Absorption Distillation Disinfection Feces Ammonia Phosphate Nitrates Bacteria Chlorine Underutilized Heavy metals Resistant Point, non point sources Tertiary DDT Pathogenic organisms Hemoglobin Pesticide Dose threshold level Bhopal, India LD-50 Bioaccumulation Carcinogenic Toxic Acute, chronic Teratogens Half life Mutagens Hazardous chemicals Thermal pollution Coliform bacteria Routinely monitored Mutate Pathogenic Algae Discharges Dissolved oxygen (DO) Cultural euthrophication Nutient Bioremediation Biological oxygen demand(BOD) Eutrophication Chlorine/fluorine Cryptosporidium Agent orange Bt gene Broad spectrum pesticides Carbamates Dioxins Fungicides Herbicides Persistance Organophosphates Pathogens Pheromones Pesticide treadmill Rodenticides 2,4-D 2,4,5-T Sterile male technique Waste Municipal sewage Activated sludge Love Canal Waste lagoons Landfills Secure landfills Incinerator Ash Leachate Impervious Clay Waste stream Intermittent Proximity Tipping fee Biodegradable Mutagenic, corrosive National Priority List (NPL) Organic matter Transparent CERCLA(Superfund) Act of 1980 Primary sewage treatment Secondary sewage treatment Tertiary sewage treatment Endocrine blockers Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) NIMBY Optimum amount of pollution Unfunded mandates Risk management Demand curve Gross domestic product Combined sewer system Soil remediation Trickle filters Biodegradable Fly ash Toxic waste Sanitary landfill Source reduction Energy Entropy Thermodynamics Heat tax Alternative/renewable energy Conventional energy Energy crisis Petrochemicals OPEC Synfuels Oil glut Energy reserves Fuel cells Proven reserves Photovoltaic Cells Biomass Estimated reserves Home energy audit Alaska 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Nevada Breeder reactor Depository Stabilize Enriched uranium Plutonium Moderators Control rods Low level waste High level waste Spent fuel Casks Seismic activity Leukemia Sterilization REM Parent Daughter Nucleus Radioactive decay Chernobyl Three Mile Island Isotopes/ neutrons Half-life/ Stability Radioactive waste Strip mining Open pit mining Shaft mining Black lung disease Heat exchanger Steam generator Melt down Cooling water Lignite Anthracite Bituminous Peat Tar sands Oil shale Gas hydrates Methane Ethanol Resource recovery Gasification Entombed Dismantle Tidal power Refineries Joule/BTU Hydropower First Law of Thermodynamics Dissipate Passive solar heating Steam turbine Law of Conservation of Matter Reactor core Solar collectors Biogas Roof overhangs Insulation Gasohol Geothermal Fission Fusion Conservation/efficiency Differential heating Wind power James Bay Project Deuterium Tritium BTU, Quad, Calorie Cooling systems Chain reactions Sustainable development Fuel rods Cooling towers Airborne particulates Thermal Pollution Operating efficiency Mitigate Industrial Revolution Arab oil embargo Depletion Blackouts Insolation Greenhouse effect Infra red radiation Terrestrial reradiation Utility companies Incentive programs Finite resources Global warming Public utility Tidal power/tsunamis Fuel assembly General Mining Law of 1872 Wind farms Ocean Thermal Electric Conversions Exxon Valdez Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 Coal gasification Fluidized bed combustion Prudhoe Bay Choices for the Future Ecoturism Utilitarian Gaia Conservationists Biosphere Aesthetic values |
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