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EP Final: Previous Exams

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Tragedy of the Commons
An inability to solve env. problems as a result of people pursuing 'short-term' individual gain on 'common properties'.
Industrial smog is worst during which seasons?
Winter.
What are the two major international organizational frameworks that deal with C.C.?
UNFCCC and the IPCC.
An example of what measure? "car pooling, purchase organic products, consume less resources, reuse products."
Voluntary Measure.
Oligotropic Condition
The opposite condition to Eutrophication.
Biological Oxygen Demand
the amount of oxygen needed by microorganisms to decompose biological wastes into carbon dioxide, water, and minerals.
Ecological Foot Print
"an average amount of productive land, fresh water, and ocean required to supply the person food, wood, energy, water housing, transportation and waste disposal."
The best front kit for an s2000?
Mugen
Photochemical Smog is worst during which seasons?
Summer.
What are the two things under the Kyoto Protocol?
Mitigation and Adaptation.
Bad ozone is found in the?
Troposphere.
Ozone is the most harmful/serious component of?
Photochemical Smog.
What are the major reasons why flood problems are more serious today?
More people living in the flood plains, Forests are cleared, urban development --> more runoff into streams, and urban envt.
5 major types of water pollution: Oxygen-...
demanding wastes.
5 major types of water pollution: Sedi...
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Eutrophication
enrichment of a water body by various nutrients (e.g. nitrogen and phosphorous).
An example of what measure? "Carbon Tax, penalty for pollution (fine)."
Command and Control Regulatory Measures.
Biological Magnification
Increased concentration of toxic chemicals.
Why does ozone thinning occur in Antarctica and Arctic?
Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs).
Cultural Eutrophication
If it's human induced of Eutrophication.
An example of what measure? "Government subsidies for purchasing 'environmentally sound goods' , carbon trading."
Incentive Measure.
Persistence
Characteristic of certain chemicals that are extremely stable and may take many years to be broken down into simpler forms by natural processes.
5 major types of water pollution: Toxic...
minerals and inorganic compounds synthetic organic compounds.
What is Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs)?
Aerosol sprays, gas for air conditioning, refrigerators.
What is the name of Protocol that deals with Ozone thinning?
Montreal Protocol.
5 major types of water pollution: Thermal...
Discharge.
What is the major cause of ozone thinning?
Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs).
5 major types of water pollution: Disease-...
causing organisms.
What are the two types of smog?
Industrial and Photochemical Smog.
An example of what measure? "Wind, solar, biofuel...development of alternatives to fossil fuels, scrubber, electrostatic precipiators..."
Technological Measure.
In which sector (agriculture, industry and domestic) have we seen the largest increase in water consumption?
Agriculture.
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How do we monitor the presence of disease-causing agents?
Fecal Coliform Test. Use E.Coli as an indicator to measure disease-causing agents.
What is Polar stratospheric clouds?
Icy clouds cause changes in the abundances of reactive chlorine gases.
What are the three main principles that address environmental pollution?
Polluter Pay Principle, Prevention Principles and Precautionary Principles.
Acid Deposition
Reaction of SO2 + NOx
Bioaccumulation
Buildup of a persistent toxic substances in an organism's body.
Good ozone is found in the?
Stratosphere.
Temperature Inversion
A deviation from the normal temperature distribution in the atmosphere, resulting in a layer of cold air temporarily trapped near the ground by a warmer, upper layer.
Protocol introduced under the UNFCCC?
Kyoto Protocol.

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