Unit 4 - Technology and Sustainability

A site for the disposal of waste materials.

• Sustainability

• Land Pollution

• Land Fill

• Adaptation

When gases stop or absorb the infrared radiation that is released from the Earth, preventing the heat from escaping.

• Sustainability

• Greenhouse Effect

• Landfill

• Carbon Trapping

A phrase that describes long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.

• Climate Change

• Greenhouse Effect

• Sustainability

• Pollution

The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance; the capacity for Earth's biosphere and human civilization to co-exist

• Greenhouse Effect

• Adaptation

• Sustainability

• Climate Change

The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change or effects.

• Climate Change

• Greenhouse Effect

• Pollution

• Sustainability

When chemicals or dangerous foreign substances are introduced to the Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers.

• Water Pollution

• Land Pollution

• Air Pollution

• Light Pollution

The presence of unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial illumination.

• Water Pollution

• Land Pollution

• Air Pollution

• Light Pollution

When the soil, fields, forests, streets, etc. become polluted by household garbage or by industrial waste.

• Land Pollution

• Water Pollution

• Light Pollution

• Noise Pollution

When the sound coming from planes, industry, or other sources reaches harmful levels.

• Noise Pollution

• Land Pollution

• Light Pollution

• Air Pollution

When people release particles or contaminants into the atmosphere, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels.

• Noise Pollution

• Air Pollution

• Light Pollution

• Land Pollution