Environmental Systems Final Exam

Policies to attain fishable and swimmable waters in the United States

• Clean Water Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Safe Drinking Water Act

Identifies hazardous waste sites & provides the funding for cleaning them up:

• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Montreal Protocol

International law where countries agree to cut back on carbon emissions to curb climate change

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Stockholm Agreement

• CITES

As the Earth warms, increased evaporation produces more clouds. Clouds increase reflection of light (albedo), reflecting more light away from the Earth. The temperature falls. Rates of evaporation now fall.

• Positive Feedback Loop

• Negative Feedback Loop

What is formed during primary succession that doesn't need to be formed during secondary succession?

• pioneer species
• soil
• climax community
• lichens

In general, algal blooms occur when

• toxins accumulate in shellfish.

• nutrients decrease in the water.

• nutrients increase in the water.

In a dead zone, _________ levels are really low such that living organisms are not able survive.

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• fertilizer

• carbon dioxide

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water
• burning fossil fuels
• texting on cellphones
• eating meat

El Nino and La Nina occur in which ocean?

• Atlantic ocean

• Pacific ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Salten sea

Which cities are more likely to experience temperature inversions?

• Beach communities

• places in valleys ( between mountains)

• places on top of mountains

• out at sea