AICE Environmental Management Definitions

Define Sustainability as....

(1.3)

• Promoting unsustainable practices for short-term gains
• Meeting present needs of water and food without compromising future generations

• Meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs.
• The abililty to find and catch waves without getting fired or flunking school

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Define Photosynthesis as....

(1.6)

• Photosynthesis is what happens when a surfer SYNTHESISES all the abiotic components of the ocean and gets barreled.

• Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria SYNTHESISE glucose using CO2, water, and light.

• Photosynthesis is the process of converting chemical energy into light energy.
• Photosynthesis is only carried out by green plants and is when 02 is converted to glucose.

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Define trophic level as.....

(1.6)

• A level of energy in an ecosystem with relationship to the position of the decomposers

• The number of species in a habitat on a given level

• A position in a food chain or ecological pyramid occupied by a group of organisms with similar feeding modes.
• The amount of sunlight available in an ecosystem level

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Define Food Security as....

(5.1)

• When all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritius food that meerts their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle

• When all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to McDonalds and safe and nutritius food that meerts their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle

• When all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient and safe and nutritius food that meerts their dietary needs and food preferences for gourmet meals and brunch

• When all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient and safe and nutritius food and junk food that meerts their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle or becoming a couch potato

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Define energy security as....

(5.2)

• the reliable availability energy sources at an affordable price with consideration of the environmental impacts

• the reliance on a single energy source for all needs at an affordable price

• the reliable access to fossil fuels and the ability to control energy prices in the market with respect for the environment

• to the abundance of energy sources with no regard to cost or the environment

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define water security as....

(6.1)

• is the ability to access sufficient quantities of clean waves to maintain adequate standards of stoke and manufacturing of goods, adequate saitation and sustainable health care

• is the ability to access sufficient quantities of clean water to maintain adequate standards of food and manufacturing of goods, adequate saitation and water parks and recreational areas.

• is the ability to access sufficient quantities of clean water to maintain adequate standards of food and offshore winds with 2-4 foot peelers, and adequate saitation and sustainable health care

• is the ability to access sufficient quantities of clean water to maintain adequate standards of food and manufacturing of goods, adequate saitation and sustainable health care

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Define acid deposition as....

(7.1)

• a mix of air pollutants that deposit from the atmosphere as basic wet deposition (with pH greater than 5.6) or basic dry deposition

• a mix of air pollutants that deposit from the atmosphere as acidic wet deposition (with pH less 5.6) or basic dry deposition

• a mix of air pollutants that deposit from the atmosphere as acidic wet deposition (with pH more than 5.6) or acidic dry deposition

• a mix of air pollutants that deposit from the atmosphere as acidic wet deposition (with pH less 5.6) or acidic dry deposition

Define photochemical smog as....

(7.2)

• A mixture of air pollutants and particulates, including troposheric ozone, that is formed when oxides of nitrogen and volatile Inorganic compounds (VICs) react in the presence of sunlight

• A mixture of air pollutants and particulates, including ground level ozone, that is formed when oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react in the presence of sunlight

• A mixture of air pollutants and particulates, including ground level ozone, that is formed when oxides of phosphorus and volatile inorganic compounds (VICs) react in the presence of sunlight

• A mixture of air pollutants and particulates, including ground level carbon monoxide, that is formed when oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react in the presence of sunlight