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CH 3 - Lessons 3 & 4
Chapter 3 Lessons 3 & 4 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| carrying capacity | the largest population a given environment can support |
| catalytic converter | a device in a motor vehicle that reduces the amount of pollutants in emissions |
| cellular respirations | the process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy of sugars, producing carbon dioxide and water |
| chymosunthesis | the process by which bacteria use energy stored in bonds of hydrogen sulfide to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars |
| chlorofluorocarbon | a chemical compound containing chlorine, fluorine, and carbon, developed for use refrigeration and spray-can propellants |
| city planning | the process of designing cities to maximizes their functianality |
| clay | soil particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter |
| Clean are act | an act that sets strict standards for air quality and strengthens the governments ability to enforce regulations |
| clear-cutting | a method of harvesting trees in which all trees in an area are cut at once |
| climate | the average conditions including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area |
| climate model | a program that combines what is known about the atmosphere and oceans to stimulate, or imitate, climate proceces |
| climateograph | a diagram that shows an areas average temperature and precipitation |
| ceovolution | the process by which to species evolve in response to changes in each other |
| combustion | burning the chemical reaction when fuel combines rapidly with oxygen |
| command and control approach | an approach to environmental policy in which a government body sets rules and threatens punishment for violations |
| commensalism | a relationship between two organisms from different species in which one beniffits and the other is unaffected |
| community | all of the population in a particular area |
| composting | the conversation of organic wastes into multch or humus through natural or biological processes of decomposition |
| compound | a substance combining two of atoms or more different elements |
| concentrating solar power (csp) | a technology that uses the heat of the sun to generate electricity; mirrors focus on the suns energy, which is used to heat the water that fuels electric power plants |
| condensation | a change in state from a vapor to a liquid |
| conduction | the transfer of heat directly between two objects that are in contact with each other |
| coniferous | a tree bearing its cones that typically does not loose its leaves |
| consumer | an organism that relies on other organisms for energy and nutriants also called hetorotroph |
| contour farming | a soil concervation method in which furrows are plowed across the hillside, perpendicular to its slope |
| controlled study | a study in which only one factor is manipulated or change |
| deep-wall injection | a method of hazards waste disposal in which the waste is pumped into the wall that has been drilled deep beenethe the water,into pourus rock |
| deforestation | clearing a forest for another land use |
| demand | the amount of a product or service people will buy at given price if free to do so |
| demographic transition | a theory that links lower birth rates and death rates in a population to improvements in education, economic conditions, and helthcare |
| demography | the study of human populations |
| density dependent factor | a limiting factorr who's influence changes with population density includes competition predistation and disesse |
| density independent factor | a limiting factor who's influence is not affected by the population density includes catastrophic events |
| dependent variable | the variable that changes in response to the conditions set in an experiment |
| deposition | the movment and accumulation of eroded soil |
| desalination | the process of removing salt from salt water also called desalinization |
| desertification | a loss of more than 10 percent in the productivity of soil due to erosion, deforestation, overgrazing, drought or other factors |
| detrititivor | an organized(e.g,, a millipede or soil incect) that scavengers the waste products or dead bodies of other community members |
| dose | the level of exposure to a pollutant or other hazerdus substances |
| dose-responce relationship | the effect on an organism at different levels of exposure to a pollutant or other hazerdus substances |
| earthquake | the movment of earth caused by shifting tectonic plates |
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