Biological Pest Control

The use of organisms to eliminate or control pests.

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Chemicals that are used in manufacturing which can get into the Ozone layer and cause it to be depleted; leaving Earth vulnerable to harsh solar radiation.

The average weather conditions in an area over a very long period of time.

Partially decomposed organic plant and animal matter used as a soil conditioner or fertilizer.

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

The process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms

An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface causing the average temperature of Earth to increase.

An area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas.

An amendment to the international treaty on climate change designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries.

A meeting in 1987 where a group of nations met in Canada and agreed to take steps to fight against Ozone Depletion where CFC's were banned.

The area of lowered ozone concentration over Antarctica

Layer of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.

A pollutant that is put directly into the atmosphere by human or natural activity

A device that removes pollutants or changes them chemically before they leave factory smokestacks

Sick Building Syndrome

Headaches, allergies, chronic fatigue and other symptoms caused by poorly vented indoor air contaminated by pathogens or toxins.

Formed when primary pollutants undergo a variety of reactions with other chemicals already in the atmosphere

Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog

Temperature Inversion

An atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near the earth's surface

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Unit 5.2: Air & Land

Air & land pollution

Question	Answer
Biological Pest Control	The use of organisms to eliminate or control pests.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)	Chemicals that are used in manufacturing which can get into the Ozone layer and cause it to be depleted; leaving Earth vulnerable to harsh solar radiation.
Climate	The average weather conditions in an area over a very long period of time.
Compost	Partially decomposed organic plant and animal matter used as a soil conditioner or fertilizer.
Deforestation	The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
Desertification	The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
Genetic Engineering	The process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms
Global Warming	An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
Greenhouse Gases	Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface causing the average temperature of Earth to increase.
Heat Island	An area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas.
Kyoto Protocol	An amendment to the international treaty on climate change designed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries.
Montreal Protocol	A meeting in 1987 where a group of nations met in Canada and agreed to take steps to fight against Ozone Depletion where CFC's were banned.
Ozone Hole	The area of lowered ozone concentration over Antarctica
Ozone Layer	Layer of the stratosphere with a high concentration of ozone that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Primary Pollutant	A pollutant that is put directly into the atmosphere by human or natural activity
Scrubber	A device that removes pollutants or changes them chemically before they leave factory smokestacks
Sick Building Syndrome	Headaches, allergies, chronic fatigue and other symptoms caused by poorly vented indoor air contaminated by pathogens or toxins.
Secondary Pollution	Formed when primary pollutants undergo a variety of reactions with other chemicals already in the atmosphere
Smog	Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Temperature Inversion	An atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near the earth's surface

Created by: Coach Outlaw

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