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Energy contained in firewood and other plant matter
Heat energy that's generated and stored in the Earth itself
Energy that takes advantage of tides, waves and differences in water temperatures
Energy from wind, biomass, solar, hydro and geothermal sources
Advantage of hydropower
Limitation of wind power
Passive solar technologies
Tidal Power
Vampire Power
Urbanization
Metropolitan area outside the central city
Urban sprawl is a result of people moving away from
Designation of specific areas for different categories of land use
Suburban living encourages
Most important to urban biodiversity and ecosystem services
Greenway
Urban planners encourage this in arid regions
90% of Earth's garbage is generated in
In wastewater treatment, the removal of inorganic nutrient waste occurs during this
Water from washers, sinks, and baths
Largest component of U.S. municipal waste
Sanitary landfills produce ________, which may be used for energy
Waste-to-energy facilities are a type of
Municipal solid waste management policy is set by ________ governments
Federal oversight of municipal solid waste increased with the Solid Waste Disposal Act in the ________.
Regulates hazardous wastes
The use of living organisms to break down hazardous waste is
The "E" in e-waste stands for
Dose of a chemical above which there is a measurable decline in the health measure
Process by which chemicals are stored in the tissues of living orge
Concentrations of a chemical increase at each higher level of the food web
Chemicals that cause or support cancer
Substances that cause mutations and birth defects
Pesticide primarily used to control mosquito populations
Result of air pollution in urban areas, more children have _______.
Result of parasitic worms inhabiting in snails in waterways
Tropical storms and associated floods have greater impacts in poor countries that have experienced ______.
H1N1 common in _____ but rarely transmitted to humans until recently.
In the future, world climate will be ________.
Resources will be ________ in the future.
Ample water can be available for future generations if we increase conservation and ________.
The P in the IPAT equation stands for "________."
In the near future, the world population growth rate will be ______.
Extinction rates of plant and animal species are likely to remain higher than the natural rates for the forseeable future. As a result, we will lose biodiversity and the ________ that humans benefit from
Which of the following will not help to reduce greenhouse emissions?
If we define availability as "oil that can be extracted by conventional technologies and at relatively low prices," have we passed the peak of oil availability?
Something anybody can do to help effect the change to sustainability is ________.
Effective environmental leadership values ________.
