AICE environmental management study guide

Sustainability means __________.

The ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

The process by which plants synthesize glucose using carbon dioxide, water, and energy from sunlight is called __________.

Photosynthesis.

An area where the average concentration of ozone is below 100 Dobson Units is referred to as __________.

An ozone hole.

The __________ is the average age that a person may live to.

Life expectancy.

______________ refers to the percentage of adults who can read and write.

Literacy rate.

The __________ is a natural process that warms the Earth’s surface.

Greenhouse effect.

__________ refers to precipitation that does not reach the soil but gets caught by surfaces such as leaves and branches.

Interception.

The __________ measures economic development by accounting for income and social factors like education.

Human Development Index (HDI).

A country with a gross national income (GNI) per capita that indicates high levels of education and technology is considered a __________ economy.

High-income (HIC).

_____________ is the phenomenon where water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds.

Condensation.

The __________ refers to the process by which organisms break down glucose molecules and release energy with the use of oxygen.

Aerobic respiration.

The term for the total amount of money earned by a nation's people and businesses is __________.

Gross National Income (GNI).

A __________ is a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

Biome.

The equation for photosynthesis can be summarized as __________.

6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2.

The __________ is the chemical breakdown of glucose that occurs in cells using oxygen.

Aerobic respiration.

The __________ is a measure of how many people a doctor serves, indicating health resources in a country.

People per doctor.

_________________ refers to the natural process of creating life in an area where no life previously existed.

Primary succession.

The __________ is the area of the Earth’s atmosphere where weather occurs and is 75% of the atmosphere.

Troposphere.

In terms of food chains, _____ percent of energy is typically transferred from one trophic level to the next.

10.

The __________ is the process by which precipitation or water soaks into subsurface soils and moves into rocks.

Infiltration.

________ refers to organisms that produce their own energy, like plants.

Producers.

In climate change discussions, __________ are gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide and methane.

Greenhouse gasses.

The __________ refers to any organism, either native or non-native that causes ecological harm in a new environment.

Invasive species.

A __________ is a widely accepted explanation based on extensive testing and backed by evidence.

Theory.

In the context of population studies, the __________ is the ratio of people who are dependent on working-age individuals.

Dependency ratio.

The chemical compounds known as CFCs can break down in the stratosphere and contribute to __________ depletion.

Ozone.

Human activity, such as deforestation, contributes to the acid deposition, which is a mix of air pollutants that deposit from the atmosphere as __________ deposition.

Acidic wet.

The ______________ is the world's resource that includes surface water such as lakes and rivers, as well as groundwater.

Freshwater resources.

A food security strategy that involves making more food available by improving production methods is called __________.

Agricultural intensification.