Barrons AP Environmental Science

Figure 9.2 Radon risk in the United States CASE STUDIES READING PRONG: A particularly uranium-rich geologica ...

WORLD TRADE CENTER (SEPTEMBER 11, 2001): Explosions resulting from the terrorist attacks on the World Trad ...

Figure 9.3 Cigarette consumption by country ACID DEPOSITION Acid rain is a broad term that is used to ...

organisms, such as fish, macroinvertebrates, trees, and other living things, that rely on the water and soil. A ...

■ Changes in vegetation (e.g., vigor, disease and pest susceptibility, abundance, and biodiversity) because of chan ...

Formation of Industrial Smog Step Chemical Reaction Carbon in coal or oil is burned in oxygen gas to produce ca ...

2NO + O 2 → 2NO 2 ■ 11 A.M.– 4 P.M. As the sunlight becomes more intense, nitrogen dioxide is br ...

Source: Living in the Environment by Miller, G. Tyler; Spoolman, Scott. Reproduced with permission of Cengage Learn ...

GREAT LONDON SMOG (1952): A period of cold weather, combined with windless conditions and airborne ...

CLEAN AIR ACT (1963): The Clean Air Act is designed to control air pollution on a nat ...

effect provided by the evaporation of water from soil and leaves and the shading provided by trees. ■ Additio ...

occurring temperature inversion occurs over Antarctica. Figure 9.5 Temperature inversion NOISE POLLUTION Noise pollut ...

TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE ROADWAY NOISE ■ Create noise barriers ■ Place limitations on vehicle speeds ■ Introduce newer roa ...

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies (e.g., lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, and groundwater ...

ASSORTED CHEMICALS A variety of chemicals from industrial and agricultural sources can cause water pollution. E ...

■ Fertilizers and pesticides from residential and agricultural runoff (e.g., feedlots, golf courses, lawns, e ...

NITRATES (NO 3 – ) Nitrates are water soluble. Nitrates that are found in fertilizers can remain on fields ...

In developing countries, an estimated 90% of the wastewater is discharged directly into rivers and streams witho ...

leaches out copper, cadmium, zinc, and other heavy metals which flow out of the seeps and openings of ...

■ The use of microorganisms to break down the oil ■ Chemical agents, such as dispersants, sorbents, and dete ...