Visualizing Environmental Science

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Graphing Appendix 473 Test your understanding of this Graphing Appendix by taking the following quiz: Label each of the followi ...

466 However, it is much easier to interpret these num- bers when they are arranged into a graph like this (Figure A.1): Introduc ...

474 Graphing Appendix To visualize and interpret these numbers, convert this table into a line graph. The x-axis of this graph w ...

Graphing Appendix 467 Graphing Nuts and Bolts LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define data and variable. Distinguish between independent and ...

475 Glossary acid deposition A type of air pollution that includes sulfuric and nitric acids in precipitation, as well as dry ac ...

468 Graphing Appendix that because it is not clear without further explanation, the y-axis title on this graph includes the meas ...

476 Glossary environmental science The interdisciplinary study of humanity’s relationship with other organisms and the physical ...

Graphing Appendix 469 Some bar graphs are constructed so that their bars run horizontally instead of vertically (Figure A.7). No ...

Glossary 477 monoculture Ecological simplification in which only one type of plant is cultivated over a large area. municipal so ...

What is the difference between continuous and discrete data? Interpreting and Using Graphs LEARNING OBJECTIVES Explain how gr ...

478 Glossary secondary treatment Biological treatment of wastewater to decompose suspended organic material; secondary treatment ...

Graphing Appendix 471 Year Million metric tons of seafood 0 50 100 150 200 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Aquaculture p ...

Glossary 479 toxicology The study of toxicants, chemicals with adverse effects on health. tropical rain forest A lush, species-r ...

PROCESS DIAGRAM^0 50 100 150 200 300 250 Municipal solid waste (1000 tons) Total yard waste collected Total recyclables collecte ...

480 Artificial eutrophication, 261 Assimilation, 110 Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 58 Asthenosphere, 298 As ...

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Index 481 Carbon cycle, 106–107, 107f, 122 Carbon dioxide, 197 in the atmosphere, 223t country emission estimates, 238, 238t eff ...

474 Graphing Appendix To visualize and interpret these numbers, convert this table into a line graph. The x-axis of this graph w ...

482 Visualizing Nutrition Chronic toxicity, 77 Circulation, ocean, 274–276, 275f Cities. See also Urbanization dust domes over, ...