Environmental Science Words That Start With Q

Question: Quarries

Answer: Open pits where stone or marble is extracted.

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Question: R-strategists

Answer: Species that reproduces early in life; lots of offspring, no parental support.

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Question: Rain Shadow

Answer: Dry area in the down wind side of a mountain.

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Question: Radon Gas

Answer: An indoor air pollutant; naturally occurring radioactive gas that comes from radioactive decay of Uranium into lead #2 cause lung cancer behind tobacco. It is usually found in igneous rock and soil. It typically moves up through ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes in the foundation of your home traps Radon inside, where it can build up.

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Question: Ranks of Coal

Answer: The classification of coal by degree of hardness, moisture and heat content. The ranks, from lowest to highest quality are: lignite, subbituminous, bituminous, and anthracite.

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Question: Red Tide

Answer: A common name for a phenomenon known as an algal bloom when it is caused by a few species of dinoflagellates causing the bloom to take on a red or brown color. In the us, it occurs in the easter Gulf of Mexico, and in Florida waters.

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Question: Remediation

Answer: Cleaning up of chemical pollution of contaminated areas to reverse or stop environmental damage.

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Question: Renewable Resource

Answer: Resource that can be replenished rapidly through natural processes in years or 10's of years.

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Question: Replacement Level Fertility

Answer: Reproduction rate required for the population to remain a constant size.

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Question: Riparian

Answer: Strips of vegetation that occurs along rivers and streams.

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Question: S Curve

Answer: A curve that depicts logistic growth.

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Question: Saltwater Intrustion

Answer: When salt wateroves into the fresh water zone of an aquifer.

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Question: S Wave

Answer: Second wave following primary wave; takes twice as long to reach a seismograph.

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Question: Salmonella

Answer: Bacterial disease primarily located in chicken.

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Question: Sanitary Landfill

Answer: Waste disposal site on land in which waste is spread in thin layers compacted and converted with a fresh layer of clay or plastic each day.

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Question: Secondary Pollutant

Answer: Air pollutant produced through reactions between primary pollutants and normal atmospheric compounds. Ex: ground-level ozone formation.

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Question: Secondary Wastewater Treatment

Answer: Sewage treatment that removed organic matter with aide of microorganism.

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Question: Scavenger

Answer: Organisms that feed dead organisms killed by other organisms or died naturally. Ex: Vulture.

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Question: Scrubber

Answer: Desulfurization system that are used in smoke stacks to decrease the amount of sulfur I'm the exhaust gas by 90% or more.

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Question: Silt

Answer: Sediment that collects at the bottom of lakes; between 1/16 and 1/25 mm in size.

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Question: Sink

Answer: Long term area for storage. Ex: Carbon in Limestone.

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Question: Sludge

Answer: Gooey mixture of toxic chemical, infectious agents and settled soilds removed from water waste.

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Question: Smelter

Answer: An even that separates desirable metals from one that contains other unneeded elements.

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Question: Smog

Answer: Originally a combo of smoke and fog but now used to describe mixtures of pollutants in the atmosphere.

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Question: Source Reduction

Answer: Process of waste management; reduced the amount of materials that must be handled in a waste stream.

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Question: Suburbs

Answer: Spread out area with lack of cultural and educational activities compared to the cities.

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Question: Succession

Answer: Gradual and sometimes quick change in the plants of a region.

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Question: Superfund

Answer: A fund established by congress to pay for containment, clean up or remediation of abandoned toxic waste sites.

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Question: Sustainable Development

Answer: A real increase in well-being and standard of life for the average person over the long term without degrading the environment.

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