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Index

Symbols

"mariana trench", THE LITHOSPHERE AND PLATE TECTONICS
(hno3), NITROGEN CYCLE

, Renewable Resources

A

a horizon, SOIL PROFILE
abiotic regions, INTRODUCTION
abyssal, BIOMES
acidic solution, SOIL FERTILITY AND pH
active solar energy, SOLAR ENERGY
acute effect, EFFECTS
agriculture, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE
agroforestry, SOIL CONSERVATION
air resources board, STATE LAWS
aldo leopold, LAND ETHIC
alice hamilton, INTRODUCTION
alkaline solution, SOIL FERTILITY AND pH
allethrin, SOIL POLLUTANTS
alpine tundra, BIOMES
amino acids, NITROGEN CYCLE
ammonia (nh3), NITROGEN CYCLE
anadromous species, FOOD RESOURCES
animal species, ECOSYSTEMS
antarctica treaty, INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
anthropocentric, INTRODUCTION
antiquities act, FEDERAL LAWS
aquaculture, FOOD RESOURCES
aquatic, BIOMES
aquatic biomes, BIOMES
aquifer, WATER CYCLE
aquifers, INTRODUCTION
archean, GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
arctic tundra, BIOMES
area strip mining, MINERAL UTILIZATION
asthenosphere, EARTH'S FORMATION AND STRUCTURE
atmosphere, INTRODUCTION
atmospheric clouds, OCEAN CURRENTS
atp, PHOSPHOROUS CYCLE
autotrophs, ORGANISMS

B

b horizon, SOIL PROFILE
benjamin chavis, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
benjamin franklin, INTRODUCTION
benthic, BIOMES
benzene, AIR POLLUTANTS
biocentric, SUSTAINABLE ETHIC
biodegradable, ECOSYSTEMS
biodegradation, SOIL POLLUTANTS
biodiversity, INTRODUCTION, BIOTA, BIOTA
biological agents, AGENTS
biomass, ECOSYSTEMS
biomass energy, BIOMASS ENERGY
biome, INTRODUCTION
biosphere, INTRODUCTION
biosphere reserves, RECREATIONAL AND WILDERNESS LANDS
biotic region, INTRODUCTION
bituminous, COAL
boreal forests, BIOMES
botanicals, SOIL POLLUTANTS
british thermal unit, ENERGY UNITS
brownfields, Remediation Efforts
buffer zone, RECREATIONAL AND WILDERNESS LANDS
butane, NATURAL GAS

C

c horizon, SOIL PROFILE
california clean air act of 1988, STATE LAWS
camphor, SOIL POLLUTANTS
carbamates, SOIL POLLUTANTS
carbon cycle, CARBON CYCLE
carbon dioxide, CARBON CYCLE , AIR POLLUTANTS
carbon monoxide, AIR POLLUTANTS
carbon tetrachloride, AIR POLLUTANTS
carbonates, INTRODUCTION
carcinogenic, SOURCES AND TYPES OF SOLID WASTE
carnivores, ECOSYSTEMS
carrying capacity, "k,", INTRODUCTION
center-pivot sprinkler systems, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE
chapman reactions, ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE, ATMOSPHERE
chemical agents, AGENTS
chemical degradation, SOIL POLLUTANTS
chemical energy, FORMS OF ENERGY
chlorinated hydrocarbons, SOIL POLLUTANTS
chlorofluorocarbons, ATMOSPHERE
chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs), ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE, AIR POLLUTANTS
chlorophyll, CARBON CYCLE
chronic effect, EFFECTS
cinder cones, VOLCANOES
clathrates, ATMOSPHERE
clay, SOIL CHARACTERISTICS
clean water act, FEDERAL LAWS
clear cutting, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST LANDS
climate, CLIMATE
climax community, ECOSYSTEMS
cluster development model, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LANDS
co-evolution, EVOLUTION OF LIFE
cold deserts, BIOMES
community, INTRODUCTION, POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
compensation and liability act , FEDERAL LAWS
composite volcanoes, VOLCANOES
composition, INTRODUCTION
comprehensive environmental response, FEDERAL LAWS
concentration equivalents, Parts per million (ppm) and Micrograms per milliliter (ug/mL)
concentration measurements and environmental regulations, Parts per million (ppm) and Micrograms per milliliter (ug/mL)
concentric city model, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LANDS
condensation, WATER CYCLE
condensation nuclei, OCEAN CURRENTS
conservation, INTRODUCTION
consumers, ECOSYSTEMS
contact chemicals , SOIL POLLUTANTS
continental crust, EARTH'S FORMATION AND STRUCTURE
contour farming, SOIL CONSERVATION
contour strip mining, MINERAL UTILIZATION
control rods, NUCLEAR POWER
convection cells, WIND
convergent evolution, EVOLUTION OF LIFE
coral bleaching, OCEAN
coral reefs, BIOMES
core, EARTH'S FORMATION AND STRUCTURE
core area, RECREATIONAL AND WILDERNESS LANDS
coriolis effect, WIND
cost-benefit analysis, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES
croplands, FOOD RESOURCES
crude oil, OIL
crust, EARTH'S FORMATION AND STRUCTURE
cultural factors, CULTURAL FACTORS
cyanobacteria, NITROGEN CYCLE
cyclone, WEATHER

D

decomposers, ECOSYSTEMS
demographic transition, POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
demography, POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
denitrification, NITROGEN CYCLE
desert, BIOMES
desertification, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST LANDS
deserts, BIOMES
destruction of ozone, ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE
detritivores, ECOSYSTEMS
developed, CATEGORIZING COUNTRIES
developed countries, CATEGORIZING COUNTRIES
developing, CATEGORIZING COUNTRIES
developing countries, CATEGORIZING COUNTRIES
dioxin, Pollution Effects on Wildlife
dioxins, AGENTS
diphenamid, SOIL POLLUTANTS
divergent plate, THE LITHOSPHERE AND PLATE TECTONICS
dna, rna, NITROGEN CYCLE
doctrine of riparian rights, CONTROL OF WATER RESOURCES
drip irrigation, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE

E

early plant, ECOSYSTEMS
earthquake, EARTHQUAKES
ecological footprint, EFFECT OF STANDARD OF LIVING
ecological succession, ECOSYSTEMS
ecology, INTRODUCTION
economics, INTRODUCTION
ecosphere, INTRODUCTION
ecosystem, INTRODUCTION, ECOSYSTEMS
ecosystems, EVOLUTION OF LIFE
el niño, OCEAN CURRENTS, OCEAN
el niño/southern oscillation (enso), OCEAN
electrical ene, ENERGY UNITS
electrical energy, FORMS OF ENERGY
electrowinning, MINERAL UTILIZATION
emigration, POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
endocrine disrupters, AGENTS
energy, INTRODUCTION
energy sink, SOURCES AND SINKS
environmental ethic, INTRODUCTION
environmental impact statements, FEDERAL LAWS
environmental protection agency (epa), INTRODUCTION
epicenter, EARTHQUAKES
epochs, GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
eras, GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
erg , ENERGY UNITS
erosion, SOIL DEGRADATION
ethane, NATURAL GAS
ethics, INTRODUCTION
ethyl mercaptan, NATURAL GAS
eukaryote, ORGANISMS
eutrophication, NITROGEN CYCLE , Pollution Effects on Wildlife
evaporation, WATER CYCLE
evolution, EVOLUTION OF LIFE
examples, Parts per million (ppm) and Micrograms per milliliter (ug/mL)
exosphere, ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE
exponential growth, POPULATION GROWTH
extinction, EVOLUTION OF LIFE

F

faults, EARTHQUAKES
federal agriculture improvement and reform act, FEDERAL LAWS
federal clean air act, FEDERAL LAWS
federal insecticide, FEDERAL LAWS
federal safe drinking water act, FEDERAL LAWS
federal water pollution control act , FEDERAL LAWS
fertile crescent, PATTERNS OF RESOURCE USE
fish farming, FOOD RESOURCES
fish ranching, FOOD RESOURCES
fisheries, FOOD RESOURCES
fission of uranium atoms, NUCLEAR POWER
flood irrigation, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE
floods, WEATHER
focus, EARTHQUAKES
food chain, ECOSYSTEMS
food security act, FEDERAL LAWS
food web, ECOSYSTEMS
forest, BIOMES
freshwater, BIOMES
frontier ethic, INTRODUCTION
fuel rods, NUCLEAR POWER
fungicide and rodenticide act, FEDERAL LAWS
fungicides, SOIL POLLUTANTS
furrow irrigation, AGRICULTURAL WATER USE

G

garrett hardin, THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
gdp (gross domestic product, INTRODUCTION
generalized species, EVOLUTION OF LIFE
genetic diversity, GENETIC DIVERSITY
geologic time scale, GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
geothermal energy, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
gifford pinchot, HETCH HETCHY VALLEY
global climate change, OCEANS
global warming, ATMOSPHERE
grassland, BIOMES
grassland soil, SOIL PROFILE
grasslands, BIOMES
green gdp, INTRODUCTION
greenbelts, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LANDS
greenhouse effect, ATMOSPHERE
greenhouse gas, CARBON CYCLE
greenhouse gases, ATMOSPHERE
gross domestic product (gdp), INTRODUCTION
gross national product, PATTERNS OF RESOURCE USE
gross national product (gnp), INTRODUCTION
groundwater, WATER CYCLE , INTRODUCTION
guano, PHOSPHOROUS CYCLE
gully erosion, SOIL DEGRADATION

H

habitat, POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
hailstones, OCEAN CURRENTS
heap leaching, MINERAL UTILIZATION
heat capacity, INTRODUCTION
heat energy, FORMS OF ENERGY
heavy metals, Pollution Effects on Wildlife, AGENTS
herbicides, SOIL POLLUTANTS
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