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Environmental Studies Chapters 10-14 - Coggle Diagram
Environmental Studies Chapters 10-14
Chapter 10: Hydrologic Cycle
97.5% saltwater
Greatest use of water consumption is for irrigation purposes.
Climate change speeds up the hydrologic cycle
Problems with water include lead and bacteria leading to disease.
Chapter 11: Soil
Five soil forming factors: Climate, biota,parent material, topography, time.
Plants need water, aeration, neutral pH, good support.
Some issues related to soils are the following: contamination, erosion, salination, decreased fertility, etc.
Soils are consisted of coarse sand, medium sand, fine sand, slit, and clay.
The Kieta Project, started by the Italian government, targeted soil degradation and helped solve food insecurity and desertification.
Chapter 12: The Production and Distribution of Food
The Green Revolution
GMOs: Genetically modified organisms is an organism receiving genes from other organisms through genetic engineering.
Biofuel is ethanol and oils from agricultural crops.
Slash and burn agriculture is a farming method that involves cutting and burning of forests to create a field called a swidden.
Farming conservation methods: nutrient management, conservation tillage, cover crops, field-edge filter strips.
Chapter 14: Fossil Fuels and Energy
Most commonly used fuel is petroeum gas.
Consequences of coal, natural gas, and oil: climate change, air pollution, acid mine drainagge, and coal refuge/combustin byproducts .
Crude oil and natural gas is most tied with conflicst in the middle east.
Brownouts and blackouts occur more commonly in the summer afternoons/nights as a result of extreme hot weather and atmospheric conditions.
Boiler is heated by nuclear power, coal, or oil.