Environmental Quiz #1

• 2011 when the UN General Assembly released "Year of the Forest"
• Acid rain comes back to earth when sulfur dioxide in the air changes into sulfuric acid and nitrogen oxide into nitric acid
• Acidic is the condition of water or soil that contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0
• Acidification is the lowering of soil and water pH due to acid precipitation and deposition usually through precipitation
• Aerosol is a collection of airborne particles dispersed in a gas, smoke or fog
• Air pollution happens to the Earth's atmosphere when there is an addition of harmful chemicals on it
• Alkalinity is the capacity of bases to neutralize acids
• Amphibian is an animal with smooth, moist skin which has gills when young and develops lungs when older
• Evisat satellite is launched by European Space Agency (ESA) on March 1 2002 that helps scientists determine variations in stratospheric ozone
• Andre Marie Ampere formulated the Law of Electromagnetism
• Angel Alcala a Filipino biologist who is behind the invention of artificial coral reefs used for fisheries in Southeast Asia
• Aquatic ecosystem consists of plants and animals interacting with water or aquatic environment
• Asbestos a naturally occurring soft fibrous mineral commonly used in fireproofing materials and considered highly carcinogenic in particulate form
• Atmospheric pressure (barometer pressure) exerted by atmosphere as a consequence of gravitation attraction
• Biodiversity is the variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area
• Biomagnifications a process in which a harmful chemical enters the food chain and gets concentrated at each level in the food chain
• Biomass fuel is an organic matter used as fuel such as firewood
• Afforestation is converting a bare or agricultural space by planting trees and plants
• Biome a large natural area that is home to certain types of plants
• Bioremediation is the use of microorganism to remove pollutants such oil, spills in the water bodies
• Biosphere the portion of the earth and its atmosphere that can support life ; refers to all living organism on earth and their surroundings
• Biotic (living things) and abiotic (non-living things) are two components of ecosystem
• Canopy the top layer of the rain forest formed by dense leaf-covered tree branches
• Carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle shows the interdependence of plants and animals for gases
• Carbon footprint defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities