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Required Environmental Legislation
- Why Do I Need to Know These?
- What Are The Required Pieces of Legislation?
- Laws Involving the Disposal of Hazardous Wastes
- RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- Air & Water Protection
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- Biodiversity Protection
- CITES: Convention on Int’l Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora
- Endangered Species Act
- Commonly Confused International Protocols
- Montreal Protocol
- Kyoto Protocol
- Carcinogens
- Delaney Clause Of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Major Environmental Disasters
- Why Do I Need to Know These?
- What Are These Major Environmental Disasters?
- Unit 6 - Energy Resources - Disasters
- Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania
- Fukushima Daiichi Reactor, Japan
- Exxon Valdez, Alaska
- Unit 7 - Air Pollution - Disasters
- Great Smog, London
- Unit 8 - Aquatic/Terrestrial Pollution, Waste, and Toxicity - Disasters
- Bhopal, India
- Love Canal, New York
- Minamata Bay, Japan
- Unit 9 - Global Change - Disasters
- Great Barrier Coral Reef Bleaching, Australia, Pacific Ocean
✍️ Free Response Questions (FRQs)
🏜 Unit 1: The Living World: Ecosystems
🐠 Unit 2: The Living World: Biodiversity
👪 Unit 3: Populations
3.0Unit 3 Overview: Populations
- ⚡ Key Terms
- 3.1 Generalist and Specialist Species
- 3.2 K Selected and r selected species
- 3.3 Survivorship curves
- 3.4 Carrying Capacity
- 3.5 Population Growth and Resource Availability
- 3.6 Age Structure Diagrams
- 3.7 Total fertility rate
- 3.8 Human Population Dynamics
- 3.9 Demographic Transition
- ⚡ Quick Study - Key Terms
🌏 Unit 4: Earth Systems and Resources
🏖 Unit 5: Land and Water Use
⚡️ Unit 6: Energy Resources and Consumption
💨 Unit 7: Atmospheric Pollution
♻️ Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
🔥 Unit 9: Global Change
🧐 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
6.1 Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
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#renewable
#energy
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written by
karla jauregui sandoval
April 25, 2020
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Nonrenewable Sources and Impacts
A nonrenewable source of energy is one that has a finite supply and once it is consumed it can not be replenished in a human lifetime. The rate of consumption of nonrenewable resources are becoming limited due to the fact that it is cheaper to produce and is readily available after the development of multiple processing facilities.
Non Renewable sources are the primary source of energy being used worldwide. The United States has an abundance of coal as well as oil, coal and natural gas.
Examples of nonrenewable energy sources include
Fossil Fuels
➱ Oil
➱ Coal
➱ Natural Gas
➱ Petroleum
➱ Nuclear Power
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Renewable Energy Sources
A renewable source is one energy form that can be replenished at or near the rate of consumption. Renewable energy is widely advocated because it can replace the dependence on fossil fuels for energy. Renewable sources can be used around the world and prices have been recently decreasing which makes it more affordable.
Examples of renewable energy sources include
➱ Wind
➱ Hydroelectric
➱ Solar
➱ Biomass
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