ENVIRSC 1C03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Air Quality Index, Air Pollution, Shortwave Radiation

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: ENVIRSC 1C03
• Professor: Luc Bernier

Document Summary

Lecture 6 & module 6: urban heat islands: a city that is much warmer than the surrounding areas, anthropogenic climate forcing: change in climate resulting from human activities at a local to global scale. Lecture 7: mitigation: the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something, low-lying areas: are countries that are at or below sea level, permafrost: frozen soil. Module 15: wetlands: areas where the land is saturated to a depth of a few cm for at least a few days per year. Lecture 20: species richness: is the number of species in an area, biogeographical similarity: similarity between species found in one area with the species found in another area. Module 20: biological oxygen demand (bod): measure of the amount of o2 consumed by microbes as they break down organic matter within water samples, assimilative capacity: streams have some capability to degrade organic waste.