ENGR 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: British Thermal Unit, Solid Energy, English Units

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This refers to our natural resources, air and other natural commodities. The state of the environment is affected by our choices and by affecting this we affect others around us including other living beings. Engineers mainly focus on the highlighted 3 areas. The remainder is determined by the government and the impact humans see there by passing laws to improve the regulations and engineers must develop new technology to improve and fit within these new standards. Our activities change the environment physical changes, chemical changes and biological changes. Human activity affects agriculture transportation and recreation emissions on air land water. Physical changes deforestation for example, alteration of waterways (dams) changes to the env. Chemical changes acid rain, removal of nutrients in the soil or contamination of soil with chems. Biological changes changes on the habitat of all living creatures, potentially causing extinction. The list is big but it"s all from acid rain, smog, water air pollution, o3 depletion, global warmingetc.