Listed below are the major topics for the second exam. Please be aware that questions may be asked covering topics not on this list and not every topic listed will have a question asked about it. However, the ones listed are those that should be emphasized during your exam preparations.

I. Chapter 7: Soil Resources and Conservation

1) Soil Structures and Types

2) Soil Erosion and Loss

3) Soil Salinization

4) Soil Waterlogging

5) Desertification

6) Soil Conservation Strategies and Methods

7) Restoring Soil Fertility Methods

1) Atmospheric Structure and Processes

2) Outdoor Air Pollutant Types

3) Outdoor Air Pollution: Smog and Acid Deposition

4) Indoor Air Pollution: Asbestos and Radon

5) Air Pollution Effects: Impacts On Human Health, Plants, Aquatic Life, and Materials

6) Ways of Preventing and Reducing Air Pollution: Clean Air Act and its Impacts

1) Natural Causes of Climate Change

2) Greenhouse Effect

3) Human Impacts on Climate

4) Possible Effects of Global Warming: A Whole Laundry List

5) Solving or Reducing Global Warming

6) Ozone Depletion: Causes, Effects, and Solutions

1) Sources of Water

2) Human Uses of Water

3) Ways to Increase Water Supply: Pros and Cons

4) Flooding: Causes, Human Impacts, and Solutions

5) Water Pollution: Types of Pollutants

6) Stream, Lake, Groundwater, and Ocean Pollution

7) Preventing and Reducing Water Pollution