Glossary C

A Criteria pollutant is a pollutant determined to be hazardous to human health and regulated under EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

Criteria Pollutants are the 1970 amendments to the Clean Air Act required EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for certain pollutants known to be hazardous to human health.

Deutsch: Kriterium / Español: Criterio / Português: Critério / Français: Critère / Italiano: Criterio

Criterion in the environmental context refers to a standard or principle used to assess, measure, or guide decisions related to sustainability, conservation, and ecological impact. Environmental criteria are applied in policy-making, environmental certifications, sustainability assessments, and ecological evaluations to ensure responsible environmental practices.

A Critical Effect is the first adverse effect, or its known precursor, that occurs as a Dose Rate increases. Designation is based on evaluation of overall database.

A critical mass is the minimum mass of fissionable material that will support a sustaining chain reaction.

Deutsch: Anbau / Español: Cultivo / Português: Cultivo / Français: Culture / Italiano: Coltivazione /

In the environmental context, "crop" refers to plants or agricultural products that are grown and harvested for food, fuel, or other uses. Crops play a critical role in global food security and can have significant environmental impacts, including habitat destruction, soil erosion, and pesticide pollution.

A Crop Consumptive Use is the amount of water transpired during plant growth plus what evaporated from the soil surface and foliage in the crop area.

A crop dusting is the application of pesticides to plants by a low-flying plane.

A Crop residue is Organic residue remaining after the harvesting and processing of a crop.

Deutsch: Fruchtwechsel / Español: Rotación de cultivos / Português: Rotação de culturas / Français: Rotation des cultures / Italiano: Rotazione colturale /

A Crop Rotation is Planting a succession of different crops on the same land rea as opposed to planting the same crop time

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