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Applies water directly onto plants & increases water efficiency while reducing salinization, best for sandy soil:
Ditch irrigation
Center pivot
Drip irrigation
Sprinklers
2
Use of this method of control requires concentrations to increase often because pests develop resistance = treadmill
controlled burning
plant removal
GMOs
pesticides
3
Leading use of water globally
domestic/residential
Agriculture
industry
business/commercial
4
Which of the following is a positive outcome of tilling?
Reduced soil drainage
Increased soil erosion
Increased aeration
Decreased crop production
5
Dead or dying fish that are usually thrown overboard because they were not intended to be caught
spoils
bycatch
unpreventable
catch
6
GMOs are leading to loss of original/native plants because of cross-breeding affecting genetic diversity
True
False
7
What is Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Tracks species decline
Bans international trade in body parts of endangered species
Bans Fauna and Flora
is run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
8
What is contour plowing?
You drive on grass.
It's planting and plowing on a slope to follow contour lines
You get draw on grass.
Mowing your lawn in a cool way.
9
What is aquaculture?
Rearing fish and marine plants for human consumption
Cultivating seaweed & coral to increase primary productivity
Feeding carnivorous fish things like corn to fatten them
growing plants hydroponically
10
Meat production using constant antibiotics, large numbers packet into small areas, manure stored /spray on crops
Free range/grass fed
Fed lots
11
What do you think is meant by 'sustainable forestry'? Forestry refers to 'managing forests'.
Some trees removed while the rest grow. take some small to mid leave larger
All trees are removed at the same time. This frees up space. take all
12
You should consume fish only caught using sustainable methods so that your grandkids will have fish to eat too
True
False
13
What is the trouble with current agricultural methods?
are meeting global need perfectly well
is not your problem
current methods no longer are effective for growing crops
need to research and adapt to keep up and meet global need
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Reclamation is the process of
Returning land to its original or better condition
Removing coal from a subsurface seam
Extracting ore minerals from gangue minerals
Protecting the habitats of local wildlife
15
What resource is primarily sought after using mountain top removal?
Granite
Diamonds
Zinc
Coal
16
A family of 3 replaced a 6gal/min sprayer with a 4gal/min sprayer, Each showers for 10min In 90days how much water saved
10,800gallons
I'm going study MacMillan's math practice and check solutions at the bottom
16,200gallons
5,400 gallons
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What are good recharge zones?
A field.
Grass area.
Parking lot.
Concrete.
18
The Green Revolution was
a way of fighting soil erosion
a power grab by the Green party in the 1980s
a dramatic increase in crop yields in developing countries
a change to more sustainable agriculture
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climate low in precipitation
arid
humid
20
What country has the largest aquaculture industry?
United States
Canada
Japan
China
21
What is the result of repeated irrigation in dry climates, leading to the accumulation of salts in the soil?
Wind erosion
Waterlogging
Desertificaiton
Soil salinization
22
Reclamation success is determined by
amount of tree coverage/canopy
Number of surviving plants
Amount of grass and shrub species
Amount of seeds planted
23
What is Standard of living?
unlimited wants and needs, with limited resources
participants in an economy rely on each other
level wealth, material goods, comfort and life necessities
% of unemployed out of all the people who are able to work
24
reclamation practice to reduce the impact sulfur from mining
cover remaining coal/tailing so rain will not cause leaching
who cares the needs of many out way to health issues of a few...
having retention systems in place to catch particles
using biologics (sulfur eating bacteria) in local waters
25
What does anaerobic mean?
flying
with air
exercise
without air
26
Why was the Green Revolution a problem?
Expensive equipment
Got rid of Famine
Able to export food
Able to import food
27
Used heavily in developing countries, causes erosion, soil degradation and salinization, by temporary waterlogging
flood
drip
furrow
spray
28
what's methane's formula
CH4
CH3
NO3
Ph4
29
The creation and growth of urban areas and populations around the world
Zoning
GreenBelt
Urbanization
Urbansprawl
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plant life is less abundant in arid climates because
low precipitation
lack of established plants can lead to erosion making new life difficult
poor soil quality, lacking fertility/nutrients
plants grow perfectly well everywhere
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What do HERBICIDES do?
Kill Nematodes
Prevent fungus outbreaks
Kill weeds
Kill leaves
32
What is contour plowing?
Breaking down crops to cover soil
Plowing around corners to reduce erosion
Make corners right angle to emerge water ways
33
Corn grows 1ha/1000kcal.Takes 20kcal/1kcal beef. how much land need for 500kcal beef?
I'm going study MacMillan's math practice and check solutions at the bottom
10,000ha
12,000ha
1,000,000ha
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Trenches dug between crop rows in a field, results in salinization, least effective method, 35% water evaporates
furrow
spray
flood/waterlog
drip
35
Fecal matter or bacteria comes from
animal waste runoff
synthetic fertilizer run off
acid drainage from urbanization
leaching of decomposing plant matter
36
What happens during Eutrophication
Algal Blooms
The water turns yellow
Humans want to go swimming
Fish increase
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Integrated Pest Management
controls pest via food, water, home, reproduction
Contol with natural componds
Pest control with Bio,Physical,Chemical tools
maintains a money making agriculture production
38
Problems of the Green Revolution include
over-use of fertilizer
economic equality
loss of biodiversity
39
Crop
irrigation
involving the controlled delivery of water directly to individual plants, very effective for sandy soil
flood/waterlog
furrow
spray
drip
40
Nitrates
Increase algae bloom
Runoff from farmland into local waters
Increase water temps
Increase eutrophication
41
is the loss of water-soluble plant nutrients from the soil, due to rain and irrigation.
deposition
evaporation
leaching
superimposing
42
More meat eaters are found in:
Russia, S. Korea, China
Europe, America, Canada
New Zealand, Chile, Canada
America, Australia, Argentina
43
When a substance oxidizes, it...
Acts as oxidizing agent
Adds protons
Acts as reducing agent
subs protons
44
junk and large amounts of dirt fall into water when you work/build/drive on land near a waters bank
True
False
45
What is a risk of unregulated Aquaculture?
spread of disease and parisites
environmental degradation, pollutes local water
water scarcity
escapees
46
We will continue to increase our coal use because
it is cheap than most other energy sources
highly available compared to other sources
47
Which releases methane?
Flooded rice paddy farms
Cows passing gas
Escaping from underneath Arctic ice and permafrost
Home or business composting of organic food, grass, and leaves
48
What contributes to eutrophication?
fertilizers
building along coastlines
littering
oil spills
49
The biggest risk to communities surrounding mountain top removal is ___________.
plants are difficult to regrow on the tops of reclaimed mts
contamination of aquifers (groundwater)
landslides
the pure ugliness of a reclaimed mountain
50
Clearcutting cause nitrate runoff increasing local water temperature
False
True
51
Having a lot of money and a good standard of living
affluent
converse
changeable
distinct
52
Local water sources are being polluted by organic waste from
irrigating using aquifers
aquacultural farming
GMOs
feed lots
53
Using pheromones to stop pests from mating is consider an organic practice
True
False
54
Farm-raised salmon
infect local fish with disease and parasites
allow ocean fish population to rebound
could be a viable option for the increasing consumption of seafood
pollute surrounding water with organic waste runoff
55
Phase 1 of integrated Pest Management is?
Keep the back door open
Deny food, water, a place to nest & reproduce
Repair openings/damage & prevent access to food
Put up fly paper
56
sulfur from coal and tailings remains may lead to
acid drainage into water
health issue in plant and animal live
acid drainage into soil
hazards metals leached into water and soil
57
What is Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Bans Fauna and Flora
is run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Bans international trade in body parts of endangered species
Tracks species decline
58
How do herbicides and pesticides affect the human body?
Kill white blood cells
Causes cells to divide rapidly which leads to tumors
Mimics testosterone and estrogen
Disrupts digestion
59
When weeds become resistant to herbicides
the herbicide caused a mutation
resistance to the herbicide was present before the herbicide was sprayed
the weeds develop resistance after the pesticide
All of the above
60
required steps to reclamation after mining:
Step3:replanting plants of origin(native) for primary succession to begin
Step2: reestablish soil nutrients for succession to begin
Monitor the progression of regrowth for 5-10 yrs, ensuring stable ecosystem
step1: reconstructing the land back to its original topography
61
Mining involves the ______, ______ and ______ of minerals.
Locating, Destroying and Incineration
Extraction, Refining, Processing
Retrieving, Highjacking, and Selling
Extraction, Fermenting and Tasting
62
Overburden is...
Rocks, plants, and soil removed during surface mining
When I have too much homework
The rock that surrounds ore minerals
None of these
63
Problem with slash-and-burn agriculture is that it
Leads to poor soil over time
Leaves the soil very moist
Emits CO2
Limits CO2 emissions
64
CO2 from Coal burning causes
increase in atmospheric temperatures = global warming
acidification (becoming acidic), reduce pH, in water and plants
acid rain occurs when perceptions falls through smog field skies = damages
smog in areas that burn coal = poor lung health an respiration issues
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Farmer use it because exact amount of nutrients for plant needs can be meet (%phosphorus/nitrogen/potassium)
either, whatever is cheapest, both allow for this level of control
synthetic fertilizer
Oragnic fertilizer
nothing, let nature take its course
