GEOL 1300 Exam 2 Review

This term describes fires intentionally set but monitored to not threaten property or human life

What is not one of the four main types of desert?

What is the average temperature of deciduous forest?

Rainforests get at least this much rainfall a year.

This environmentalist founded the Sierra Club

The Amazon is the smallest Tropical Rainforest

•What layer of the forest do Jaguars primarily live in?

Ecosystem Management is best when focused on entire ecoystems than just individual species.

What percent of Earth's freshwater is made up by icebergs/glaciers?

People obtain these benefits from earth's ecosystems:

How many continents contain grasslands?

1.What would be the doubling time for the country of Japan with a growth percent at negative 0.2 percent?

How many seasons does a deciduous forest biome have?

Logging is one of the biggest problems in savannas and grasslands.

A country's population diagram like this means the population growth is

Climate and vegetation type can help characterize these:

Population Growth is calculated using which factor:

This pesticide was created by Paul Muller in 1939 and its use became controversial in 1950

GMO crops can be disease and weed resistant.

What is an adaptation of the plants in the Mediterranean biome?

This former president believed in conservation and that protecting land was important.

This environmentalist wrote the book Silent Spring

Elevation creates vertical zones that are full of biodiversity.

This anti-fire mascot was a symbol of poorly early fire control policies that have since been changed.

The number 70 divided by the doubling time of a population equals population growth rate

The United States uses this type of economic basis for our agricultural system.

Advances in soybean technology has increased deforestation in this forest.

This term describes the goods and services provided by earth's ecosystems:

In the theoretical demographic diagram, birth rates do what compared to death rates?

A country's population diagram like this means the population growth is

A country's population diagram like this means the population growth is

What other biome is the most similar in characteristics as a Tundra?

This biome is optimal for human development.

DDT is harmful to insects but harmless to humans.

1)Which two crops provide about 25% of calories for the world

Government subsidies were ecologically positive ways for public grasslands to be used.