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Duplicate of APES unit 5
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When a substance oxidized, it...
subs protons
Adds protons
Acts as oxidizing agent
Acts as reducing agent
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what's methane's formula
NO3
Ph4
CH3
CH4
3
Reclamation is the process of
Protecting the habitats of local wildlife
Removing coal from a subsurface seam
Extracting ore minerals from gangue minerals
Returning land to its original or better condition
4
sulfur from coal and tailings remains may lead to
acid drainage into water
health issue in plant and animal live
hazards metals leached into water and soil
acid drainage into soil
5
large amounts of dirt fall into water when you work/build/drive on land near a waters bank
False
True
6
Use of this method of control requires concentrations to increased often because pest develop resistance = treadmill
Pestsides
plant removal
control burning
GMOs
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Trouble with current agricultural methods?
need to research and adapted to keep up and meet global need
current methods no longer are effective for growing crops
are meeting global need perfectly well
is not your problem
8
trenches dug between crop rows in a field, results in salinization, leass effective method, 35% water evaporates
drip
flood/waterlog
spray
furrow
9
A family of 3 replaced a 6gal/min sprayer with a 4gal/min sprayer, Each showers for 10min In 90days how much water saved
5,400 gallons
10,800gallons
I'm going study MacMillan's math practice and check solutions at the bottom
16,200gallons
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Integrated Pest Management
Pest control with Bio,Physical,Chemical tools
maintains a money making agriculture production
Contol with natural componds
controls pest via food, water, home, reproduction
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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
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What happens during Eutrophication
Humans want to go swimming
The water turns yellow
Fish increase
Algal Blooms
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What contributes to eutrophication?
littering
building along coastlines
oil spills
fertilizers
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GMOs are leading to loss of original/native plants because of cross breading effecting genetic diversity
False
True
15
Corn grows 1ha/1000kcal.Takes 20kcal/1kcal beef. how much land need for 500kcal beef?
14,000ha
12,000ha
1,000,000ha
10,000ha
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Problems of the Green Revolution include
over-use of fertiliser
economic equality
loss of biodiversity
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Overburden is...
When I have too much homework
None of these
Rocks, plants, and soil removed during surface mining
The rock that surrounds ore minerals
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How do herbicides and pesticides affect the human body?
Kills white blood cells
Disrupting digestion
Causing cells to divide rapidly which leads to tumors
Mimicking testosterone and estrogen
19
More Meat Eaters are found in:
New Zealand, Chili, Canada
Europe, America, Canada
America, Australia, Argentina
Russia, S. Korea, China
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farmed raised salmon
allow ocean fish population to rebound
could be a viable option for the increasing consumption of sea food
pollute surrounding water with organic waste runoff
infect local fish with disease and parasites
21
What is Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
is run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Bans Fauna and Flora
Tracks species decline
Bans international trade in body parts of endangered species
22
plant life is less abundant in arid climates because
poor soil quality, lacking fertility/nutrients
lack of established plants can lead to erosion making new life difficult
low precipitation
plants grow perfectly well everywhere
23
Why was the Green Revolution a problem
Expensive equipment
Got rid of Famine
able to import food
Able to export food
24
Phase 1 of integrated Pest Management is?
Deny food, water, a place to nest & reproduce
Keep the back door open
Put up fly paper
Repair openings/damage & prevent access to food
25
Using pheromones to stop pests from mating is consider an organic practice
True
False
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What do HERBICIDES do?
Kill Nematodes
Kill weeds
Kill leaves
Prevent fungus outbreaks
27
What is releasing methane?
escaping from underneath Arctic ice and permafrost
Home or business composting of organic food, grass, and leaves
Flooded rice paddy farms
Cows passing gas
28
is the loss of water-soluble plant nutrients from the soil, due to rain and irrigation.
superimposing
evaporation
leaching
deposition
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What does anaerobic mean?
Exercise
without air
flying
with air
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used Heavily in underdeveloped countries, cause erosion and soil degradation and salinization, by temporary waterlogging
flood
drip
spray
furrow
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fecal matter or bacteria comes from
animal waste runoff
acid drainage from urbanization
Leaching of decomposing tree matter
synthetic fertilizer run off
32
problem with slash-and-burn agriculture was that it
left the soft very moist
led to poor soil over time
Emits CO2
Limits CO2 emissions
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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
Oragnic fertilizer
nothing, let nature take its course
synthetic fertilizer
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Applies water directly onto plants & increases water efficiency while reducing salinization, best for sandy soil:
Drip irrigation
Center pivot
Ditch irrigation
Sprinklers
35
The biggest risk to communities surrounding mountain top removal is ___________.
contamination of aquifers (groundwater)
the pure ugliness of a reclaimed mountain
plants are difficult to regrow on the tops of reclaimed mts
landslides
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What country has the largest aquaculture industry?
Canada
China
Japan
United States
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reclamation practice to reduce the impact sulfur from mining
cover remaining coal/tailing so rain will not cause leaching
having retention systems in place to catch particles
using biologics (sulfur eating bacteria) in local waters
who cares the needs of many out way to health issues of a few...
38
Clearcutting causes nitrate runoff & increased local water temperature
True
False
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Nitrates
Increase water temps
Runoff from farmland into local waters
Increase eutrophication
Increase algae bloom
40
What are good groundwater recharge zones?
Grass area.
A field.
Parking lot.
Concrete.
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required steps to reclamation after mining:
step1: reconstructing the land back to its original topography
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
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crop
irrigation
involving the controlled delivery of water directly to individual plants, very effective for sandy soil
spray
flood/waterlog
furrow
drip
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Leading use of water globally
domestic/residential
Agriculture
industry
business/commercial
44
Meat production using constant antibiotics, large numbers packet into small areas, manure stored /spray on crops
Free range/grass fed
Fed lots
45
Reclamation success is determined by
amount of tree coverage/canopy
Amount of grass and shrub species
Amount of seeds planted
Number of surviving plants
46
We will continue to increase our coal use because
it smells good
it is cheaper than most other energy sources
it has few environmental impacts
highly available compared to other sources
47
What is Standard of living?
unlimited wants and needs, with limited resources
% of unemployed out of all the people who are able to work
level wealth, material goods, comfort and life necessities
participants in an economy rely on each other
48
The Green Revolution was
change to more sustainable agriculture
power grab by the Green party in the 1980s
a dramatic increase in crop yields in developing countries
way of fighting soil erosion
49
The creation and growth of urban areas and populations around the world
Zoning
Urbansprawl
GreenBelt
Urbanization
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Mining involves the ______, ______ and ______ of minerals.
Extraction, Refining, Processing
Extraction, Fermenting and Tasting
Retrieving, Highjacking, and Selling
Locating, Destroying and Incineration
51
What is aquaculture?
Feeding carnivorous fish things like corn to fatten them
Cultivating seaweed & coral to increase primary productivity
growing plants hydroponically
Rearing fish and marine plants for human consumption
52
What resource is primarily sought after using mountain top removal?
Zinc
Coal
Diamonds
Granite
53
fish that were not purposely be caught and are usually thrown overboard either dead or dying
spoils
catch
unpreventable
bycatch
54
Which of the following is a positive outcome of tilling?
Reduced soil drainage
Increased soil erosion
Decreased crop production
Increased aeration
55
What is a risk of unregulated Aquaculture?
environmental degradation, pollutes local water
spread of disease and parisites
water scarcity
escapees
56
What is the result of repeated irrigation in dry climates, leading to the accumulation of salts in the soil?
Waterlogging
Wind erosion
Desertificaiton
Soil salinization
57
Local water sources are being polluted by organic waste from
irrigating using aquifers
GMOs
aquacultural farming
feed lots
58
CO2 from Coal burning causes
increase in atmospheric temperatures = global warming
acidification (becoming acidic), reduce pH, in water and plants
smog in areas that burn coal = poor lung health an respiration issues
acid rain occurs when perceptions falls through smog field skies = damages
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climate low in precipitation
humid
arid
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What is contour plowing?
You get draw on grass.
It's planting and plowing on a slope to follow contour lines
Mowing your lawn in a cool way.
You drive on grass.
