Green Revolution
What does GMO stand for?
What is genetically modified organisms.
What is the removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves?
What is deforestation.
What is the removal of large portions of soil and rock in order to access the ore underneath? An example is strip mining, which removes the vegetation from an area, making the area more susceptible to erosion.
What is surface mining.
What is a chemical used on plants that does not harm the plants, but kills pests and has negative repercussions on other species who ingest the chemicals?
What is a pesticide.
What is an example of an impermeable surface?
What is asphalt/concrete.
What is an agricultural method in which farmers do not turn the soil between seasons, used as a means of reducing erosion?
What is No-Till Agriculture.
No till agriculture and contour plowing are methods that typically result in a decrease in...
What is a loss of topsoil.
What disease is caused by inflammation and fibrosis caused by accumulation of coal dust in the lungs or airways.
What is black lung disease.
What is a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide? Its use is now banned in the U.S., but is still used in other countries.
What is DDT
What is an area surrounding a metropolitan center, with a comparatively low population density?
What is a suburb.
What is an agricultural practice used mostly in developing countries where production of food is primarily for consumption by the farmer's family?
What is subsistence farming.
What is a system of cultivation that usually exists in tropical areas where vegetation is cut close to the ground and then ignited?
What is slash and burn agriculture.
What is runoff from mines called?
What is acid mine draining.
Which irrigation method is the most efficient?
What is drip irrigation
What is a more densely populated are that minimizes driving and land use per person?
What is an urban area.
What is it called when you plant different types of crops in alternating bands or other spatially mixed arrangements?
What is intercropping.
Name a human health problem associated with CAFOs.
What is the increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
What is the process of looking for minerals, metals, and precious stones in river sediments called?
What is placer mining.
What is the world's largest aquifer; under parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas (the Midwest).
What is the Ogallala Aquifer
(Fill in the blanks) Urbanization, through the burning of fossil fuels and landfills, affects the _____ cycle by increasing the amount of _____ in the atmosphere.
What is carbon & carbon dioxide.
What agricultural technique was influenced by the Green Revolution?
What is monocropping.
What parameter is likely to contribute more to the ecological footprint of free-range cattle compared to cattle raised in a CAFO?
What is the amount of antibiotics needed.
What law states that land must be minimally disturbed during coal mining and then reclaimed?
What is the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977).
What is it called when the salts in groundwater remain in the soil after the water evaporates? Over time, it can make soil toxic to plants.
What is salinization.
What is the change in population distribution from high population density areas to low density suburbs that spread into rural lands, leading to potential environmental problems called?
What is urban sprawl.