We Gone Fishin'
The term used for animals accidentally caught by fishermen
Bycatch
What portion of the ocean is most negatively impacted by bottom trawling?
Seafloor / Bottom of the Ocean
Name an animal that is protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Whales, Dolphins, Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses, etc.
The practice of pumping water into underground sediment to release trapped hydrocarbon gas is known as what?
Hydraulic Fracturing / Fracking
Coal is made from what kind of organism?
Trees
What form of fishing will have the lowest ecological impact?
Pole and Line Fishing
What will happen to a fishery that is overexploited?
The amount of fish will decrease over time until it is 0
Name one law that the practice of fracking tends to be exempt from.
Safe Water Drinking Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act
The top 4 oil producing countries are the USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and...?
Venezuela
What time period does the majority of our coal come from?
Carboniferous
The name of the ocean region where a single country owns all fishing and mineral rights
Exclusive Economic Zone
What determines a fisheries productivity?
Algae and Plankton Growth (primary producers)
What term is used to refer to the parts of the ocean where no organisms can be legally harvested?
Marine Reserves
What part of a power plant converts the mechanical energy of steam to spinning fan blades?
Turbine
What form of coal mining involves digging a large hole into the ground?
Open Pit
A term that refers to the combination aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, crayfish, snails or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically grown plants
Aquaponics
An economic and environmental concept where individuals, acting in their own self-interest, overuse and deplete a shared, finite resource, ultimately destroying it for everyone
The Tragedy of the Commons
This international agreement prohibits or limits trade of certain species, based on conservation status.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Crude oil must be "cooked" to separate the oil from impurities. This separation is based on a molecule's boiling point and...?
Size / Molecule size
What was unique about Carboniferous forests to allow for coal formation?
Decomposers of wood hadn't evolved; rapid burial in the swampy conditions
In what decade did wild fishing yields plateau (level out)?
1980s
What country saw a collapse of their cod industry due to overfishing?
Canada
This law was passed in 1974 and regulates the nation's public drinking water supply
Safe Drinking Water Act
What term is used to measure of the amount of energy recovered for every unit input to extract it?
Energy Return on Investment (EROI)
What is the most valuable form of coal due to its high energy and carbon content? This is also the oldest form of coal.
Anthracite