Land Use
The process where components of soil are lost due to running water, wind, or both
Soil Erosion
A common pollutant used to eliminate pests.
Pesticide
The type of agriculture used specifically for the farmer's family
Subsistence agriculture
the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in all types of water environments
Aquaculture
Rock that contains metal or economically useful mineral
Ore
The removal of large portions of soil and rock, called overburden, 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.
Surface Mining
The process of removing trees faster than a forest can replace them
Deforestation
Agriculture that uses heavy machinery and burns fossil fuels to grow crops on a large scale
Industrial Agriculture
Agricultural meat, dairy, or egg facilities where animals are kept and raised in confinement
Concentrated Feedlot
Layer of soil and rock overlying a mineral deposit. Surface mining removes this layer
Overburden
The process of removing all trees in an area
Clearcutting
This is the common persistent pollutant
The farming of one specific crop
Monoculture
3 main kinds of fishing practices
Seine, Trawling, Longlines
Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminum, Iron
Practice of reducing the occurrence of natural forest fires. Leads to over-growth of vegetation, and eventually, more severe forest fires.
Forest Fire Suppression
The process where a pollutant increases in concentration as it goes up trophic levels
Biomagnification
The type of agriculture that requires heavy human and animal labor
Labor Intensive Subsistence Agriculture
The modern movement in urban development that meets the needs of today while not compromising the needs of the future.
Sustainable development
Acidic leachate, normally rich in heavy metals that drains from either tailings or underground mines
Acid Mine Drainage
The gradual sinking of land that is potentially caused by subsurface mining
Subsidence
The latest hypoxic zone that is caused by excess nutrients that came from the Mississippi river
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
The process of growing multiple crops on one plot, ex. corn beans and squash
The Three Sisters
Amount of tonnes meat production makes per year
This law allows individuals and companies to recover ores and fuels from federal lands, but has few provisions for environmental protection
Mining Law of 1872