Sustainability
Agricultural & Forestry Practices
Meat & Fish Production
Mining & Fishing & Pesticides (Oh My)
Miscellaneous
200
Eating lower on the food chain has positive environmental impacts. Name one.
same amount of land can be used for growing people food instead of animal food ...
less methane released from CAFOs etc
200
Clearcutting has this impact on soil.
What is ...increased erosion and/or loss of nutrients / organic matter?
200
In this method of meat production, animals are kept in confined spaces.
What are Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)?
200
These are some drawbacks of pesticide use.
Name 2
What are ....
Killing of non-target species
Bioaccumulation
Resistance - Pesticide treadmill
Pollution of groundwater
Toxicity to humans
200
Permeable pavements are considered a good solution for this environmental issue.
What is urban runoff?
400
This is the most sustainable irrigation method; this is the least.
What are drip and furrow irrigation?
400
Overuse of groundwater can lead to depletion of these
What are aquifers
400
These are some benefits of CAFO use.
Name 2
What are ...
Minimize land costs
Improve feeding efficiency
Increase food supply
400
This is the best explanation for why maximum sustainable yield has been exceeded for ocean fisheries.
Populations of fish-eating birds such as the albatross have increased.
Too many fish of reproductive age are harvested.
Too many marine fish farms have been created.
Everything trapped by large bottom trawl nets is used for food.
What is ... too many fish of reproductive age are being harvested?
400
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas that is produced by domestic livestock?
A. NO2
B. CH4
C. O3
D. CO
B. CH4 (methane)
600
Which of the following practices would have the greatest impact on achieving global sustainability?
A. Recycling aluminum cans
B. Replanting trees
C. Reducing human population size
D. Using fuel-efficient cars
C. Reducing human population size
600
What agricultural practice can cut down on fertilizer use?
A. Terrace farming
B. Strip farming
C. Crop rotation
C. Crop rotation
600
These are some drawbacks of CAFO use.
What are ...
Antibiotic resistance
Diseases like Mad Cow
Waste Disposal
Ethics
Nutrition
600
This is the type of mining that produces what is pictured below:
What is mountaintop removal
600
If Student 2 wanted to change his or her footprint to be more similar to that of Student 1, which of the following actions would he or she choose based on the data given in table 1 ?
A. Using mass transit options when available
B. Reducing the amount of meat in his or her diet
C. Moving into a smaller home or an apartment complex
D. Moving into a smaller home or an apartment complex
B. Reducing the amount of meat in his or her diet
800
This correlation can be made via this graph.
What is ... with increased cost of water comes decreased use?
800
This is a negative effect of tilling soil.
What is ...
Erosion
Loss of organic matter and topsoil nutrients
Increase in PM in air and sediments in water
800
This are two issues associated with farm-raised fish.
What are ...
disease
nitrification of the water
escapees
800
This is the connection between pesticide use and eutrophication, if any.
What is ...there is none! Pesticides don't lead to eutrophication.
800
This is a way in which urban runoff could be decreased in this scenario:
What is use of permeable pavement?
1000
This is an ecologically sustainable forestry technique.
What is selective cutting?
1000
The development of dangerous strains of disease organisms represents a significant consequence of which agricultural practice.
What is use of antibiotics?
1000
One benefit of aquaculture is...
Aquaculture fisheries provide a larger and more consistent quantity of fish year-round than do wild fisheries.
Allow wild fish populations to recover
Uses a smaller space
Less harmful to the environment overall
1000
Name one way in which acid mine draining is remediated
Limestone (Will act as a pH buffer)
bioremediation (sulfate-reducing bacteria)
1000
The development of dangerous strains of disease organisms represents a significant consequence of which agricultural practice?
Incorporating antibiotics into the feeding regimens of densely concentrated livestock