Biomes
What is a biosphere?
Can you hunt in a national forest?
Yes, if in season
Inexhaustible resources...?
Cannot be used up
Safe drinking water act...?
Regulates testing and contents of municipal tap water.
What is the most expensive resource?
Gold
What are biomes?
Geographic areas scattered throughout the biosphere
What is the first U.S. environmental movement?
President Roosevelt conserving natural areas
Renewable resources...?
Can be replaced
The clean water act...?
Restricts pollution of surface waters.
What is the cheapest resource?
Air - it is free
What are biotic factors?
Living things that effect the ecosystem around them
What is unaltered from their original state and preserved?
National Parks
Non-renewable resources...?
Are consumed faster than they are replenished
The clean air act...?
Restricts pollution of the atmosphere.
What is the most sought-after resource
Freshwater
What are abiotic factors?
Non living things that effect the ecosystem around them.
Federally managed with commercial lodging?
National Forests
Recyclable nonrenewable resources...?
Can be used more than once but are consumed faster than they replenish.
The RCRA...?
Describes rules for handling toxic and hazardous waste
What is the most resource-rich country?
Russia.
What kind of biome is the artic?
A polar desert
No commercial activities?
National Wildlife Refuges
Conversationalists of what era created the four resource groups?
The Progressive Era
The Delaney clause...?
Prohibits food and additives known to cause cancer to humans and animals.
What is the price of oil?
$72.00 per barrel