topic 4 (water)
____ is the combined process of evaporation from Earth's surface and the release of gaseous water from plants
Evapotranspiration
____ is an ideal soil for agriculture that contains about equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay
solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass are all examples of a ____
Renewable Resource
____ is the number of years it takes for a population to double in size, calculated by dividing 70 by the annual growth rate.
Doubling Time
Who is most likely to arrive late because of their "food order came late" and they were hungry? (Biblical levels of gluttony)
Hein
____ is used to set catch quotas, the highest fish catch that allows the population to continue to reproduce and sustain itself without being depleted
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
____ are two physical farming techniques used to prevent water erosion
Contour Farming and Terrace Farming
____ is the annual flow of goods or services produced by Earth's natural resources
Natural Income
____ and ____ are the two factors why people move, one voluntary, and the other through forced migration
Push and Pull Factors
Who is the most likely to have a 15-step color-coded note-taking system?
Nera
____ is the process by which a body of water becomes enriched with excess nutrients, leading to algae blooms and dead zones
Eutrophication
____ was a mid-20th-century movement that significantly increased global crop yields through high-yield seeds and chemical fertilizers.
The Green Revolution
____, ____, ____, ____ are the four specific categories of ecosystem services established by the UN
Supporting, Regulating, Cultural, and Provisioning Services
____ is the type of air pollution that forms when sunlight reacts with primary pollutants (like NOx) and volatile organic compounds
Photochemical Smog
Ms Sydney asks a complex question, whose lucky stick is most likely to be drawn?
Peem
____ occurs when rainfall or snowmelt moves over the ground, picking up natural or human-made pollutants and depositing them into water bodies
Non-point source pollution
____ is the term for the entire soil system, acting as the connecting bridge between the lithosphere and the biosphere
The Pedosphere
____ is a management process used to measure impacts of proposed infrastructure development like dams, roads, etc.
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)
____ is when a population continues to grow for a period of time even when birth rate slows due to population entering reproductive years
Population Momentum
Who is the person you want peer grading your IBO questions (most positive student examiner)?
Riana
____ is an indirect method of monitoring environmental health that uses the presence or absence of "indicator species" to determine the level of pollution in an area.
Biotic Index
____ are base-rich, highly fertile soils known as "black earths" that make up about 7% of the world's ice-free land and are primarily found in temperate grassland biomes
Mollisols
____ is an economic concept suggesting that increased efficiency in resource use often leads to increased total consumption rather than a lower environmental impact
Jevon's Paradox
___ is a secondary pollutant that is bad when it forms near the ground where we breathe it, despite being good, giving UV protection higher up in the atmosphere.
Tropospheric Ozone or Surface-Level Ozone
Who is the last person to go to bed while we were on the Amphawa trip?
Alex or Kimberly (Accept either answer)