Water resources
Name one method for increasing access to freshwater
Dams, desalination, water transfers
Plants that flower, produce seeds, and die within one year are categorized as:
annuals
A pesticide used to kill plants is called
herbicide
Rocks overlying mineral deposits
Mining technique most likely to be used in mountainous regions
mountaintop mining
What is the primary use of freshwater globally?
Agriculture
which farming technique is most common in industrial agriculture: monoculture or polyculture?
monoculture
A company claims their new product is “eco-friendly” and “all-natural,” but it is packaged in excessive plastic and uses harmful chemicals. This is an example of:
greenwashing
Mining technique with the least land disturbance
sub surface mining
How is a rock different from an ore?
the ore is a rock with enough mineral can be profitably extracted
Measure of water available vs. water used
Water scarcity stress
A farmer who has been relying on groundwater irrigation for decades should be concerned about what environmental issues?
salinization, land subsidence, water logging
Using technology to gather data in order to improve crop yields, reduce labor, and manage irrigation and fertilization is known as:
The three structural zones of the geosphere are:
core, mantle, crust
the 17 minerals that are important for technological development due to their superior magnetic and electrical properties
rare earth minerals
What is the upper limit of groundwater held in an aquifer?
Water table
If you had a garden full of weeds and you wanted to remove them without the use of herbicides, how would you do it?
tilling or farm animals
What are some environmental concerns associated with concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)?
low genetic diversity, proximity can enable the spread of diseases, high amounts of waste
open-pit mining
Mining technique known to cause land subsidence
subsurface mining
Name one benefit and one impact of dams
Benefits:Flood control, Electricity generation, Irrigation water, Recreation
Drawbacks: Displaced people and flooded fertile land, Reduction of river flow, Eventually filled with sediment.
What is a potential solution for a country with limited access to organic nitrogen fertilizers to increase its nitrogen supply?
nitrogen fixation (Haber-Bosch process)
What is the difference between cross-breeding and genetic engineering?
*Cross-breeding uses artificial selecting to develop genetically improved varieties
*genetic engineering uses gene splicing to develop genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Legislation that secured funding for Superfund sites in the US
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980
PCBs are particularly challenging to remove from the environment because of these two reasons