Human Population
Biogeochemical Cycles
Energy
Urban Environments
Forestry
100
Define human carrying capacity
What is how many people Earth can sustain at the same time?
100
The hydrologic cycle is more commonly known as
What is the water cycle?
100
The most abundant fossil fuel
What is coal?
100
Formal, conscious planning for new cities
What is city planning?
100
Define silviculture
What is the professional growing of trees?
200
Define life expectancy
What is how long an individual can expect to live?
200
Define biota
What is the term for all life in the region?
200
Mountaintop removal is a large part of this state's economy
What is West Virginia?
200
Define a green belt
What is a belt of parkways, gardens, or farmland?
200
Define seed tree cutting
What is removing all but a few seed trees
300
Give an example of a country with a relatively young population
What is Kenya?
300
Four countries in which 80% of the phosphorus produced
What is US of A, South Africa, China, Morocco?
300
Photovoltaic cells do what
What is convert sunlight directly into electricity?
300
Define made land
What is land created from fill?
300
A major effect of deforestation
What is erosion
400
An effective way to limit the population
What is an epidemic disease?
400
Define denitrification
What is the process of fixed nitrogen turning back into molecular nitrogen?
400
To where can the use of tidal power be traced back to
What is the Roman occupation of Great Britain?
400
Used to limit the size of a city
What is how far a person can travel in one day?
400
Greatest losses of trees in modern era have been in
What is South America
500
A simple way to lower the birth rate
What is breast feeding?
500
Six main biogeochemical cycles
What are hydrologic, phosphorous, nitrogen, carbon, geologic, and sulfur?
500
Should wind turbines be installed in Nantucket Sound
What is yes they will provide lots of energy
500
Best type of pest control for cities
What is eliminate their habitats?
500
Difference between a park and a forest preserve
What is a park is an area set aside for use by people and a nature preserve is for the conservation of some resources
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