Forestry
The primary greenhouse gas that forests absorb from the atmosphere, making them a crucial tool in fighting climate change.
Co2
This is the most common method of extracting resources that are close to the Earth's surface, like iron ore or coal.
What is Open-Pit Mining?
Oil and natural gas are non-renewable resources formed from ancient, decaying organic matter over millions of years. This term describes them.
Fossil Fuels
The term for fish or other marine life caught unintentionally while fishing for a different species.
The Canadian geographic region known for large-scale production of grains like wheat and oilseeds like canola.
Interior Plains
This sustainable forestry practice involves cutting only certain trees while leaving the rest of the stand to regenerate the forest naturally
Selective Cutting
A key mineral Canada is a top global producer of, essential for fertilizer used in agriculture worldwide.
Potash
The largest oil reserves in Canada are located here, primarily in the form of oil sands
Alberta
Give one negative environmental consequence associated with large-scale aquaculture operations (e.g., waste, disease).
Risk of disease/parasites spreading to wild fish or effluent/waste polluting the local water?
The type of agriculture characterized by low inputs and low yields per unit of land, often associated with cattle ranching.
Extensive Agriculture
The most common method of tree harvesting where virtually all trees in a given area are cut down.
Clear Cutting
Compare Strip Mining and Underground Mining in terms of land footprint, stating which one requires more initial surface disturbance.
Strip Mining has the larger initial surface disturbance (land footprint).
This crucial piece of infrastructure is used to transport crude oil and natural gas over long distances, often crossing diverse ecosystems.
Pipeline
What is the key environmental consequence of overfishing beyond just reducing the target fish population?
It can disrupt the marine food web or ecosystem (e.g., catching top predators changes the balance).
The long-term trend in Ontario regarding the number of farms over the past several decades.
Decreased
Canada holds this rank in the world for the total global forest area, meaning we have a vast portion of the Earth's forests.
Third
The term for minerals (like gold or diamonds) mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflicts.
Conflict Minerals
The official term for the heavy, black, viscous crude oil found mixed with sand, clay, and water in the deposits
Bitumin
his phenomenon describes the changes in the population of all species in a food web when a top predator is removed (e.g., from overfishing).
What is a Trophic Cascade
The type of agriculture characterized by high inputs of capital and labour per unit of land to achieve very high yields.
Intensive Agriculture
The approximate number of hectares (ha) of forested land in Canada (hint: it's over 340 million).
What is 347 million hectares?
Give one specific fact about the link between coal mining and water quality, related to pollution or consumption.
What is it consumes large volumes of freshwater for processing or causes toxic runoff
The term for the vast, man-made bodies of water left over after surface mining, which contain toxic liquid waste (tailings).
Tailings Ponds
Explain the difference between aquaculture and fisheries
Aquaculture is farming fish/shellfish in controlled environments; Fisheries refer to catching wild stocks. Benefit: Reduces pressure on wild populations.
The most significant, overarching issue facing the agriculture sector, driven by changing weather patterns and temperatures
Climate Change