Agriculture
Define Agriculture
the growth of plants and animals for food, fiber, and medicine
What is urbanization?
Large numbers of people moving to concentrated areas
What are the two types of mining?
Surface and Subsurface
Define Nonrenewable
Not replenished on its own in a timely manner
A non renewable resource formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
Fossil fuel
Name 2 positive things that come from agriculture
Economic Gain
Stable Food Source
Accessibility of non food resources
Why do people move to cities?
Entertainment
Jobs
Friends
Housing
Hard engineering practices for coastal management means what?
Unnatural, man mad, permanent measures of prevention
Define Renewable
Replenished on its own in the time it takes for humans to consume
the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.
Desertification
What negative impact of agriculture goes hand in hand with overgrazing?
Desertification
What is a heat island?
The process where pavement absorbs heat all day and releases it at night making the surrounding area warmer
What is the purpose of coastal management?
To reduce coastline erosion
Natural Gas is what type of Resource?
Nonrenewable
Energy produced from the mining and splitting of uranium
Nuclear Energy
Describe how agriculture pollutes water
How does urbanization increase the chances of flooding?
Synthetic materials do not absorb water like trees and natural material does
Define reclamation
Putting everything back where it came from to reduce mining impact
Name two type of renewable resources
Solar, Hydro, Wind, Geothermal, Biomass, Hydrogen Fuel Cell
The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
Deforestation
How does keeping the proper amount of animals on land reduce the impact of agriculture?
By lessening the chances of overgrazing and desertification on that land
How does better public transportation reduce the impact of urbanization?
The more people in one "car" the less transportation (air) pollution they are producing
What is mined at quarries?
Rocks and stones
Name one of the disadvantages of using solar energy?
High start-up cost
Active: Low Energy yield
Doesn't work at night/ needs storage system
Unattractive
A gas with high methane content, found along with various fossil fuels and is used as a fuel.
Natural Gas