Energy sources
How are renewable and non-renewable energy sources different?
Renewable energy can be replaced or replenished over a short period of time whereas non-renewable can't be replaced or it can but it takes a long period of time.
What is a benefit to using fossil fuels for energy?
Cheaper
readily available
versatile
What does sustainability mean?
How is the human population currently growing?
exponentially
What was our example of a food supply chain and what negative impact did it explore?
Chocolate and child trafficking
What are the 5 renewable energy types?
wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal
Which energy source has no greenhouse gas emissions but has waste products that present a health hazard for humans?
Nuclear energy
The process of protecting the natural environment from the actions of humans.
What is a carrying capacity?
The maximum amount of something that the environment can sustain.
How did the green revolution help increase the population?
By providing multiple advancements in agriculture; plows, fertilizers, access to water.
How is coal formed?
Coal is formed from the remains of dead plant matter that has been buried millions of years ago. Combined with heat and pressure coal is formed.
The geyser Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park is powered by what kind of energy?
Geothermal Energy
Name one way we can achieve conservation goals
laws and restrictions
What are the 6 parts of a food supply chain?
provider, producer, processing, distribution, retailers, and consumers.
What is a GMO and how does it help the human population food supply?
Genetically modified organism; it helps by providing more options and quantities of food.
Biomass uses ______ as an energy source.
Organic matter
Which of these would be considered a drawback of damming an area in order to generate hydroelectricity for a community?
Displacement of humans or animals
What is ozone depletion?
The depletion of the ozone layer that protects us from harmful UV rays from the sun.
Why are food supply chains considered a domino casualty?
If one part of the chain is affected the entire chain is affected.
What are the three types of ways to create a GMO?
Transgenic
Cisgenic
Subgenic
What is an energy portfolio and how is it displayed?
An energy portfolio is a break down of all the types of energy in percentages a certain area uses for power. It is displayed in the form of a pie chart.
What process is currently used to produce nuclear energy?
Fission
What are the four negative impacts discussed in class during our conservation and sustainability lecture?
smog, ocean acidification, ozone depletion, and urbanization
Explain the difference between a factory farm and a sustainable farm.
Factory farms are corporations that mass supply food items and disregard regulations and sources. They mostly care about profits. Sustainable farms are local farms that provide a variety of products for the local community. They tend to help the economy and provide jobs.
Define what a monoculture is.
Monocultures are large-scale, single crop farms that produce a large output per worker whereas sustainable farms put out a larger amount of food per acre of land.