Water Resources
Air Resources
Soil Resources
Biological Resources
Cultural Resources
100
High O2, low nutrition, clear, deep, rocky, little life.
What is an oligotrophic lake?
100
The two primary pollutants of concern in the greenhouse effect.
What are CO2 and methane?
100
Crop rotation, cover crops, contour plowing, wind breaks etc.
What is sustainable agriculture?
100
The single greatest threat to wildlife.
What is habitat loss?
100
The cooptation of one culture over another.
What is acculturation?
200
Piece of federal legislation which aims to limit water pollution.
What is the Clean Water Act?
200
Produced from the combustion of fossil fuels.
What are greenhouse gases?
200
AOEBCR
What is a soil profile?
200
1973
What year was the Endangered Species Act adopted?
200
The physical representations of a culture.
What is material culture?
300
Freshwater found in underground porous rock.
What is groundwater?
300
Industry, power plants and the transportation sector.
What are the producers of acid precipitation chemicals?
300
The three components of soil
What are silt, clay and sand?
300
Outcompete native plant species.
What are invasive species?
300
The intangible representations of a culture.
What is nonmaterial culture?
400
Use water and return it usually in some altered form.
What is non-consumptive use?
400
The inner most layer of the atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
400
High petroleum inputs, monocrop, pesticides.
What is conventional agriculture?
400
3-50 million
What is the estimated number of species worldwide?
400
The first piece of legislation designed to protect cultural heritage.
What is the Antiquities Act?
500
100 gallons a day/15 gallons a day
The average daily American consumption of water. The average amount of water needed for daily use.
500
The federal piece of legislation which was designed to limit air pollution.
What is the Clean Air Act or the Clear Skies Initiative?
500
Created as a result of the Dust Bowl.
What is the Soil Conservation Service?
500
Coral reefs, tropical rain forests, and wetlands.
Where are the biodiversity hotspots?
500
Acid Rain
What is a threat to some material cultural heritages?
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