Sustainability
Consuming a resource or using a space in a way that does not deplete or degrade it for future generations is called _______.
What is sustainability?
This type of species faces the greatest risk of extinction because of unsustainable development practices.
What are amphibians?
Name one of the dangers to food production.
What is climate change, soil degradation or groundwater depletion?
Life on earth depends on a ______ range of temperature.
What is narrow? (accept variants)
This country is of LEAST concern regarding depleting natural resources through meat consumption.
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What is India?
This amount is half of the carrying capacity and maximizes the yield of of a renewable resource without reducing or depleting the resources for future use.
What is maximum sustainable yield?
High biodiversity is an indicator of how _______ human land use is.
Sustainable
Increased meat consumption leads to an increase in_______on food production.
Strain/Stress
What is the name of the theory that talks about the human population growing faster than the available resources?
What is Malthusian theory?
What is the name of the theory that talks about the human population growing faster than the available resources?
What is Malthusian Theory?
Synthetic fertilizer is unsustainable as it relies on this limited resource.
Fossil fuels
These three adjectives are the three types of biodiversity.
What are genetic, species, and ecosystem?
Which global industry has been declining especially in recent years?
What is the grain industry?
The maximum population an environment can support is called the_______.
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum population an environment can support is called the_______.
What is carrying capacity?
This concept describes unsustainability when individuals consumes a public resource at the expense of society.
What is the tragedy of the commons/
This rate is a high indicator of global biodiversity.
What is the global extinction rate?
What is the name of the measurement for the amount of agricultural product harvested per unit area?
What is crop yield?
Solar energy, wind power, etc. are examples of what type of energy?
What is renewable energy?
Solar energy, wind power, etc are examples of what type of energy?
What is renewable energy?
30% of fisheries share this characteristic in which there is not enough fish left to support a fishery.
What is overexploitation (or depletion)?
Low biodiversity indicates what?
What is pollution, habitat destruction, or climate change?
When a fisher acts in their personal interest rather than the good of the society and overfishes, what is that instance called?
What is the tragedy of the commons?
CO2 is a _____________. (three syllables, two words).
What is a greenhouse gas?
The human population and resource depletion have a_______relationship.
Congruent/positive/one grows the other grows