Food and Ag
a measure of energy content of food
what is a calorie?
what is 3?
a measure of the number of species present at location
what is species richness
water than reaches earth's surface as rain
what is precipitation?
the type of organism that makes people sick then they have cholera
what are bacteria or Vibreo cholera?
research has consistently shown a diet high in this type of food is most healthy
what are vegetables and fruit?
what is Eukaryota?
the group with the most number of species on earth
what are insects?
water below the earth's surface in rock and soil deposits
what is an aquifer?
The concentration of nitrate at or above which can cause blue baby syndrome in well water
what is 10 mg / L?
a system that lowers the water table to allow certain crops to be planted
what is a tile drain?
an example of a nonvascular plant
what is a moss or liverwort?
The "catalog" of world species maintained by the IUCN
what is the Red List?
what is a spring?
firefighting foam is a source of this class of harmful chemicals
what is PFAS?
A type of corn that has been genetically modified to produce an insecticide
what is Bt Corn?
a body cavity (vertebrates have this)
what is a coelom?
the algae that live within healthy coral
what are zooanthellae?
large aquifer in Texas and Kansas where the water table is declining
what is the High Plains Aquifer?
the most common herbicide used in the U.S.
what is glyphosate (Roundup)?
an example of a plant with a naked seed
what is a pine, spruce, fir etc.
the name of the wild relative of modern corn
what is Teosinte?
the type of lake that forms behind a dam
what is a reservoir?
the type of pollution the Clean Water Act doesn't regulate very well
what is nonpoint source pollution?