Managing human population
What term describes the number of people per unit of area?
What is population density?
What is the first step in the scientific method?
What is making an observation?
What type of resource is solar energy?
What is the renewable resource?
What type of resources is coal?
What is a nonrenewable resources?
Which greenhouse gas is released by burning fossil fuels?
What is carbon dioxide?
Name one major method governments use to control population growth.
What is family planning?
Name a tool commonly used for measuring air pollution?
What is an air quality monitor?
What international agreement aims to protect endangered species?
What is Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species?
What is overfishing an example of?
What is the overexploitation of a natural resource?
What is the layer of the atmosphere that protects us from UV radiation?
What is the term for the maximum population size an environment can sustain indefinitely?
What is carrying capacity?
In environmental impact assessments, what does baseline data refer to?
What is environmental information collected before a project begins?
What is one major goal of sustainable development?
What is meeting current needs without compromising future generations ability to meet their needs?
Name one major method used in sustainable agriculture.
What is crop rotation?
What international agreement targeted reducing CFCs to protect the ozone layer?
What is the Montreal Protocol?
In demographic transition theory, which stage shows a rapid decrease in death rates but birth rates stay high?
What is Stage 2?
What type of sampling uses random locations within a study area?
What is random sampling?
Name one method governments can use to reduce industrial pollution.
What is regulating emissions, imposing fines, or promoting cleaners technology?
What is desalination used for?
What is converting seawater into freshwater?
What is one natural process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
What is photosynthesis?
Name 2 problems caused by rapid urbanization.
What are overcrowding and pollution?
Explain the purpose of using control variables in an environmental experiment .
What is to ensure that the results are only due to the independent variable being tested?
What is the term for resorting damaged ecosystems?
What is ecological restoration?
Name 2 causes of soil degradation.
What are deforestation and overgrazing?
Name one negative effect of acid rain.
What is damage to forests, lakes, or buildings?