River Systems
The place where a river starts.
What is the Source?
What is conventional farming?
A farming method that involves frequent tilling and heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
What is a sustainable food system?
A system that provides food and nutrition for all without harming the environment, society, or economy.
The flow resources.
What are sunlight, wind, water, air.
What is overfishing?
Overfishing occurs when the rate of fish capture exceeds the rate at which the fish population can reproduce and replenish, leading to depletion and potential collapse of fish stocks.
The end of a river.
What is the mouth?
What is no-till farming?
A method where crops are planted directly into undisturbed soil without any tilling.
What is one way to make food transportation more sustainable?
Use shorter supply chains.
The three categories of natural resources.
Renewable, Non-Renewable and Flow.
What are clearcutting, shelterwood cutting, and selective cutting
The 2 river patterns. (According to Edwin)
What are Erosion and Deposition?
What is conservation tillage?
A farming method that reduces how much the soil is disturbed, leaving crop residue on the surface.
Why does a sustainable food system need a sustainable transportation system?
Because food must be transported efficiently and responsibly without envoirnmental harm
The 2 mining methods
What are surface mining and underground mining.
Why did the fishing industry collapse?
Overfishing, habitat destruction, and climate change.
The triangle at the end of a river.
Where is the Delta?
How is conservation tillage different from conventional farming?
It disturbs the soil less and emphasizes protecting natural resources while still allowing for crop production.
This approach to food production supports sustainable transportation by reducing the need to ship food over long distances.
What is local or urban agriculture?
True/False, Natural Gas is a renewable resource.
What is a region of the sea where a coastal nation has special rights to explore and exploit marine resources, including living and non-living natural resources.
What is the EZZ?
Name the 10 parts of a river.
What are the source, watershed, tributary, main stream, floodplain, meander, riverbank, drainage basin, delta, mouth.
What is one reason no-till farming is growing in popularity?
It’s environmentally friendly and reduces the need for fuel and labor.
This is one reason why relying heavily on long-distance food transportation can threaten the sustainability of a food system.
What is increased greenhouse gas emissions?
The stages of mining.
What are Prospecting, Exploration, Development, Extraction, Processing, Closure, Reclamation.
The 7 fishing methods.
What are Trawling, Purse Scanning, Scallop Dragging, Gill Netting, Weirs, Long Lining, Lobstering.