Agriculture
What is the practice of growing only one crop in a field year after year?
Monocropping
What is the most common method of logging that removes all trees from an area?
What is the process of removing minerals by digging into the ground?
Subsurface Mining
What term describes catching fish faster than they can reproduce?
Overfishing
What is the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas called?
Urban Sprawl
What are two negative environmental impacts of industrial agriculture?
Soil Degradation and Water Pollution
What is a major ecological consequence of deforestation?
What mining method is commonly used for coal and involves removing large sections of earth?
Strip Mining
What is the name of the method that involves dragging a net along the ocean floor?
Bottom Trawling
What is the term for an urban area’s ability to absorb and release heat?
Urban Heat Island Effect
What is the Green Revolution known for?
The increase in food production due to new technology, pesticides, and fertilizers
What is one sustainable forestry practice?
What legislation regulates mining on public lands in the U.S.?
General Mining Act of 1872
What international agreement aims to protect migratory fish stocks?
United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
What is one way cities can reduce the heat island effect?
Planting tress or installing green roofs
What agricultural method uses less water and reduces erosion by planting along the natural contours of the land?
Contour Plowing
What is the name of the agreement that certifies sustainable forestry products?
What is one major environmental impact of mining?
Habitat Destruction (water contamination)
What is a major ecological consequence of bycatch?
Unitentional death of non-target species
What is transit-oriented development (TOD)?
Planning cities around public transportation to reduce car dependency
What is the process by which fertile land becomes desert due to overgrazing and poor farming practices?
Desertification
What is an edge effect in the context of fragmented forests?
What toxic compound is commonly released during gold mining and harms aquatic life?
What is one sustainable alternative to wild-caught fishing?
Aquaculture
What is smart growth in urban planning?
Sustainable land use development that focuses on walkability, mixed-use areas, and conservation of open space