Forestry
B.C. is the greatest producer of ________wood in North America.
A) softwood B) hardwood
what is softwood
Name a nonrenewable resource
What is oil, coal, and natural gas.
What is another name for fish farming?
What is aquaculture.
Farming is also called ___________
What is agriculture.
Name one kind of mining to extract minerals.
What is open pit, strip mining, shaft mining, ocean floor mining, mountain top removal
What is lumber
Name two renewable energy resources.
Solar energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, wind energy, bioenergy, ocean energy
What kind of salmon are farmed in B.C. waters?
What is Atlantic salmon.
Atlantic salmon grow faster, larger, taste good, and resist infection better than local wild fish.
What percent of B.C. land is used in agriculture?
What is 3%.
What is the name for rock waste that comes from mining?
What is tailings.
These materials are often filled with toxic chemicals that can pollute waterways and land.
For every tree harvested ______ are planted
What is three
This is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned?
What is carbon dioxide.
Why is industrial fishing (large net fishing) a problem?
They catch large amounts of fish and often catch other fish that are killed unintentionally.
they catch young fish, bottom feeding creatures, sharks, whales, sea turtles etc.
What is organic farming?
Farming without chemicals, fertilizers, or genetically modified organisms (natural way to keep soils, plants, animals healthy)
What minerals are mined in B.C.?
Gold, copper, silver, molybdenum
True or False
Trees are a renewable resource
What is True
We harness energy from water using these large structures.
What are hydro dams
In many parts of the world, fish is very important this
What is humans' diets, as a food source, survival
What is the most important organism to the growing of food?
What is the honeybee.
What place is Canada in the production of diamonds?
Canada is the 3rd largest producer of diamonds.
There are two main groups of trees. Name one of them.
What is coniferous and deciduous
What is the main concern with relying only non-renewable resources for our sources of energy
What happens when we run out?
What fish was over-fished on the east coast of Canada?
What is cod.
The cod fish industry lasted for 500 years. In 1992 the Canadian government closed the fishery due to a drop to 1% of the levels of cod fish.
Agriculture would also include large orchards which grow this
What is fruit
What must happen when a mine is closed because there are no more minerals to be extracted?
The mine and area must be restored back to its original state.
This includes replanting grass, trees, and testing surrounding water, soil and air for contaminants.