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Natural Conservation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Environment | All of the factors that affect an organism. |
| Conservation | Careful and sustainable use of a natural resource. |
| BioDiversity | The variety of life at all levels of biological organization. |
| Watershed | An Area of land which drains water into a single water body. |
| Integrated Pest Management | The intergration of chemical, biological and cultural pest control methods to more effectively control pests and minimize damage to the environment. |
| True or False: The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty attempting to reduce CFC'S | False |
| True or False: The Montreal Protocol attempts to eliminate cutting of old growth forests. | False |
| True or False:An ecological community consists of all the organisms of a single species. | False |
| True or False: Endemic species are not necessarily endangered species. | True |
| True or False: Pesticides are ineffective for controlling crop pests and should be banned. | False |
| True or False: Automobile exhaust is leading to increased levels of tropospheric ozone. | True |
| True or False: Atleast half of all known organisms live in tropical forests. | True |
| True or False: Firewoood is a type of biofuel | True |
| True or False: Sulfur and nitric oxides re secondary air pollutants | False |
| True or False: Most exotic species are endemic to the ecosystems that they invade. | False |
| Definition of Pfeisteria | A dinoflagellate that produces toxins that kill fish. |
| Definition of Kerogen | The source of oil shale. |
| Eutrophication | Increases in nutruent concentrations in water bodies. |
| Carcinogen | A substance that causes cancer. |
| Ecosystem | Organisms interacting with each other and their environment. |
| Cogeneration | Production of two or more forms of useful energy from the same fuel source. |
| Aquifer | Area with large amounts of ground water. |
| Shelterbelt | Rows of trees used to block wind. |
| Biomagnification | Concentration of pollutants at higher trophic levels. |
| Sedimentation | Movement of soil into bodies of water. |
| Anthracite | The hardest form of coal. |
| Biomass | Organic matter produced by plants and animals. |
| Smog | A mixture of pollutants, smoke and fog. |
| Biofuel | Fuel made from organic matter. |
| Erosion | Soil loss from wind or water movement. |
| High Grading | A type of timber harvesting associated with poor forest management. |
| Radon | A gas that is often radioactive and seeps into houses. |
| This is not a criterion for achieveing sustainable forestry? | Selective cutting |
| Fuel cells emit this as a waste product? | Water |
| This is not required for managing endangered species? | Set TMDL's |
| Most air pollutants in the U.S. comes from? | Cars |
| A major problem caused by irrigation is? | Salinization |
| The following is a major part of primary sewage treatment? | Filtration |
| The Clean Air act regulates? | CRiteria POLLUTANTS |
| Using biological organisms to clean up pollution is called? | Bioremediation(water treatment plant) |
| Organochlorates are? | Insecticides |
| The Blue revolution deals with ? | Aquaculture |
| This contributes most to the production of solid waste in the US? | Mining and fossil fuel drilling |
| This is not considered to be hazardous waste according to the official definition? | Radioactive waste |
| Abandoned and often contaminated industrial or commercial sites are called? | Brown fields |
| What is the largest problem threatening water quality in the US today? | Polluted runoff |
| E.coli contamination in water comes from which of the following? | Animal feces |
| The "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is caused by which of the following? | Eutrophication |
| This is positively related to the biological oxygen demand in a stream or lake? | Degradable WASTES |
| This class of pollutants is responsible for the "ozone hole"? | CFC's |
| Three major causes for current high rate biodiversity loss on the planet? | Habitat Destruction and degradation Climate change Pollution Climate Change Poll |
| Major environmental safeguards of a sanitary landfill? | Plastic lining and compacted soil to prevent leaching into groundwater Collection of leachate Methane venting and collection Covering the landfill with soil each day to avoid spread of disease and reduce smell. |
| Explain the greenhouse effect? | |
| 3 major non-point source water pollution and how each could be controlled? | Run-off pesticides- waste and fertilizer management Acid Rain- reduce burning of fossil fuels Runoff pollutants from from impervious surface- reduce impervious surface, treatment of storm water run-off, riparian buffers. |
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