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DSST Environmental Science: Land Use

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1. There is now more nitrate in the soil and water than ever - sometimes at unsafe levels - Corn harvests have improved






2. Fertilizers - promote plant growth by providing essential nutrients like nitrogen or phosphorus; increases crop yield - Combines/Machinery - allows farmers to work much faster and more efficiently; increases crop yield - Pesticides - kill insects - p






3. Not enough of some vitamin/mineral/essential thing in food






4. To reclaim is to make things level - and to get something growing and prevent erosion - If the U.S were to try to reclaim - it would cost tax payers about 2 trillion dollars.






5. The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits






6. Technology that has vastly increased the amount of food production since the agricultural revolution; currently 1 farmer for every 129 eaters






7. Bio-control can be extremely cost effect - Bio-control can harm other animals - The cane toads control cane beetle in Carribean






8. Combination of different pest management techniques combined in a specific way best for the place they are being used.






9. The golden molecule for plants because it makes them grow - Leagues have special nitrogen fixing bacteria in their rhizomes (roots) - Three covalent bonds for N2. Stronger the covalent bonds - the harder it is to react. Nitrogen gas is inert.






10. Cut trees shortly after they go through their fastest stage of growth (which is during their intermediate age) - Advantages: maximizes timber production over time - Disadvantages: trees get cut before they mature; alters forest ecology; eliminates ha






11. Technology was not able to profitably remove the copper from the malachite






12. Made by mixing the remains or wastes of organisms including animal manure (essential) - crop residues - fresh vegetation - and compost






13. A mining technique that involves digging a gigantic hole and removing the desire ORE - along with waste rock that surrounds the ore.






14. way to enhance nutrient-limited soils - Inorganic fertilizers- mined or synthetically manufactured mineral supplements - Organic fertilizers consist of the remains or wastes of organisms that include animal mancure - organic fertilizers can improve






15. Goal to guarantee an adequate - safe - nutritious - and reliable food supply available to all people at all times






16. Food assistance given to an area. Can take away the incentive to produce food in that area. Distribution is an issue.






17. Harvesting only mature trees of certain species and size; usually more expensive then clear-cutting but it is less disruptive for wildlife and often better for forest regeneration






18. Can hurt other species - methods used to control other species can become invasive species themselves - Ex. Australia released a virus to kill the excessive rabbits; Australians brought in cane toads to kill beetles on their sugar cane - BUT the toa






19. A single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people.






20. Choosing valuable trees only - lots of reseeding - transportation is hard.






21. One farmer=100 eaters.






22. Advantages: removes the least amount of unwanted material so less waste - Disadvantages: potential collapse; sinkholes; acid drainage; pollutes groundwater; risk of injury/death from dynamite blasts - natural gas explosions - inhalation of toxic gass






23. Mining method- mountain's forests are clear-cut and the timber is sold - topsoild is removed - and then the rock is blasted away to expose the coal for extraction. Overburden is placed back on the mountaintop. Primarily for coal in the Appalachian Mo






24. Corn yield has increased dramatically in the US since the 1920s because it was in the 1920s that GM corn started to be developed






25. A mineral or grouping of minerals from which we extract metals - most metals are found in ore - Copper - iron - lead gold - and aluminum - Used in electronic components of computers - cell phones - DVD players.






26. Do not naturally occur in the environment - but are synthesized by man. Since all these compounds have carbon and hydrogen atoms as the basis of their molecule (as do living plants and animals) - they are referred to as organic compounds to form pest






27. Completely missing something






28. Solid waste from smelts






29. - the turning and loosening of soil for the planting of crops






30. Manages resource harvesting so as to minimize impact on ecosystem and ecological processes that provide the resource - Advantages: can protect certain areas; can restore habitats; considers surroundings; allows timber harvesting while preserving inte






31. Systematically tests different approaches and aims to improve methods and find ideal over time - Advantages: can be highly effective; works with each specific environment; can protect species; can provide minimum impact - Disadvantages: difficult to






32. By far the best method for managing pests - Uses chemical pesticides - biocontrol - AND diversity - Not monoculture; things are planted in a mosaic so that if pests attack all of the corn in one area there is still more corn somewhere else - Proven t






33. Mix the malachite with water and 6M sulfuric acid and heat the mixture - creating a transformation reaction where the only left over matter is the sand - which is then strained out. Iron fillings are then added to the solution - a substitution react






34. In the last 100 years - humans have doubled the amount of organic nitrogen in the biosphere by artificial synthesis of ammonia.






35. Nicotine - Alcohol - Cocaine - if it can kill you - it can kill other living things.






36. Malachite contains sulfides which become strongly acidic when mixed with water and thus pollutes water






37. The uniform planting of a single crop






38. 1990 Clean Air Act amendments encouraged clean-burning low-sulfur coal led to more mining in Appalachia -dumping ton of debris sinto valley degrades and destroys areas of habitat -social and health impacts. loose rock tumbles down into homes - overl






39. Foods derived from genetically modified organisms. Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. include selective breeding; plant breeding. Typically - genetically modified food






40. A variation of clear-cutting in which a strip of trees is clear-cut along the contour of the land - with the corridor narrow enough to allow natural regeneration within a few years. After regeneration - another strip is cut above the first - and so o






41. Worthless material that surrounds a wanted mineral in an ore deposit.






42. Soy beans have been genetically modified for better traits. 'Round up Ready' soy beans have made it so that weed killer 'round up' can be sprayed around the plants and kill all the weeds but not the soy bean plants. 'round up ready soy beans' were cr






43. Having not enough of something






44. The FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) examine the practices of firms and rate them against criteria for sustainability - Grant sustainable forest certification to forests - companies - and products produced using methods they consider sustainable.






45. Cheapest - easiest transportation removal of lumber - Most environmentally harmful - takes all trees - leaves nothing






46. Uses the idea that 'the enemy of one's enemy is one's friend' - Battles pests and weeds with organisms that eat or infect them - Can be extremely effective and inexpensive






47. The use of heavy machinery to remove huge amounts of earth to expose COAL or MINERALS - which are mined out directly.






48. Heating ore beyond its melting point and combining it with other metals or chemicals ( process of separating).






49. Natural fertilizers from decomposing solid organic matter; have lots of nitrogen






50. Genetically engineered using recombinant DNA