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DSST Environmental Science: Land Use

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1. 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.






2. Now makes up 80% of corn in the US - Benefits: Contains naturally occurring pesticide - Increases production - could feed more people - Grow more per square area - Doesn't spoil as quickly - Bigger - tastier






3. Organic macromolecules hardest to provide during a famine






4. A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death






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






6. The uniform planting of a single crop






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






8. 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.






9. Clear cutting - Strip cutting - selective cutting






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






11. Completely missing something






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






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






14. Strip mining - open pit mining - mountain top removal






15. (Insecticides - Herbicides/ Fungicides) - Artificial chemicals used to kill pests/ insects/plants/fungi






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






17. Completely missing something acquired from food; usually protein or vitamin C






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Recycle batteries - Send large amounts of metal to scrap yards/businesses instead of to landfills (ex. cars - fridges - dishwashers - etc.) - Recycle old electronics like phones and computers to prevent more mining of minerals like tantalum that are






35. A fossil fuel composed of organic matter that was compressed under very high pressure to form a dense - solid carbon structure.






36. Cheap - But - removes all overburden (trees - soil - rocks - etc.); obliterates natural communities b/c everything has been removed; leads to erosion; causes sulfuric acid run-off;






37. Having not enough of something






38. Mining method- mining underground coal deposits - in which shafts are dug deeply into the ground and networks of tunnels are dug to follow coal seams.






39. Long term information is unknown - Can take over surrounding ecosystem - Pest-killing toxin also kills insects that should not and are not meant to be killed such as monarch butterflies - Pollen can be carried to nearby plants by wind thus making th






40. Genetically engineered using recombinant DNA






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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.






45. About one million people on Earth 10 -000 years ago. (The Agricultural revolution). Worlds population crossed into 7 billion now - It is unlikely that we will double the 7 billion. We will hit 9 to 11 billion people.






46. 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






47. When sulfide minerals in newly exposed rock surfaces react with oxygen and rainwater to produce sulfuric acid - causing runoff as it leaches metals from the rocks






48. Maximum Sustainable Yield - Ecosystem-based Management - Adaptive Management






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






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