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Intro to Environmental Science
Author :
Jennifer Jennings
1.
The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted if it is not regulated in some way.
A
externality
B
tradegy of the commons
C
tree plantation
2.
cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service.
A
externality
B
subsistence farming
C
economics of scale
3.
Dry, open grasslands primarily used for grazing cattle.
A
clearcutting
B
rangelands
C
selective cutting
4.
Land dominated by trees and other woody vegetation and sometimes used for commercial logging
A
clearcutting
B
forest
C
selective cutting
5.
method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area.
A
clearcutting
B
forest
C
selective cutting
6.
method of harvesting trees that involves the removal of single trees or a relatively small number of trees from the larger forest.
A
clearcutting
B
forest
C
selective cutting
7.
approach to removing trees from forests in ways that do not unduly affect the viability of other noncommercial tree species
A
selective cutting
B
tree plantation
C
Ecologically sustainable forestry
8.
large area typically planted with a single fast-growing tree species.
A
selective cutting
B
tree plantation
C
Ecologically sustainable forestry
9.
1973 law protect plants & animals that are threatened w/extinction, & habitats that support those species
A
Clean Air Act
B
Clean Water Act
C
Endangered Species Act
10.
farming for consumption by family and maybe close neighbors
A
subsistence farming
B
industrial agriculture
C
green agriculture
11.
applies techniques of mechanization &stanardization 2production of food
A
subsistence farming
B
industrial agriculture
C
green agriculture
12.
shift in pratices 20th C to include new management & mechanic techniques; fertilization, irrigation, & improved crop varieties
A
subsistence farming
B
industrial agriculture
C
green revolution
13.
fossil fuel energy and human energy input per calorie of food produced
A
economics of scale
B
energy subsidy
C
tax rebate
14.
observation average costs of production fall as output increases
A
economics of scale
B
energy subsidy
C
tax rebate
15.
fertilizer composed of organic matter from plants and animals
A
organic fertilizer
B
synthetic fertilizer/inorganic fertilizer
C
waterlogging
16.
fertilizer produced commercially with use of fossil fuels
A
organic fertilizer
B
synthetic fertilizer/inorganic fertilizer
C
waterlogging
17.
form of soil degradation occurs when soil remains under water for long period of time.
A
pesticide
B
salinization
C
waterlogging
18.
form of soil degradation occurs when small amount of salts in irrigation water becomes highly concentrated on the soil surface
A
pesticide
B
salinization
C
waterlogging
19.
either natural or synthetic that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests
A
pesticide
B
salinization
C
insecticide
20.
pesticide that targets species of insects & other invertebrates that consumes crops
A
pesticide
B
salinization
C
insecticide