Lab Test 1 Flashcards
Food hunter/gathers eat
Goats, nuts, berries, wild animlas
Humans began farm…
9000 years ago
Scandinavia domesticate the reindeer?
Travel with reindeer to find food under snow. .??
Changes since herdsmen first moved in about 6000 years ago
- People cut down all trees with stone axes
2. All the waterways were dug by man
Which Animals in britain are wiped out?
Brownbear, wolf, bybers, pigs
Introduced animals in britain
Deer, rabbits, mouse, orcs
Family of plants for food production
Wheats and grass
Arable land dedicated to rice?
11%
How much of world population does the rice feed?
2 billion = 1/2 population
How much more productive is modern wheat than its wild parent?
The western world would starv
What is monoculture?
Huge parts of land where just one species lives (wheat or corn field)
Wild plants and animals that have adopted to city life
Dog, cat, sea otter, fox, birds, spiders and rats
Garbage a day in new york city
22000 lbs
Where does the garbage in new york go?
Garbage field or river
What is killing scandinavian lakes and german forests?
The smog from the cities. Drift in the wind and fall into the lakes. Killing fish and plants.