Lab Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Food hunter/gathers eat

A

Goats, nuts, berries, wild animlas

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2
Q

Humans began farm…

A

9000 years ago

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3
Q

Scandinavia domesticate the reindeer?

A

Travel with reindeer to find food under snow. .??

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4
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Changes since herdsmen first moved in about 6000 years ago

A
  1. People cut down all trees with stone axes

2. All the waterways were dug by man

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5
Q

Which Animals in britain are wiped out?

A

Brownbear, wolf, bybers, pigs

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6
Q

Introduced animals in britain

A

Deer, rabbits, mouse, orcs

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7
Q

Family of plants for food production

A

Wheats and grass

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8
Q

Arable land dedicated to rice?

A

11%

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9
Q

How much of world population does the rice feed?

A

2 billion = 1/2 population

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10
Q

How much more productive is modern wheat than its wild parent?

A

The western world would starv

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11
Q

What is monoculture?

A

Huge parts of land where just one species lives (wheat or corn field)

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12
Q

Wild plants and animals that have adopted to city life

A

Dog, cat, sea otter, fox, birds, spiders and rats

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13
Q

Garbage a day in new york city

A

22000 lbs

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14
Q

Where does the garbage in new york go?

A

Garbage field or river

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15
Q

What is killing scandinavian lakes and german forests?

A

The smog from the cities. Drift in the wind and fall into the lakes. Killing fish and plants.

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16
Q

How do cormorants and anchovies support each others population?

A

??

17
Q

How much tropical forest is destroyed each year?

A

Area as large than switzerland

18
Q

The 3 point plan by the world conservation strategy?

A
  1. Shouldn’t exploit natural resources
  2. Should interfere (earth,sky,sea) with the lit of the earth (no dumping in oceans)
  3. Preserve the diversity of life