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3 types of Natural Resources

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Inexhaustible, Renewable, Non-Renewable

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Natural Resource

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anything produced by earth’s natural processes that exist independently of human activity

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Inexhaustible Resources?

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Those that exist in constant supply regardless of how or whether we exploit them

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Renewable Resources

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can be depleted in the short term but can replace themselves over the long term

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Non renewable Resources

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exist in finite supply and are not being generated at a sufficient rate

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Examples of Inexhaustible Resources

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Solar energy, Geothermal energy, Wind energy

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Examples of Renewable Resources

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Clean air and water, fertile soil, forests/vegetation and wildlife

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Examples of NonRenewable resources

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Fossil Fuels, minerals, wilderness

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Environmental Science

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Study of how the natural world functions and how humans and the environment interact

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What is the major environmental problem?

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Human Population Growth

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Sustainability

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Management of natural resources and the environment (The environmental goal)

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Science and Values

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Science provides solutions; which chosen partly value judgements, including ethics

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Biologic Time

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Time periods of less than 10,000 years

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What is the oldest known living organism

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The bristlecone pine tree of CA (5000 years old)

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Anthropocentrism/Exploitation

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The complete or maximum use of a resource for individual or societal gain

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Example of Anthropocentrism/Exploitation

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Clear cutting the forest

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Ecocentrism/Conservation

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Using resources wisely and leaving some for future generations

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Example of Ecocentrism/Conservation

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Select cutting of a forest

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Biocentrism/Preservation

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not using a resource

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Example of Biocentrism/Preservation

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Not cutting the forest

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Global Coordinate System

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network of east-west and north-south references

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Latitude

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measures north and south

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What are the line called for Latitude

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parallels

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Low latitudes

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23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south

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Middle Latitudes
23.5 degrees to 55 degrees north and south
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High latitudes
55 degrees to 90 degrees north and south
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Longitude
measures east and west
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What are the lines called for longitude
meridians
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Where is the prime meridian
0 degrees longitude at greenwich, england
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Where does 90% of earth's 7 billion people live?
on 30% of the earth's land in the mid latitudes in the northern hemisphere
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Carrying capacity
the number of organisms that can live in a long term sustained balance with the environment
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What is the only continent w/o human activity and land use
Antartica
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Land use
any human activity that takes place on land
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Population density
the number of people living in a geographical area divided by the total area of land
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What is the percentage of human use of forests
30%
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What is the percentage of human use of grasslands
25%
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What is the percentage of human use of Agriculture/Rural
11-12%
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What does LDC mean
Less developed Countries
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What does MDC
More developed Countries
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Hydrosphere
Water in all forms
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Atmosphere
Air
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Lithosphere
Land
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Biosphere
Life
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Who were the first conservationists
American Indians
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What covers 70% of the earth's surface
Oceans
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What happens during the Solid-->Liquid-->Gas water phase change? What happens during the Gas--> Liquid--> Solid phase
Energy gets absorbed. Gas gets released
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Hydrologic Cycle
the continuous interchange of moisture between the atmosphere and the earth's surface
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Components of the hydrologic cycle
Evaporation-->Transpiration-->Condensation-->Cloud formation-->Precipitation-->Runoff-->Infiltration
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How much water does the ocean have? How much of the earth does that water cover
97.5% and covers 70% of earth's surface
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How much water does permanent glacial ice have? How much of the earth does that water cover
2% and 75% of that water is fresh
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Types of glacial ice
Continental, Oceanic, Underground
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Permafrost
permanently frozen soil
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How much water does underground have?
0.6%
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How much water does the surface have?
0.01%
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Wetlands
marshes, grasses, swamp trees
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Rivers and streams(small river)
watershed
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Watershed or drainage basin
land area that contributes runoff to a river
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lakes and ponds (small lake)
body of water surrounded by land
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resevoir
man made lake
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How much water does the atmosphere have
0.001%
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Ground water depletion is found where
Ogallala aquifier
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Surface water depletion
aral sea shrinking due to use for irrigation
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What year was the refuse act
1899
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What year was the clean water act
1972
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Point source
defined source (you can point to it) (factory, oil spill)
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non-point source
unclear source (cities, construction sites, runoff)
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What specific sources do water pollution come from
``` agriculture, (largesr non-point source) urban environments, storm water runoff, soil erosion air pollution ```
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Forms of water pollution
Toxic chemicals, disease-causing organisms, oil pollution, nutrients (eutrophication), sediment, thermal pollution, nets and plastic debris, and acid mine drainage
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Eutrophication
increase in the concentration of chemical elements required for living things
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acid mine drainage
the acidic water that drains from mines
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3 types of underground water
Soil water, groundwater (rivers), aquifiers (lakes)
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What does engineering waterways do
food supply and flood control
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How much water is used in household toilets and showers
75%
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Who was John Muher
Father of conservation
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Who was Leopold
First to write philosophy of conservation
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Who was bob marshall
saved 100 million acres of american land and creared the wilderness society to protect wilderness
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Who was rosa ledge
proposed olympic national park
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Who was rachel carson
wrote silent spring

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