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- 1. Multiple Choice
Non-renewable resource examples
Solar energy, wind power, and hydroelectric powerTrees, water, and soilPlastic, paper, and glassFossil fuels, minerals, and natural gas - 2. Multiple Choice
Renewable resource examples
Coal, natural gas, oilNuclear energy, geothermal energy, biomassSolar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric powerPlastic, metal, glass - 3. Open Ended
How would you describe 'sustainability'?
- 4. Multiple Choice
Resource Management
Managing financial diversity for government agencies
Management of renewable resources
Managing how resources are harvested so they aren't depleted
Managing profit shares for logging companies
- 5. Open Ended
Suggest one way you think forests could be managed that allow for logging as well as preservation of that ecosystem?
- 6. Multiple Choice
T/F - Resource managers make decisions based on scientific research, politics, economics and social issues
True
False
- 7. Open Ended
Explain some ways that soil and water are similar as renewable resources
- 8. Open Ended
Why do you think resource managers consider it best to consider the whole ecosystem over a single resource in an area?
- 9. Multiple Choice
What renewable resource is made by the erosion of rocks and decomposition of organisms?
plasticconcretemetalsoil - 10. Multiple Choice
What is the uppermost layer of soil in the ground referred to as?
BottomsoilUnderground soilTopsoilSkysoil - 11. Multiple Choice
T/F - Topsoil is generated rapidly
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
What most of Earth's fresh water is used for
Drinking
Maintaining Wildlife
Energy
Watering Crops
- 13. Open Ended
Describe what happens to the foodweb of an ecosystem when its top predator populations decrease dramatically (such as the case with North Atlantic Cod). Be specific. Answers such as 'it changes' aren't accepted.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What do the laws in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) aim to reduce
Introduction of invasive organisms into new areas
Profiting from wildlife in ecotourism
The mistreatment of captive animals in foreign countries
Illegal poaching of endangered species
- 15. Multiple Choice
Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)
The average yield that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite periodThe largest amount that can be harvested without reducing future harvests
The yield that can only be taken from a species' stock for a limited period of timeThe smallest yield that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period - 16. Multiple Choice
Which growth rate is represented by the middle section of a logistic curve?
carrying capacity
rapid growth
slow growth
population decrease
- 17. Multiple Choice
Ecosystem based management
Prioritizing economic benefits over ecological healthFocusing only on individual speciesConsideration of the entire ecosystemIgnoring the impact on the environment - 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the three resource management methods involves scientifically testing different management approaches in an area, one after the other for a customized plan?
Maximum Sustainable Yield
Ecosystem Based Management
Adaptive Management
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