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NRS 100- 2nd test
2nd test
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 2
11/16/2009

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Term
CMV
Definition
Charismatic Mega Vertebrae
Term
Malthus vs Marx
Definition
Human population needs to be check vs social justice to alleviate exploitation and oppression is the only way to solve population problem.
Term
When was the Endangered Species Act created?
Definition
1973
Term
3 types of erosion
Definition
Sheet erosion: surface water or wind peel off thin layers of soil
Rill erosion: water cuts small channels
Gully erosion: water cuts deeper dikes and gullies
Term
1960 Multiple use Sustained Act
Definition
have to manage national forests for timber production, watershed management, wildlife habitat preservation and recreation
(Forest service skewed management priorities)
Term
4 types of forest cutting
Definition
High grading-going and harvesting the best trees in a stand
Selective cutting- only some trees are cut in a stand (should take the garbage ones, not the best ones)
Clear cutting- cutting all the trees in a stand
Strip cutting- cut strips of trees in a stand
Term
coppicing
Definition
encouraging stump sprouts
Term
seed tree
Definition
leaving a few mature trees to become seeders for the next generation
Term
First National Park and when?
Definition
Yellowstone in 1872.
Term
CITES and Apendixes
Definition
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
I-endangered animals
II- threatened animals
III- animals the country has asked to be on the list
Term
US energy percentages
Definition
Coal- 23%
Oil-39%
Natural Gas- 23%
Nuclear power- 8%
Renewable- 7%
Term
World energy percentages
Definition
Coal- 22%
Oil-33%
Natural Gas- 21%
Nuclear power- 6%
Renewable- 18%
Term
OPEC & it's 13 countries
Definition
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries- Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
Term
How many acres are need to support the US lifestyle?
Definition
5 acres
Term
2 major diseases associated with malnutrition?
Definition
Iodine deficiency (Goiter) and Iron deficiency (Anemic)
Term
Demographic transition
Definition
As countries become industrialized first their death rates and then their birth rates decline. 4 stages: Postindustrial, Transitional, Industrial, Post Industrial
Term
Passive vs Active solar heating
Definition
Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly with a well-insulated structure without the need for pumps or fans. Vs absorbing energy from the sun by pumping a heat-absorbing fluid through special collectors usually mounted on a roof or on special racks to face the sun. Some used directly while the rest is stored in an insulated container to be used as needed.
Term
Oil Sand
Definition
Composed of a sticky, heavy oil called bitumen.
Term
Shale Oil
Definition
Solid combustible Kerogen
Term
Evolution of Coal
Definition
Peat (not coal) > Lignite (brown coal) > Bituminous (soft coal) > Antracite (hard coal)
Goes from more moisture and volatiles to more carbon.
Term
Pielou's Equation
Definition
P(E) - (d/b)No

relative measure of the probability of a population going extinct over a long period of time.
d/b are instantaneous rates
No-starting population
Term
Doubling Formula
Definition
70/% in whole numbers
Term
Urban growth
Definition
pulled by promise of jobs, food, housing, educational opportunities, better health care, entertainment, and freedom from religious, racial, political conflicts. Pushed by poverty, lack of land for growing food, declining agricultural jobs, famine and war.
Term
How much wilderness is protected? How much is recommended?
Definition
4% is protected and 20% is recommended.
Term
Advantages and Disadvantages of Conventional Oil
Definition
Ample supply for 42-93 years, low cost, high net energy yield, easily transported within and between countries, low land use, technology well developed and efficient distribution system. Vs. Need to find substitutes, large government subsidies, environmental costs not included in market price, artificially low price encourages waste and discourages alternatives, pollutes air, releases CO2 and causes water pollution.
Term
What's special about Curitiba, Brazil?
Definition
It's an ecocity. cars are banned, recycles a lot, uses great mondern bus transport, poor can exchange garbage for food and other supplies are given health benefits and encouraged to build themselves up. High pollution standards. Bottom apartments are stores.
Term
Ideal Pesticide
Definition
Kills only the target pest, does not cause genetic resistance, disappears or breakdown into something harmless after doing it's job, is cost-effective to use.
Term
US highest TFR
Definition
3.5 during the baby boom, now down to about 2.1
Term
How long can coal last?
Definition
225 to 900 years
Term
Total cost of electricity from different sources
Definition
Solar cells, Coal, natural gas, nuclear, biomass, hydropower, geothermal and wind.
(Highest to Lowest)
Term
Crude Oil reserves in Alaska could last for?
Definition
7 to 24 months.
Term
City Micro-climate
Definition
reradiates heat, produces heat, stops wind from entering city (Heat islands), temperature extremes less severe (daytime shading and nightime reradiation)
Orographic effect (domes of warm air over a city force moisture-laden clouds upwards triggering rain) Dust domes trap pollutants, causes disease and degradation.
Term
Big Natural Gas reserves?
Definition
Russia, Iran, Qatar
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