Nres 100 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

sustainable - Answer - a resource is used in a way that it continues to be available and the ecosystem retains its functions and structure. - ensuring that future generations have equal opportunities to access the resources that our planet offers - types of developments that are economically viable, do not harm the environment, and are socially just carrying capacity - Answer the maximum number of individuals of a species that can be sustained by an environment (without decreasing the capac...

Sustainable - Answer management of natural resources and the environment with goals of allowing the harvest of resources to remain at or above a specified level, ecosystem retains its functions and structure Unsustainable - Answer a system that cannot grow or survive on its own, is not renewed overtime so it cannot continue any longer. Biogeochemical Cycling - Answer The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the 4 major physical reservoirs: atmosphere, hydros...

What is an invasive Species - Answer A species that lands in a new place and upsets the natural balance. The cause of majority of extinctions today. Examples of Invasive Species - Answer Kudzu, cheatgrass, brown tree snake What is the best way to deal with invasive species? - Answer 1. Don't let them in 2. Triage Approach: Prevention, Eradicatoin, Control 3. Monitor the species 10s Rule - Answer Approx. 10% of all exotic plants that are brought to a new region will escape to the wild...

aquifer - Answer an underground zone from which groundwater can be obtained water budget - Answer a model that tracks the rates of input, output, and storage of water in a region or in a water system what is NOT a natural service function of wetlands? - Answer wetlands are home to 80% of endangered animals and 52% of endangered plants desalination is a promising source of water for some locations because: - Answer desalination is a potential water source for even the most arid coastal a...