Nres 100 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NRES 150 exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024 George Perkins Marsh - correct answer • Lawyer, philologist and diplomat • Man and Nature 1864 • Deforestation will turn into desertification • Influenced Pinchot John Muir - correct answer • Born in Scotland • Lived in Portage and attended UW-Madison • Sawmill, engineer, and rancher • Geology and glaciers • Sierra Club 1892 • Father of Preservationists -little to no consumptive use Gifford P...

Aquifer correct answer: An underground zone from which groundwater can be obtained Wetland Ecosystem Services correct answer: Wetlands mitigate floods, protect coastal areas from storms, improve water quality, recharge groundwater aquifers, serve as sinks, sources or transformers of materials, and produce food and goods for human use Groundwater correct answer: Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock Recharge zone correct answer: A land area into which wa...

Biomagnification - Answer Biological concentration; The tendency for some substances to concentrate with each trophic level. - toxic substances become increasingly concentrated within living organisms as they move up each step of the food chain. Point Source - Answer Sources of pollution such as smokestacks, pipes, or accidental spills that are readily identified and stationary Non-Point source - Answer These are diffuse sources of pollution such as urban runoff or automobile exhaust. T...

Biomagnification correct answer: Biological concentration; The tendency for some substances to concentrate with each trophic level. - toxic substances become increasingly concentrated within living organisms as they move up each step of the food chain. Point Source correct answer: Sources of pollution such as smokestacks, pipes, or accidental spills that are readily identified and stationary Non-Point source correct answer: These are diffuse sources of pollution such as urban runoff ...

NRES 100 Exam 1 Questions with complete solution 2023/2024Earth's carrying capacity for human population assuming today's technology and efficiency - correct answer 15 billion Ecosystem services (benefits we expect to derive from the environment - correct answer Fuel, food, climate regulation, water, aesthetic purposes, raw materials(lumber, skins, fuel wood, organic matter), minerals, medicinal resources, energy, genetic resources (crop improvement genes and health care) Scientific meth...

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...

NRES 100 Final Exam

NRES 100 Final Exam

Sustainable correct 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 correct answer: a system that cannot grow or survive on its own, is not renewed overtime so it cannot continue any longer. Biogeochemical Cycling correct answer: The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the 4 major physical reserv...