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NREM 120 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Multi-pronged approach to the Green Revolution - Answer-1. focus on cultivars - breeding plants to grow better 2. fertilizer/pesticides - intensive, industrail inpusts 3. mechanization 4. size 5. monocultures - specializes on growing one thing Things Norman Borlaug did - Answer-straight breeding - now GMOs; shrunk weat to make it stiffer and stronger; green revolution Green revolution's high yeilds are due to - Answer-- Irrigation - inorgani...

NREM 120 Practice Exam Questions and Answers Total human population statistics - Answer--7 billion people right now -84 billion people ever born -about 7-8% of all humans ever born are still alive now Stage I of Demographic Transition - Answer-Conditions of a pre-modern society -high death rate -high birth rate Stage II of Demographic Transition - Answer--death rates fall (sometimes rapidly) -economic development brings better jobs, medical care, sanitation, and a better standard o...

60-100 - Normal HR per minute. 96.8-99.5 - Normal temperature in Fahrenheit. 12-20 - Normal respirations per minute. 120/80 - Normal BP. Pain - 5th vital sign. Apical pulse - Vital signs that should be checked prior to giving digoxin. Sacrament of the Sick - For Roman Catholic's, what is important during severe illness or possible pending death? NREM - Type of sleep accounting for 75-80% of sleep during the night. Grieving - Normal emotional reaction to a loss. Same as RN - Standard o...

NREM 120 Exam Questions with Revised Answers Which of the following is NOT true about DDT? - Answer-persists in the environment for two-three months Which of the following is an example of consumptive use of wildlife? - Answer-hunting Suppose that you decided to stop spraying the pesticides that control lawn pests around your house. Over the next couple years, you noticed that the lawn grass was gradually replaced by native species of plants. This results in all of the following except __...

NREM 120 Final Exam Questions with Answers Which of the following is NOT true about carbon dioxide? - Answer-it may cause emphysema and skin cancer it is produced in much greater quantities than other greenhouse gases it has the most significant i mpact on human induced global warming it is produced during the comnusion of fossil fuels Which of the following is a consequence of acidic deposition? - Answer-it reduces or terminated reproduction of many aquatic organisms Which of the fo...

NREM 120 Exam 1 Questions and Answers What are the five largest countries? - Answer-1. China 2. India 3. USA 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil What factors affect birth rates? - Answer-Average level of education and affluence -Importance of children in family labor force -Urbanization -High cost of raising and educating children -Women's educational & employment opportunities (small loan programs) Why is the growth rate exponential and so fast? - Answer-Because people are living lon...

NREM 120 Exam 2 Questions with Answers How to expand agriculture - Answer-, improvements, take over other resources from someone else, draw down resources (oil) Norman Borlaug is remembered for - Answer-The "Green Revolution" out in field all the time. How did Japan get its resources? - Answer-import 75% of grain, 65% of wood, most of fossil fuels. what is the best way to control fungi? - Answer-selective fungicide why might 20% b.t corn be planted in fields of single gene Bt. cor...

NREM 120 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is not true of organic farming - Answer-excludes the use of any pesticides. Land Institute - Answer-Developed wheat, sorghum and sunflowers that do not need replanting yearly. National Parks Service - Answer-Administers parks, historical sites and monuments. Protects natural resources for future generations, encourages wildlife observation and environmental education. It was established in 1916 Green Certification - Answer-Takes into acc...

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NREM 120 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS What makes invasive species successful? - Answer-Many are opportunistic, can live under poor conditions, have various ways of dispersal, reproduce rapidly and a lot, and have no natural predators Characteristics of invasive species: - Answer--outcompete natives -produce and disperse lots of seeds, colonize new areas -early emergence -displace native species -high reproductive success -hardy -aggressive -lack predators, lack diseases, lac...