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NRES 100 Final Exam 2024.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 ...

NRES 456 Midterm Questions And Answers 100% Verified 2024. Traditional management (5) - correct answer. - emphasis on commodities and natural resource extraction - predictability and control - equilibrium perspective: stability, climax communities - site specific - solutions developed by resource management agencies Ecosystem Management - correct answer. - emphasis on balance between commodities and ecological integrity - Shifting mosaics - dynamics an...

NRES 100 Exam 1 Complete Study Guide Exam 2024. sustainable - correct 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 - correct answer the maximum number of individuals of a species th...

NRES 101 Midterm Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - correct answer True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - correct answer - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - correct answer The formation of two species from one ancestral species

NRES 100 Exam 1 Questions 100% Correct Answers 2024. Earth'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 method p...

NRES 100 UIUC Exam 1 Questions Correctly Answered 2024. 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...

NRES 101 Midterm 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - ANSWER True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - ANSWER - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - ANSWER The formation of 2 species from 1 ancestral species What factors lead to speciation - ANSWER - natural selection - sexual selec...

bulk density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/ total soil volume (cm^3) Pore density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/volume of soil solids (cm^3) % pore space equation - Answer 100 - ((BD/PD) x 100) organic matter in prairie vs forest soils - Answer forest: all in O horizon, down to about half a meter prairie: slow decline from O horizon all the way down to 2m classifying land parcels - Answer description within sector (i.e. S 1/2 NE 1/4), Sector number (remember how to cou...