ecology lec 3

Question 1

sustainability

Answer 1

using resources in the environment such that they can replenish themselves naturally, not overwhelming the capacity of the environment to cleanse and renew itself by natural processes

Question 2

natural capital

Answer 2

natural resources and natural services that support life on earth and our world’s economies.

Question 3

ecosystem services

Answer 3

natural processes or services that support life on earth & essential to quality of human life and functioning world’s econmies

Question 4

intercrop

Answer 4

a sustainable farming technique where 2 or 3 crops are grown together in the same field (usually alternating rows of 2 different crops). helps with soil erosion & mask smell

Question 5

crop rotation

Answer 5

rotating 2 or more crops on a particular field (so the same crop is not grown repeatedly) this helps to prevent soil depletion [taking minerals out] but also soil erosion

Question 6

legumes

Answer 6

plants in the pea family (peas, beans)these plants have nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their roots and help replenish nitrogen in the soil

Question 7

border crop

Answer 7

a row of non-food plants (flowers or native bushes) that line the edge of fields meant to attract beneficial organisms (insects, bats, birds that will eat pest insects on the farm)

Question 8

cover crop

Answer 8

planting a non-food crop in a field to help replenish the soil nutrients usually involves a non-food legume or other plant with nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Question 9

Envionement Impact (EI)

Answer 9

People X A.ffluence or AVG resource use X T.echnology Impact. T = (T = the harmful and beneficial impacts of the technologies involved in consumption)

Question 10

ecological footprint

Answer 10

measure of how much of earth is needed to produce energy and breakdown the pollution from 1 person [[WWF: measure of people natural resource consumption]]

Question 11

ecological footprint

Answer 11

amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply a population with the renewable resources it uses and to absorb or dispose of the wastes from such resource use. Measure of AVG ENV impact of population in differen countries and areas. See per capita ecological footprint

Question 12

pollution sources

Answer 12

indusrial, urban, commercial agriculture

Question 13

polluion impacts

Answer 13

health, enviroment, animals, plants

Question 14

affluenza

Answer 14

describes the unsustainable addiction to overconsumption and materialism exhibited in the lifestyles of affluent consumers in the US