Geo 100

Question 1

Greenhouse Effect (4 things)
 AS+PBE

Answer 1

• Gases in the atmosphere trap heat
  both natural and proper for life on earth

Greenhouse gases absorbs the suns energy, slowing or preventing the heat from escaping into space
the gases act like a blanket, making the earth warmer that it otherwise would be and throwing off the the energy balance of the planet

so
gases absorb sun energy
slows and prevents heat from escpaing into space
gases act like a blanket and make the earth warmer than it should be becaues it throws the energy balance of the planet off

Question 2

what is the most potent greenhouse gases?

Answer 2

Flourinated gases

Question 3

The carbon cycle

Answer 3

The movement of carbon between the crust, atmoshphere, plants, soil, and animals

Question 4

Photosynethesis

Answer 4

conversion of carbon dioxide into organic compounds

Question 5

weather

Answer 5

daily atmospheric conditions, temp and precipiation

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

long term weather, 30 year moving average of weather conditions
conditions that can be expected to occur based on previous weather during a given time of year (season)

Question 7

why did the greenhouse gases increased?

Answer 7

Human alteration of the carbon cycle
methane from livestock, fossil fuels, and waste disposal
nitrious oxide from cars, fertilizers and industrial activity

Question 8

Reducing emissions (developed country)

Answer 8

emitted the most CO2 in the atmosphere in order to becom developed and emits more than less developed per captia

Question 9

reducing emissions (under-developed country)

Answer 9

emit less co2 per capita but have higher pop growth

if they eventually emit as much per capita as developed they will have bhig emissions as well

Question 10

most water around the world has been seen as?

Answer 10

common property resource

Question 11

bottle water includes

Answer 11

spring water, artesian water from underground resources, mineral water occurs naturally, purified water usually filtered municipal tap water
fortified products that have included nutrient additives

Question 12

environmental impacts of bottled water

Answer 12

bottled water is marketed as clean and friendly however
the life cycle analysis shows because of fossil fuels use to make and transport bottles
bottles discarded improperly or in landfills

Question 13

Bottle water in industrialized countries…

Answer 13

associated with health and wealth (affluence) lifestyle choice

Question 14

Bottle water In developing countries..

Answer 14

used to replace supplies that are becoming scarce, polluted or privatized.
water systems don’t have the capacity for the influx of people (being born into the world )

Question 15

How has water become expensive and privatized

Answer 15

municipal water companies turned over to private companies, privatization is common in under-developed countries leaving many without access to clean and affordable water

Question 16

The three types of water scarcity

Answer 16

hydrological, techno-economic, perceptual

Question 17

hydrological scarcity

Answer 17

lack of water due to climatology and hydrological factors
affluence and technology
ex) deserts, United Arab Emirates

Question 18

Techno-economic scarcity

Answer 18

lack of water due to lack of infrastructure or treatment
often occurs in rapidly urbanizing underdeveloped areas
ex) Mexico

Question 19

Perceptual Scarcity

Answer 19

water is perceived to be scarce of hazardous even where there is widespread availabillity of potable water
developed countries
ex) Europe and United states

Question 20

Risk assessment

Answer 20

could determine if the bottled water is safer than tap water or if it is a matter of risk perception

Question 21

Is bottled water safer than tap?

Answer 21

depends on location, most bottled water is packaged tap, in the U.S tap water is more strictly regulated than bottled water

Question 22

Primitive Accumulation

Answer 22

water is appropriated and turned from a common resource into a commodity, then sold back to poeple for profit

Question 23

Overproduction

Answer 23

companies produce too much of a product or to many choices of one
they have to creat demand through marketing and packaging
affluent people will then purchase a product they can get for almost free

Question 24

Where were potatoes cultivated?

Answer 24

The Andes

Question 25

What potato does one rely on most?

Answer 25

The Russet Burbank Potato

Question 26

Domesticate

Answer 26

to change a plant or animal from its wild characteristics to better fit human needs.

Question 27

Columbian Exchange

Answer 27

The transportation of precious metals, food and other goods between Europe and the colonies

Question 28

The potatoe was considered

Answer 28

Peasant food, not suitable for upper classes, grew more succesfully than cereals

Question 29

What cultivar did the Irish depend on?

Answer 29

The lumper

Question 30

What is the Lumper?

Answer 30

The lumper was the victim of a potatoe blight that destroyed the crops in 1845, 1847, 1848
although people across Europe suffered, the Irish were hit espeicially hard (Over 1 million irish died , thousands of others fell ill)

Question 31

why didnt the lumper potatoe become widespread (2 factors)

Answer 31

the Irish potatoe to North America prior to the blight but, it did not become widespread at first because
prejudice against the colonizers (erupoeans) trying to settle and force potato cultivation on the Native Americans

Question 32

why is the russet burbank hard to grow?

Answer 32

requires increasing amounts of inputs such as pesticides, fertilizers, water, and energy

Question 33

Eating what we choose and choosing what we eat?

Answer 33

Potatoes present a health risk to the human bodies as well as the enviroment (linked)
our understanding of what foods we should