Resource Utilization

Question 1

Agroforestry

Answer 1

When trees and crops are planted together, creating a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between them

Question 2

Aquaculture

Answer 2

The raising of fish and other aquatic species in captivity for harvest

Question 3

Bottom Trawling

Answer 3

A fishing technique in which the ocean floor is scraped by heavy nets that smash everything in their path

Question 4

By-Catch

Answer 4

Any other species of fish, mammals, or birds that are caught that are not the target organism

Question 5

Capture Fisheries

Answer 5

Fish production in which fish are caught in the wild and not raised in captivity for consumption

Question 6

Clear-Cutting

Answer 6

The removal of all of the trees in the area

Question 7

Conservation

Answer 7

The management or regulation of a resource so that its use does not exceed the capcity of the resource to regenerate itself

Question 8

Consumption

Answer 8

The day-to-day use of environmental resources such as food, clothing, and housing

Question 9

Contour Plowing

Answer 9

A process in which rows of crops are plowed across the hillside; this prevents erosion that can occur when rows are cut up and down on a slope

Question 10

Deforestation

Answer 10

The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation

Question 11

Drift Nets

Answer 11

Nets that drift free in the water and indiscriminately catch everything in their path

Question 12

Ecosystem Captial (natural capital)

Answer 12

The value of natural resources

Question 13

Fishery

Answer 13

The industry or occupation devoted to the catching, processing, or selling of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic animals

Question 14

Greenbelt

Answer 14

Open or forested areas built at the outer edge of the city

Question 15

Ground Fires

Answer 15

Smoldering fires that take place in bogs or swamps and can burn underground for days or weeks; originating from surface fires, ground fires are difficult to detect and extinguish

Question 16

Intercropping (strip cropping)

Answer 16

The practice of planting bands of different crops across a hillside

Question 17

Long Lining

Answer 17

In fishing, the use of long lines with baited hooks, which will be taken by numerous aquatic organims

Question 18

Malnutrition

Answer 18

Poor nutrition that results from insufficient or poorly balanced diet

Question 19

Mineral Deposit

Answer 19

An area where a particular mineral is concentrated

Question 20

Mining

Answer 20

The excavation of teh Earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals

Question 21

Monoculture

Answer 21

When just one type of plant is being planted in a large area

Question 22

Natural Resources

Answer 22

Biotic and Abiotic natural ecosystems

Question 23

Nonrenewable Resources

Answer 23

Resources that are often formed by very slow geologic processes, and therefore considered incapable of being regenerated within the realm of human existence

Question 24

No-Till methods

Answer 24

Refers to when farmers plant seeds without using a plow to turn the soil

Question 25

Old Growth Forest

Answer 25

A forest that has never been cut; they have not been seriously disturbed for several hundred years

Question 26

Overgrazed

Answer 26

When grass is consumed by animals at a faster rate than it can regrow

Question 27

Preservation

Answer 27

The maintainence of a species or ecosystem in order to ensure its perpetuation, with no concern as to their potential monetary value

Question 28

Production

Answer 28

The use of environmental resources for profit

Question 29

Renewable Resources

Answer 29

Refers to resources, such as plants and animals, which can be regenerated if harvested at sustainable yields

Question 30

Second Growth Forests

Answer 30

Areas where cutting has occured and a new, younger forest has arisen

Question 31

Selective Cutting

Answer 31

The removal of select trees in an area, leaving the majority of the habitat in place and therefore having less of an impact on the ecosystem

Question 32

Shelter-wood cutting

Answer 32

When mature trees are cut over a period of time (usually 10-20 years), leaving mature trees, which can reseed the forest, in place

Question 33

Silviculture

Answer 33

The management of forest plantations for the purpose of harvesting timber

Question 34

Slash and Burn

Answer 34

When an area of vegetation is cut down and burned before being planted with crops

Question 35

Surface Fires

Answer 35

Fires that typically burn only the forest’s underbrush and do little damage to mature trees; these fires actually serve to protect the forest from more harmful fires by removing underbrush and dead materials that would burn quickly and at high temperatures

Question 36

Tailings

Answer 36

Piles of gangue, which is the waste material that results from mining

Question 37

Traditional Subsistence Agriculture

Answer 37

When each family in a community grows crops for themselves and relies on animal and human labor to plant and harvest crops

Question 38

Terracing

Answer 38

Creating flat platforms in the hillside that provide a level planting surface, which reduces soil runoff from the slope

Question 39

Tree Farms

Answer 39

Planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use; also known as plantations

Question 40

Uneven-aged Management

Answer 40

The broad category under which selective cutting and shelter-wood cutting fall; selective deforestation