Sustainable Use Of Resources

Question 1

Non-renewable resources

Answer 1

Cannot be replaced by nature

Question 2

Renewable resources

Answer 2

Can be replaced by nature

Question 3

What is overgrazing?

Answer 3

Livestock eat too much plant cover on rangelands , not allowing land to replenish

Question 4

Largest cause of soil degradation ?

Answer 4

Overgrazing

Question 5

How can we prevent overgrazing ?

Answer 5

Public awareness on pasturelands,protecting certain areas,reducing number of animals fed on land,rotate grazing land

Question 6

What is overfishing?

Answer 6

Removing organisms from marine environment , not giving them enough time to replenish

Question 7

Effects of overfishing ?

Answer 7

Species + ecosystems are lost,ocean could collapse,loss of habitat,overcapacity,invasive species,unselective fishing practices

Question 8

Gill nets results in?

Answer 8

Wastage , collect more fish than needed,overharvesting

Question 9

Drift nets ?

Answer 9

Snare fish at their gills , nets hang vertically in water

Question 10

Longlines result in ?

Answer 10

Disrupts coral , other fish which are not needed are caught

Question 11

Purse Seine nets ?

Answer 11

Large wall of net , closes at bottom , catch tuna

Question 12

Trawlers ?

Answer 12

Devastates marine ecosystems

Question 13

Sustainable fishing ?

Answer 13

Introduce quota system , control total allowable catch , improve fisheries

Question 14

What is sustainability?

Answer 14

Ability to maintain something or to sustain itself

Question 15

Sustainable development?

Answer 15

Alternatives to protect,conserve to prolong our resources and environment

Question 16

Sustainable agriculture?

Answer 16

Crop rotations , mixed farms allow use of manure ,conserving natural areas,farming multiple crops = reduce financial risk

Question 17

Free Range

Answer 17

Animals graze on their own time , not kept in cages , natural process

Question 18

Factory Farming

Answer 18

Animals kept in cages , bigger size meat , animals cannot move around freely

Question 19

Food security

Answer 19

Everyone has access to healthy nutritional food ——> healthy lifestyle

Question 20

Appropriate farming techniques

Answer 20

Plant crops near each other ——> pests cannot destroy crops
Waste products ——> replenish nutrients in soil
Crops are rotated ——> maintain nutrients in soil
Animals treated fairly
Animals fed properly

Question 21

Cloning of animals

Answer 21

Producing a genetically identical copy of an organism

Question 22

Advances in animal nutrition

Answer 22

Genetically modified crops with nutritional benefits

Question 23

Veterinary medicine

Answer 23

Deals with —-> prevention , diagnosis , treatment of diseases , injury and disorders

Question 24

Artificial insemination

Answer 24

Injecting semen into uterus of female animal

Question 25

Embryo transfer

Answer 25

Embryos placed into uterus of female animal to establish pregnancy