(unit 5) Economic Connections

Question 1

Fossil Fuels

Answer 1

oil, natural gas, and coal that form from decayed plant and animal material formed in sedimentary rock

Question 2

Starvation

Answer 2

extreme form of hunger where body tissues break down trying to provide protein and energy.

Question 3

Conventional

Answer 3

was/is used for a long time like oil, natural gas, hydro-electric, coal, & nuclear electricity

Question 4

Shaft Mining

Answer 4

EXTRACTS MINERALS DEEP INTO THE EARTH
(USING EXPLOSIVES)

Question 5

Open Pit Mining

Answer 5

extracts minerals from an open pit in the ground (CAN GO DEEP INTO THE EARTH)

Question 6

Hydro

Answer 6

source of energy are rivers w/ significant changes in elevation

Question 7

Nuclear

Answer 7

radioactive breakdown of uranium atoms

Question 8

Secondary

Answer 8

processing primary industry resources into products including manufacturing and construction

Question 9

Water Tables

Answer 9

The top of the saturated zone

Question 10

Famine

Answer 10

when a country or region does not have enough food to feed its population temporarily.

Question 11

Cooperatives

Answer 11

a type of agribusiness where each farmer owns their own share and recieves the benefit from it, and profits are divided according to amount of shares they put in.

(also pools money to share farming equipment.)

Question 12

Agribusiness

Answer 12

public or private company that involves multiple farmers

Question 13

Alternative

Answer 13

an energy source that is beginning to be used more frequently
-wind, solar & biomass energy

Question 14

Malnutrition

Answer 14

health is being damaged by an unhealthy diet that doesn’t meet their needs
-under nutrition or over nutrition

Question 15

Petajoule

Answer 15

unit measured by a very large amount of energy

Question 16

Run-off

Answer 16

Water that flows across lands, into rivers and lakes and eventually into the ocean

Question 17

Tertiary

Answer 17

largest sector of industry that support primary and secondary industries + serve society as a whole.

Question 18

Drainage Basins

Answer 18

Areas drained by a river and it’s tributaries (a river that flows into a larger river)
-canada has 5

Question 19

Green Revolution

Answer 19

advances in agriculture common in developed worlds being “exported” to developing worlds in ww2

Question 20

Vertical Integration

Answer 20

a business arrangement where different parts of manufacturing is managed by different companies

Question 21

Industrial Minerals

Answer 21

a natural rock/mineral that has economic value

Question 22

Wetlands

Answer 22

Areas saturated by water (marshes, bogs, swamps) giving habitat for diff. insects

Question 23

Metallic Minerals

Answer 23

metals that conduct electricity

Question 24

Thermal

Answer 24

source of burning coal, oil, gas, wood, or garbage to create steam

Question 25

Primary Industry

Answer 25

takes raw materials from their natural state and use them in manufacturing
-agriculture(farming), mining, forestry, fishing, oil, and natural gas

Question 26

Groundwater

Answer 26

water soaks into the ground through soil, sand, gravel, and porous rock

Question 27

Discharge Rate

Answer 27

the amount of water that flows through a drainage basin per month or yr

Question 28

There are two types of manufacturing. Explain them through the use of examples

Answer 28

Primary and Secondary manufacturing.

1. Primary

harvests raw minerals like steel/metals

2. Secondary

makes appliances from steel/other metals

Question 29

Through the use of an example, what is meant by the term “multiplier effect’?

Answer 29

effect on an economy by expansion or contraction.
Eg. every basic job = 3 non basic job made
every job lost = 3 non basic job lost

if 300 jobs are lost in an industry, 900 non-basic jobs are lost.

Question 30

Through the use of an example, explain the term “selective breeding”

Answer 30

a method used to improve the quality of livestock/organism by selectively breeding.

ex. a cow can be selectively bred to yield more meat and milk.

Question 31

What are GMO’s? give one argument for and against them

Answer 31

made by moving desirable genes from one to another.

for:
quicker results compared to selective breeding
reduce amounts of herbicides
resist disease

against:
benifits company not society
huge costs buying seeds each szn
fear of disrupting the environment
consumers have no idea what they’re buying bc theres no law to add labels

Question 32

Explain the term “sustainable agriculture” and a few ways to go about it

Answer 32

PRACTICES OF AGRICUlTURE PRODUCTION WITHOUT HARMIING THE ENVIRONMENT

-LARGE, LIGHTWEIGHT TREES THAT DONT HArm the ENVIRONMENT
-neutral FERTILIZERS THAT AVOID HARMFUL CHEMICALS/HERBIEDES/PESTICIDE EFFECTS
-CROP ROTATION (IMPROVES CROP fertility)

Question 33

Explain the pros and cons of using the following in today’s farming. Explain.
-fertilizers
-Herbicides
-Pesticides

Answer 33

Fertilizers
pro:
-increase yeild/profit
con:
-excessive GROWTH OF ALGAE, REMOVING OXYGEN FROM WATER, AND EFFECTS HEALTH OF FISH

herbicides:
pro:
-increase yeilds and profits
-kills weeds nd makes crops grow more easily w/o pest interference for sunlight/water
cons:
harmful to wildlife/humans

PESTICIDES:
PRO:
-INCREASE YEILD/PROFIT
-KILLS INSECTS TAHT DESTROY FRUIT, VEGGIES, GRAINS, AND TREES
CON:
KILLS USEFUL SPECIES
DISTURBS NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, CAUSING PEST POPULATION TO INCREASE
BUGS DEVELOP STRONGER PEST resistance=STRONGER CHEMICALS