Resource Use & Waste Management Exam Questions and Answers 2024

Microlivestock - Answer-Insects for food Commercial Extinction - Answer-Numbers are so small they be used too make money Desalination - Answer-Removing salt from ocean water to produce freshwater Malnutrition - Answer-Enough calories wrong combination of macronutrients Undernutrition - Answer-Not consuming enough calories Hydrological Poverty - Answer-Not being able to afford a safe supply of water Water Mining - Answer-Removing water faster than it recharges Doctrine of Riparian Rights - Answer-Anyone whose land adjoins a flowing stream can use the water as long is some is left for downstream Drip Irrigation Systems - Answer-A network of perforated tubes placed underground through which water seeps Overburden - Answer-Soil and rock covering a mineral deposit Ore - Answer-Rock containing enough metallic mineral to be mined profitably Reserve-to-Product Ratio - Answer-How long a resource will last at current consumption rates Surface Mining Techniques - Answer-Open put, dredging, area strip mining, contour strip mining, mountain top removal Petrochemicals - Answer-The products of oil distillation (asphalt, diesel, heating oil, gasoline)Metabolic Reserve - Answer-The unexposed part of grass needed for the plant's survival Deferred Grazing - Answer-Rotating grazing animals from field to field Solid Waste - Answer-Any unwanted or discarded material that is not a liquid or a gas Hazardous Waste - Answer-Any solid or liquid material that contains toxic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic compounds; easily catches fire; is reactive, or corrosive Ecoindustrial Revolution - Answer-Built around the concept of cleaner production or mimicry of natural chemical cycles. And the establishment of resource exchange webs Bio-Remediation - Answer-Using microorganisms and enzymes to treat hazardous waste