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Which of these is a renewable resource?
coal
timber
sand
natural gas - Timber
What is an ecological footprint? - How much land it takes to support your lifestyle.
Europeans coming to America perceived - Unlimited resources
What was the main management tool in the early Colonial Period? - Fire
What event in U.S History led to the creation of "public domain" that later turned into National Parks
and Forests? - The Louisiana purchase
What was the intent of the U.S purchasing public domain in the West? - To get land to promote
settlement and development.
Who was the first chief of thee US forest service? - Gifford Pinchot
Who was the founder of the Sierra Club? - John Muir
Who was known for being a utilitarian conservationist? - Gifford Pinchot
Who was known for being a preservationist conservationist? - John Muir
, Where are the great majority of our national forests in the US? - Western U.S
Why did San Francisco want to dam the hetch-hetchy valley? - To create a water reservoir to fight fires.
___________ wanted the hetch-hetchy dam built, while ____________ did not want the sam built. -
Gifford Pinchot; John Muir
Who was the first professor of the Wildlife management? - Aldo Leopold
In what era were the public works programs (CCC, SCS, AND TVA) formed? - New Deal
Who started the Ecological Era by writing the book Silent Spring? - Rachel Carson
Why can pesticides like DDT still be detected in organisms that weren't directly sprayed by it? -
Bioaccumulation
Which country is currently NOT signed on to the Paris Climate Accord? - USA
What level does the field of ecology NOT study? - Cells
What percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next? - 10%
What do detritivores eat? - Dead Organic matter
What is GPP (Gross primary productivity)? - Total rate of photosynthesis
What is NPP (net primary productivity)? - Rate of photosynthesis- cellular respiration.
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Which of these is a renewable resource?
coal
timber
sand
natural gas - Timber
What is an ecological footprint? - How much land it takes to support your lifestyle.
Europeans coming to America perceived - Unlimited resources
What was the main management tool in the early Colonial Period? - Fire
What event in U.S History led to the creation of "public domain" that later turned into National Parks
and Forests? - The Louisiana purchase
What was the intent of the U.S purchasing public domain in the West? - To get land to promote
settlement and development.
Who was the first chief of thee US forest service? - Gifford Pinchot
Who was the founder of the Sierra Club? - John Muir
Who was known for being a utilitarian conservationist? - Gifford Pinchot
Who was known for being a preservationist conservationist? - John Muir
, Where are the great majority of our national forests in the US? - Western U.S
Why did San Francisco want to dam the hetch-hetchy valley? - To create a water reservoir to fight fires.
___________ wanted the hetch-hetchy dam built, while ____________ did not want the sam built. -
Gifford Pinchot; John Muir
Who was the first professor of the Wildlife management? - Aldo Leopold
In what era were the public works programs (CCC, SCS, AND TVA) formed? - New Deal
Who started the Ecological Era by writing the book Silent Spring? - Rachel Carson
Why can pesticides like DDT still be detected in organisms that weren't directly sprayed by it? -
Bioaccumulation
Which country is currently NOT signed on to the Paris Climate Accord? - USA
What level does the field of ecology NOT study? - Cells
What percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next? - 10%
What do detritivores eat? - Dead Organic matter
What is GPP (Gross primary productivity)? - Total rate of photosynthesis
What is NPP (net primary productivity)? - Rate of photosynthesis- cellular respiration.
