Nres 100 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

T/F: The ocean is an important sink for excess CO2 emitted from the burning of fossil fuels. - Ans TRUE T/F: Climate refers to the minute-to-minute or day-to-day conditions of Earth's atmosphere at a particular location and time, whereas weather refers to the conditions of a place over a long period of time. - Ans FALSE (definitions should be switched)

NRES 150 exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024 George Perkins Marsh - correct answer • Lawyer, philologist and diplomat • Man and Nature 1864 • Deforestation will turn into desertification • Influenced Pinchot John Muir - correct answer • Born in Scotland • Lived in Portage and attended UW-Madison • Sawmill, engineer, and rancher • Geology and glaciers • Sierra Club 1892 • Father of Preservationists -little to no consumptive use Gifford P...

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Earth's carrying capacity for human population assuming today's technology and efficiency - Answer 15 billion Ecosystem services (benefits we expect to derive from the environment - Answer Fuel, food, climate regulation, water, aesthetic purposes, raw materials(lumber, skins, fuel wood, organic matter), minerals, medicinal resources, energy, genetic resources (crop improvement genes and health care) Scientific method parts - Answer observations, inference, fact, hypothesis Theories - ...

NRES 100 UIUC Exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024 Sustainable - correct answer management of natural resources and the environment with goals of allowing the harvest of resources to remain at or above a specified level, ecosystem retains its functions and structure Unsustainable - correct answer a system that cannot grow or survive on its own, is not renewed overtime so it cannot continue any longer. Biogeochemical Cycling - correct answer The flow of chemical elements and ...

NRES 100 UIUC Exam 1

How does Leopold's January embody the scientific method? - Answer Answer: January embodies the scientific method because he is observing the natural world around him, he observes the skunk track, hypothesizes that the skunk is wandering because the natural world is waking up once more, he experiments by following the track and observing all the life that is going on, the hawk, the meadow mouse, muskrat, owletc. He analyzes the skunks motive and movement. And reconsiders the skunks motives. W...

NRES 100 UIUC Exam 1

sustainable - Answer - a resource is used in a way that it continues to be available and the ecosystem retains its functions and structure. - ensuring that future generations have equal opportunities to access the resources that our planet offers - types of developments that are economically viable, do not harm the environment, and are socially just carrying capacity - Answer the maximum number of individuals of a species that can be sustained by an environment (without decreasing the capac...

NRES 100 Exam 1