Desertification Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CYBR 4330 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Disaster recovery planning (DRP) - Answer-•While the organization's chief operations officer (COO) is generally responsible for the overall DR effort, the IT community of interest, under the leadership of the CIO, is usually given responsibility for the IT aspects of DR planning, as they are keenly interested in keeping IT systems available during and immediately following disasters. preparation for and recovery from a disaster, whether natur...

APES Final Exam Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024 Colorless, odorless gas that is a naturally occurring decay product of uranium - correct answer radon emitted from most manufactured building materials and furniture - correct answer formeldahyde Composed of fibers known to cause lung disease - correct answer asbestos Found in old plumbing pipes and fixtures and some ceramic glazes - correct answer lead solids liquids and gasses created through the compression of ancient org...

agriculture - Answer the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber subsistence agriculture - Answer level of farming in which a person raises only enough food to feed his or her family plant domestication - Answer altering the behaviors, size and genetics of plants to benefit humans First Agricultural Revolution - Answer The period roughly 10,000 years ago during which humans first began domesticating crops and animals terrace farming - Answ...

NRES 100 Exam 1 Questions 100% Correct Answers 2024. Earth's carrying capacity for human population assuming today's technology and efficiency - correct answer 15 billion Ecosystem services (benefits we expect to derive from the environment - correct 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 p...

LAND RESOURCES QUESTIONS Natural Resources ANSWER = Anything naturally occurring in the environment that humans use. Erosion ANSWER = The process by which water, ice, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil. Nutrient Depletion ANSWER = The situation that arises when more soil nutrients are used than the decomposers can supply. Desertification ANSWER = The advance of desert-like conditions into areas that previously were fertile; caused by over farming, overgrazing, droug...

George Perkins Marsh - ANSWER-• Lawyer, philologist and diplomat • Man and Nature 1864 • Deforestation will turn into desertification • Influenced Pinchot John Muir - 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 Pinchot - ANSWER-• 1865-1946 • Attended Yale and studied Forestry in Eur...

CYBR 4330 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Disaster recovery planning (DRP) - Answer-•While the organization's chief operations officer (COO) is generally responsible for the overall DR effort, the IT community of interest, under the leadership of the CIO, is usually given responsibility for the IT aspects of DR planning, as they are keenly interested in keeping IT systems available during and immediately following disasters. preparation for and recovery from a disaster, whether natura...

The year 1492 was considered a turning point because - ️️The Spanish established an exchange between Europe and the Americas. AIDS Epidemic - ️️This factor has affected economic development in southern African nations in the 21st century Desertification - ️️The condition with drought that has most directly forced the migration of people out of the southern regions bordering the Sahara. Why did large numbers of Hindus and Muslims migrate immediately after India gained its ind...

Which of the following is NOT true of polygyny in Islamic society? a.) it is allowed by the Qur'an under certain conditions b.) it is a common modern practice c.) less than 4% of men in North Africa have more than one wife d.) it requires all wives to be treated as equals - Answer- b.) it is a common modern practice Which of the following terms does NOT represent one aspect of the traditional family structure in North Africa and Southwest Asia? a.) communal b.) multigenerational c.) m...

What is urbanisation? Correct Answer The growth of a country's population living In an urban area What percentage of the world are urbanised? Correct Answer More than 50% (3.9 billion) of the world live in urban areas Why does urbanisation vary around the world? Correct Answer It varies between HIC which are more economically developed and LIC which are less economically developed. HIC have been industrialised so people already live in city's. What causes urbanisation? Correct Answer ...