Aldo leopold Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Environment correct answers The external surroundings that act on an organism, population, or community and influence its survival and development. Environmental value(s system) correct answers This is a worldview or paradigm that shapes the way an individual, or group of people, perceives and evaluates environmental issues. Minamata disaster/disease correct answers This is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. The Chico Corporation built a chemicals factor in Minamat...

William Henry - Answer-- 1891 - set aside 1.2 million acres Gifford Pinchot - Answer-"greatest good for the greatest number in long run" - Friends with Theadore Roosevelt - Appointed first chief forester of U.S. Forest Service Teddy Roosevelt - Answer-- created U.S. park service - 5 national parks - 18 monuments - 51 bird sanctuaries - 100 M acres of national forest John Muir - Answer-- Yosemite - petrified forest - grand canyon - sierra club Aldo Leopold - Answer-- The Land Ethi...

NREM 120 Exam 1 Questions and Answers What are the five largest countries? - Answer-1. China 2. India 3. USA 4. Indonesia 5. Brazil What factors affect birth rates? - Answer-Average level of education and affluence -Importance of children in family labor force -Urbanization -High cost of raising and educating children -Women's educational & employment opportunities (small loan programs) Why is the growth rate exponential and so fast? - Answer-Because people are living lon...

Aldo Leopold wrote A Sand County Almanac published a year after his death in 1948; promoted a "Land Ethic" in which humans are ethically responsible for serving as the protectors of nature. John Muir founded Sierra Club in 1892; preservationist Rachel Carson one of the first people to realize the global dangers of pesticide abuse (DDT). Wrote Silent Spring. Fourier or Pouillet Person who coined phrase "Greenhouse Effect" Murray Bookchin social ecology Tragedy of the Commons si...

Later in his life, pioneering environmental philosopher Aldo Leopold would have most likely agreed with which one of the following statements? - Humans are members of the landcommunity. How did the agricultural revolution lead to an increase in human population numbers? - The shift from a nomadic lifestyle to settling down on farms led to people producing more food to meet their nutritional needs, and therefore, having more children. Which of the following is the study of how the natural wo...

Who provides federal aid (money) to state wildlife agencies to pay for hunting projects - Answer U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service This is not a source of hunter education funding - Answer State Highway Department Why do we have hunting laws - Answer To conserve wildlife for future generations to enjoy Aldo Leopold, the "father of wildlife management" once said ETHICAL BEHAVIOR is - Answer Doing the right thing when no one else is watching

Wilderness Act created in what year? - correct answer 1964 "W" stands for, "w" stands for? - correct answer "W"-designated wilderness/ "w-idea of wilderness First National Park? - correct answer Yellowstone Second National Park? - correct answer Yosemite First State Park? - correct answer Niagara Falls First State park east of Mississippi? - correct answer Acadia Bob Marshall? - correct answer Started Wilderness Society Aldo Leopold? - correct answer Wrote A Sand Coun...

Who was our most conservation minded President? - Answer-Theodore Roosevelt What is Natural Resources Management? - Answer-Art and science of the analysis, planning, direct manipulation and/or preservation and restoration of critical elements of the natural and modified world. What are some examples of natural resources? - Answer-Soil, water, air, vegetation, wildlife focusing on sustaining ecological communities and quality of life for present and future generations. What does the term co...

Who was our most conservation minded President? - Answer-Theodore Rosevelt What is Natural Resources Management? - Answer-art and science of the analysis, planning, direct manipulation and/or preservation and restoration of critical elements of the natural and modified world. What are some examples of natural resources? - Answer-soil, water, air, vegetation, wildlife What does the term conservation mean? What did it originally mean? - Answer-referred to the management, , and minerals as we...

Abiotic Factors - Answer-The physical factors such as soil, rock, temperature, moisture, sunlight. Aldo Leopold - Answer-Pinchot's student; wrote "The Land Ethic" and said "we abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us" Allopatric Speciation - Answer-The new population evolves independently of the first, creating a new species. Anthropocentric - Answer-The belief the humans hold a special place in nature, decisions are based around human needs and interests. Benth...