Nrm 1401 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Why is water an important resource? What are some of the most important human uses of water? - Answer-- Water in the earth's atmosphere buffers temperature. This property of water makes life on earth possible. - Humans drink water, use it to clean themselves and other things we use, and use it to grow crops What is the name of the aquifer located on the Southern Great Plains that provides much of the drinking and irrigation water for our area? - Answer-Ogallala Aquifer What is the cash cr...

Why is water an important resource? What are some of the most important human uses of water? - Answer-- Water in the earth's atmosphere buffers temperature. This property of water makes life on earth possible. - Humans drink water, use it to clean themselves and other things we use, and use it to grow crops What is the name of the aquifer located on the Southern Great Plains that provides much of the drinking and irrigation water for our area? - Answer-Ogallala Aquifer What is the cash cr...

What is Wildlife Management? - Answer-The application of ecological knowledge to populations of animals and their plant and animal associations in a emmer that strikes a balance between the needs of the populations and the needs of people. Feral: - Answer-an animal that is desenced from domesticated ancestors and that is now living in wild state not controlled by humans (esp. in regards to reproduction) What is the difference in a "game" and a "nongame" species? Who specifies if a speci...

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 What does the term conservation mean? What did it originally mean? - Answer-The wise use of the Earth's resources by human...

What is a wetland? What types of areas make up wetlands? - Answer--The term "wetlands" is difficult to define and causes some controversy because of the diversity of wetlands. -Typically wetlands are in a transition zone between uplands and permanently flooded, deep-water habitat. What are the five categories of wetlands and what are the characteristics of each? - Answer-- Marine Wetlands Ocean overlying the continental shelf and shoreline environments - Estuarine Wetlands Mouths of ri...

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...

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 examples of natural resources - Answer-soil, air, water, vegetation, wildlife what does the term conservation mean - Answer-refers to the management, for monetary gain conservation became part of the U.S. government policy in 1871 ...

What is an ecosystem? -Answer- A community of living organisms and their environment. What is ecosystem ecology? -Answer- The study of how energy and nutrients flow through ecosystems. What is disturbance? -Answer- An event that disrupts an ecosystem. What is an ecosystem engineer? -Answer- A species that modifies its environment. What is an autotroph? -Answer- An organism that produces its own food. What is a heterotroph? -Answer- An organism that obtains food by consuming other organisms...

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? - correct answer Theodore Rosevelt What is Natural Resources Management? - correct 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? - correct answer soil, water, air, vegetation, wildlife What does the term conservation mean? What did it originally mean? - correct answer referred to t...