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What can food insecurity can lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERforced migrations and
armed conflicts
Where is desertification potential the highest? - CORRECT ANSWERat the Desert
Margins
What are some human influences to desertificati...
GEOG 205 - Final Exam- 2024
verified with questions and
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What can food insecurity can lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERforced migrations and
armed conflicts
Where is desertification potential the highest? - CORRECT ANSWERat the Desert
Margins
What are some human influences to desertification? - CORRECT
ANSWERdeforestation, overgrazing, overcultivation, and Inappropriate Irrigation
What does decreased rainfall lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERDecreased vegetation
What does decreased vegetation lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERan increased albedo
What leads to decreased rainfall? - CORRECT ANSWERCooler ground
In the Ethiopia desertification example: - CORRECT ANSWERthe desertification
feedback cycle began with the wood harvesting exceeding wood growth and ended with
total collapse.
What is the Dust Bowl? - CORRECT ANSWERan event in the 1930s in the plains
region of the U.S. in which a series of hot, dry years led to depleted vegetation cover
and soils dry enough to be susceptible to wind erosion
What happened leading up to the Great Depression? - CORRECT ANSWERmassive
farming destroyed native grasses which exposed more soil
What is La Nina? - CORRECT ANSWERan event that is thought to have occurred
before the Dust Bowl where water temperature is cool in the Pacific preventing rainfall.
What are landslides also known as? - CORRECT ANSWERAccelerated Mass
movements
What is a result of slope instability? - CORRECT ANSWERMass movements
, What do disturbing forces promote? - CORRECT ANSWERdownslope movement of
material
What is the downslope movement of material restricted by? - CORRECT
ANSWERResisting forces
How can humans promote downslope movement? - CORRECT ANSWERunderlying
support, increased disturbing forces such as spoil tips, transitory earth stresses such as
continual passing of heavy traffic, and increased internal pressure such as a the buildup
of pore water pressure by addition of irrigation water.
What are all examples of what can cause human-induced landslides? - CORRECT
ANSWERSlope re-profiling embankments, groundwater flow perturbation, and
vibrations and explosives
What was the result of a coal spoil tip mass movement? - CORRECT ANSWERthe
1963 landslide in Aberfan, South Wales
What happened in the Vajont Dam Disaster in Italy in 1963? - CORRECT ANSWERthe
construction of the dam added pore-pressure in the groundwater conditions and
affected the stability of rock mass at reservoir margins
What is a common reason for human-induced earthquakes? - CORRECT ANSWERthe
creation of large reservoirs after building dams
What can oil extraction lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERhuman-induced earthquakes
What are changes a result of? - CORRECT ANSWERboth natural and anthropogenic
causes
How can scientists predict trends and how some scenarios could play out? - CORRECT
ANSWERThrough scientific models
How do politicians use scientific modeling? - CORRECT ANSWERto debate or dismiss
the science that goes into creating such models.
Humans are able to quickly fall in to what? - CORRECT ANSWERthe mentality of US
vs. THEM
Human behavior is what? - CORRECT ANSWERnot easy to predict
What are all examples of conflict over resources? - CORRECT ANSWERWater wars,
fighting over territory with strategic resources, and biodiversity conflicts
What makes studying trends a bit more difficult along a global scale? - CORRECT
ANSWERThe complexities of the different cycles
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