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APES Units 5.1-5.9 Questions and Answers Tragedy of the Commons the tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain old growth forest complex forest that has developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouche...

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APES Units 5.1-5.9 Questions and
Answers
Tragedy of the Commons - answer the tendency of a shared, limited resource to
become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain

old growth forest - answer complex forest that has developed over a long period of
time and is relatively untouched by human activity

clearcutting - answer the removal of all trees in a stand of timber

strip cutting - answer clear-cutting a strip of trees along the contour of land within a
corridor narrow enough to allow natural regeneration

selective cutting - answer cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix
of tree sizes and species behind

shelterwood cutting - answer the practice of cutting dead and less desirable trees
first and later cutting mature trees

tree plantation - answer large area typically planted with a single rapidly growing tree
species

prescribed burn - answer fire deliberately set under controlled conditions

forest fire - answer an uncontrolled fire occurring in nature

mining - answer excavation of the earth for the purpose of extracting ore or minerals

extraction - answer process of removal

ore - answer rock that contains a large enough concentration of a mineral making it
profitable to mine

mineral - answer solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence (ex. quartz)

metal - answer element that is shiny and that conducts heat and electricity

fossil fuel - answer a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past
from the remains of living organisms

reserve - answer the known quantity of a resource that can be economically
recovered

, surface mining - answer removing soil, subsoil, and other strata and then extracting
a mineral deposit found fairly close to the earth's surface

strip mining - answer the removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore

open pit mining - answer a mining technique that uses a large visible pit or hole in
the ground

placer mining - answer the process of looking for minerals, metals, and precious
stones in river sediments

mountaintop removal - answer mining technique in which the entire top of a
mountain is removed with explosives

subsurface mining - answer extraction of mineral and energy resources from deep
underground deposits

pollution - answer release of harmful materials into the environment

contamination - answer introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious
materials

overburden - answer soil and rock overlying a useful mineral deposit

acid mine drainage - answer outflow of acidic water from metal or coal mines

smelting - answer process in which a desired metal is separated from the other
elements in an ore mineral

refining - answer remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance),
typically as part of an industrial process

tailings - answer waste material remaining after smelting, which can be up to 80
percent of the original substance

mine reclamation - answer process of restoring land that has been mined to a natural
or economically usable state

overfishing - answer harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the
value of the fishery reduced

bycatch - answer unintentional catch of non-target species while fishing

longline - answer placing very long lines with thousands of baited hooks

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