Nres 100 exam 2 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NRES 100 Exam 1 Complete Study Guide Exam 2024. sustainable - correct answer - a resource is used in a way that it continues to be available and the ecosystem retains its functions and structure. - ensuring that future generations have equal opportunities to access the resources that our planet offers - types of developments that are economically viable, do not harm the environment, and are socially just carrying capacity - correct answer the maximum number of individuals of a species th...

Biomagnification correct answer: Biological concentration; The tendency for some substances to concentrate with each trophic level. - toxic substances become increasingly concentrated within living organisms as they move up each step of the food chain. Point Source correct answer: Sources of pollution such as smokestacks, pipes, or accidental spills that are readily identified and stationary Non-Point source correct answer: These are diffuse sources of pollution such as urban runoff ...

bulk density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/ total soil volume (cm^3) Pore density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/volume of soil solids (cm^3) % pore space equation - Answer 100 - ((BD/PD) x 100) organic matter in prairie vs forest soils - Answer forest: all in O horizon, down to about half a meter prairie: slow decline from O horizon all the way down to 2m classifying land parcels - Answer description within sector (i.e. S 1/2 NE 1/4), Sector number (remember how to cou...

Biomagnification - Answer Biological concentration; The tendency for some substances to concentrate with each trophic level. - toxic substances become increasingly concentrated within living organisms as they move up each step of the food chain. Point Source - Answer Sources of pollution such as smokestacks, pipes, or accidental spills that are readily identified and stationary Non-Point source - Answer These are diffuse sources of pollution such as urban runoff or automobile exhaust. T...

Why does capillarity occur in soils? - Ans adhesion, cohesion, surface tension A soil with capillarity fringe of 15 cm might have a mean pore radius of what? - Ans 0.01 cm = h = 0.15/r What are the components of soil water potential? - Ans total water potential, gravitational potential, matric potential, osmotic potential, hydrostatic potential Under what condition would volumetric equal mass water content? - Ans soil bulk density = 1g cm-3 What soil texture has the greatest amount of pla...

NRES 100 Exam 1 Questions with complete solution 2023/2024Earth'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 meth...

Wetlands - Answer Can be drained for agriculture or development. Text: landforms such as salt marshes, swamps, bogs, prairie potholes, and vernal pools. adaptive management - Answer is necessary for restoration to succeed.(2) the application of science to the management process. reclamation - Answer restoring land degraded by mining restoration ecology - Answer depends on science to discover what used to be, what is possible, what an ecosystem or species requires to persist, and how d...