SSM 3301 Midterm 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
"Resistance" in terms of an ecosystem? Correct Answers The
ability of an ecosystem to resist changes to external factors.
According to Dr. Seely how many 1000 year storms has
southern minnesota experienced since 2004? Correct Answers 3
Agricultural cropland production is practiced on approximately
what percent of the globe? Correct Answers 10-12%
Although a person may be able to survive up to a month without
food, a person can go at most, how many days without water?
Correct Answers 5-7 days
Americans use how much more water than a person who lacks
adequate access--i.e. the bare minimum? Correct Answers 30
Best management practices for pesticides? Correct Answers
Cover crops, buffer strips, pesticide selection, and time
applications.
Bicycle Concept by Dr. Karwan Correct Answers water is
neither gained nor lost from the water cycle, conservation of
mass, the driving mechanisms for the water cycle are solar
radiation and gravity.
California, despite having been in a drought much of the past
decade exports tons of water to China. How does that happen?
Correct Answers By shipping irrigated crops
, Can water depletion happen in wet areas? Correct Answers yes
David Sedlak describes 4 ways in which we'll need to address
water scarcity in the future. What are they? Correct Answers
Desalination, water re-use, water conservation, stormwater
harvest.
Definition of Eutrophication? Correct Answers implies
nutrients are over enriched.
Dr. Ashlynn Stillwell described what trade-off, in the
development of biofuels for transportation? Correct Answers
Foreign oil dependency trade-off for domestic water
Farmers in the Rio Grande River were asked to start irrigating
more efficently so more water would be available for the city,
what happened? Correct Answers As farmers began to irrigate
more efficiently, they irrigated additional area with the water
they had saved, resulting in less water for the city.
Groundwater makes up what percent of our freshwater
resources? Correct Answers 30%
How can pesticides move through the environment? (5) Correct
Answers Sunlight exposure, microbial activity, plant
metabolism, chemical exposure, water exposure
How did glaciers affect the landscape? Correct Answers They
carved out valleys and moved Earth. Used to cover much of the
Earth
"Resistance" in terms of an ecosystem? Correct Answers The
ability of an ecosystem to resist changes to external factors.
According to Dr. Seely how many 1000 year storms has
southern minnesota experienced since 2004? Correct Answers 3
Agricultural cropland production is practiced on approximately
what percent of the globe? Correct Answers 10-12%
Although a person may be able to survive up to a month without
food, a person can go at most, how many days without water?
Correct Answers 5-7 days
Americans use how much more water than a person who lacks
adequate access--i.e. the bare minimum? Correct Answers 30
Best management practices for pesticides? Correct Answers
Cover crops, buffer strips, pesticide selection, and time
applications.
Bicycle Concept by Dr. Karwan Correct Answers water is
neither gained nor lost from the water cycle, conservation of
mass, the driving mechanisms for the water cycle are solar
radiation and gravity.
California, despite having been in a drought much of the past
decade exports tons of water to China. How does that happen?
Correct Answers By shipping irrigated crops
, Can water depletion happen in wet areas? Correct Answers yes
David Sedlak describes 4 ways in which we'll need to address
water scarcity in the future. What are they? Correct Answers
Desalination, water re-use, water conservation, stormwater
harvest.
Definition of Eutrophication? Correct Answers implies
nutrients are over enriched.
Dr. Ashlynn Stillwell described what trade-off, in the
development of biofuels for transportation? Correct Answers
Foreign oil dependency trade-off for domestic water
Farmers in the Rio Grande River were asked to start irrigating
more efficently so more water would be available for the city,
what happened? Correct Answers As farmers began to irrigate
more efficiently, they irrigated additional area with the water
they had saved, resulting in less water for the city.
Groundwater makes up what percent of our freshwater
resources? Correct Answers 30%
How can pesticides move through the environment? (5) Correct
Answers Sunlight exposure, microbial activity, plant
metabolism, chemical exposure, water exposure
How did glaciers affect the landscape? Correct Answers They
carved out valleys and moved Earth. Used to cover much of the
Earth
