Mr. S's Geography Megaquiz

Asia accounts for what percent of world coal usage for power generation (2020-12)?

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• 93

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• 54

What are the names of the two most famous theorists on resource scarcity (aka the wizard and the prophet)?

Define "carrying capacity."

• The maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained in that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available.

• The largest yield (or catch) that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period.

• The largest economical yield of a renewable resource achievable over a long time period without decreasing the ability of the population or its environment to support the continuation of this level of yield

• A method to measure human demand on natural capital, i.e. the quantity of nature it takes to support people or an economy.

A Malthusian godfather of environmentalism, an ecologist and ornithologist, with a strong interest in both the carrying capacity and population control. He was the author of best-seller Road to Survival (1948), National Director of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and secretary of the Conservation Foundation. Racist in some works.

(May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) An American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Approximately what percentage of nitrogen in fertilizers is not absorbed in soil and enters the watershed or atmosphere? (2018-08)

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)March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.

Approximately how much of the world's raw electricity generation comes from coal? (2020-12)

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• 45

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Unlike natural gas and oil, [coal] is concentrated carbon, and thus it accounts for ___% of annual emissions of CO² from fossil fuels (2020-12).

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• 47

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_____ are....the cheapest source of new electricity for at least two-thirds of the world’s population, says BloombergNEF, a data group (2020-12).

• Hydroelectric

• Hydrogen gas

• Biofuels

• Solar and onshore wind