Resource Management Quiz

The process of managing a renewable resource to ensure that the amount harvested does not cause long-term depletion of the resource is called...

• Mining the resource

• Sustained yield management

• Overexploitation

• Humble harvest

A harvest amount that is greater than the amount replenished each year is considered to be...

• unsustainable

• Sustainable

• Who knows

• None of the above

Which of the following factors is most likely to be affecting farming in Canada?

• Soil deterioration

• Changing temperatures

• Rainfall patterns

• All of the above

GDDs are a measure of how warm the growing season is in a given location. The higher the GDDs, the warmer the climate and the wider range of crops you can grow. GDDs stands for...

• Good degree days

• Ground degree data

• Growing degree days

• None of the above

Most of Canada has no capability for agriculture/farming

• True

• False

This type of farming involves small areas of land but large amounts of labor

• Extensive farming

• Intensive farming

• Extrusive farming

• Intrusive farming

A type of commercial fishing that is carried out by larger company-owned boats

• Inshore fishery

• Offshore fishery

• Atlantic fishery

• Pacific fishery

The part of the ocean next to land that is relatively shallow in some areas which is good for fishing is called...

• Continental shelf

• Continental sea

• Continental shallows

• None of the above

The aridity index is a ratio/value that measures the availability of water in an area and is represented by the formula AI = P/PE. The PE in this formula represents the...

• Supply of water; potential extraction

• Natural demand for water; potential evapotranspiration

• Both a and b

• None of the above

A soft drink plant in India takes water from the local city supply, purifies it, and puts it into bottles/cans to sell. What has happened to the water?

• 1. It’s been extracted and consumed (can’t be reused)

• 1. It's only been extracted (can be reused)

• 1. It's only been consumed (can’t be reused)

• 1. None of the above