AP Environmental Science Unit 5 B

What does CAFO stand for?

• Concentrated Animal Feedlot Organization

• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

• Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operators

• Confined Animal Feeding Operation

What is the most common use of land in the United states?

• Land for growing crops

• Land for housing

• Rangelands

• Land used for urban development

Which of the following is NOT an environmental issue associated with free-range grazing of cattle?

• Uses more fossil fuel energy

• Overgrazing

• Stream bank erosion

• Vulnerability to fires

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Removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore is known as

• Open-pit mining

• Placer mining

• Mountaintop removal mining

• Strip mining

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The following statements are true of subsurface mining except

• Resources are more than 100m below surface

• Much more expensive

• Uses a large visible pit or hole

• Used for resources such as coal, diamonds, gold

Looking for minerals and metals in river sediments is known as

• Open-pit mining

• Placer mining

• Mountaintop removal mining

• Strip mining

What are tailings?

• The known quantity of a resource

• The residue of something, especially ore

• Concentrated accumulations of minerals

• Elements that can conduct electricity, heat, etc.

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What is a Fishery?

• A place that grows fish

• A business that catches/sells fish

• Population of harvestable fish within a region

• A pond

When fisheries are depleted there is no incentive to protect or replenish fish stocks since the open ocean doesn't belong to any nations. This is an example of

• tragedy of the commons

• pisciculture

• why fish from farms are healthier for humans

• Factory fishing

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What is a TED? (In environmental science)

• Ted talk

• Technology, Entertainment, Design

• Total Environmental Depletion

• Turtle Exclusion Device