Welcome to your Grade 11 Geography chapter 6
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
What occurs when a fish stock is fished down below the size that supports long-term maximum sustainable yield?
2.
What is the term for a situation where land is grazed by large stocks above its carrying capacity?
3.
Over-logging occurs when forests are logged at a rate faster than:
4.
What is the term for mining or extracting water at a rate that exceeds the recharge rate?
5.
Based on current exploitation rates, for how many more years is the remaining oil estimated to last?
6.
Which of the following is NOT listed as a component of the vicious cycle between forest preservation and poverty?
7.
Harnessing the potential of forests to reduce poverty includes strengthening the rights of which groups?
8.
Which of these is a way to reduce poverty through forest management?
9.
Environmental services and forest products can be integrated into development by introducing:
10.
What are international public goods in the context of forest value?
11.
What is the primary cause of habitat destruction mentioned in the unit overview?
12.
"Lean manufacturing" involves training manufacturers on:
13.
What is the estimated trend for minerals such as phosphorus, copper, and zinc in the next decades?
14.
Which of these is a persistent environmental problem?
15.
Why does oil mining continue to rise?
16.
What is an adverse effect of oil depletion in developing countries?
17.
Continued overexploitation has the potential to:
18.
Introduced predators can cause which of the following?
19.
Recharging of aquifers like the Ogallala usually comes from:
20.
Which activity is NOT mentioned as being devastated by oil depletion?
21.
"Over-logging" leads to changes in living conditions for animals, which can result in:
22.
Sustainable development includes recognizing that a sustainable environment is:
23.
What provides the services that deforestation puts at risk?
24.
Integrating forests into development involves improving:
25.
Economic or ecological extinction is a risk for stocks that are:
26.
What can be used to catalyze the production of forest products?
27.
To protect global environmental values, what type of areas should be established?
28.
Why are humans digging deeper to access ores?
29.
What is the term for a water resource that is extracted at a rate exceeding the recharge?
30.
Over-logging is specifically associated with:
