Name ______(ELL 3/4)

Study Guide Human Influence on the Environment Final 2015

Review you vocab terms and notes from Units 4-7

Information in parentheses to tell you where you can find that set of notes and what date we covered them in class and on Moodle or website

Unit 4: Farm to Table (tan notes)

Directions: Answer the questions for each topic

(Questions 1- 9 are from Farm to Table Notes 1/15)

  1. Define Food and Fiber system
  1. Define yield (in terms of crops)
  1. Soil is very valuable (important) to farmers and ranchers, for this reason
  2. It is sometimes referred to as “black gold”
  3. Sometime famers fight over it
  4. Good soil is saved from year to year

Match the following parts of the Food and Fiber system to the proper description

  1. Production
  2. Retail
  3. Consumption
  1. Farmers and ranchers raise crops and animals
  2. Consumers eat the food produced
  3. Stores sell items
  1. Processing
  2. Distribution
  3. Research and Development
  1. Factories produced different products from primary food source. Ex: Applesauce from apples
  2. Consists of companies that buy products from processing factories and then sell to retailers
  3. Using science and technology to come up with new varieties and flavors of food
  1. Why is a healthy soil ecosystemimportant for agriculture? (Food and ecosystem notes 1/28)
  2. Living organisms in the soil assist in decomposition, nutrient storage and cycling which is necessary for plant growth
  3. Abiotic factors such as water levels, pH and nutrients help plants grow
  4. Both A and B
  1. How does poverty lead to obesity (people being overweight)? (Food Security Prezi 1/21)

Matching: Match the correct term about agricultural problems to its definition below (Food and Ecosystem Notes 1/28)

A. nitrogen and phosphorousB.wild biodiversity lossC. dead zones

  1. ______Essential nutrients needed in soil for crops to grow
  2. ______The use of pesticides kill bees which leads to
  3. ______Areas of less oxygen so not many organisms can survive
  1. List 2 benefits and 2 risks of Genetically Modified Organisms. (GMO prezi 2/9)
  1. Crops that are farmed organically (Alternative Farming notes 1/29)
  1. Are not sprayed with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides
  2. Can have small amounts of man-made fertilizers
  3. Can be sprayed with pesticides but not have excess man-made fertilizers
  1. Compost is defined as (Alternative Farming notes 1/29)
  1. Decayed organic matter that is used to make a natural fertilizer
  2. A mixture of natural and man-made materials to be used a fertilizers
  3. Are natural pesticides for organic farms
  1. Properly identifying and controlling apest is referred to as (IPM foldables, 2/9)
  1. Exterminator
  2. Integrated Pest Management
  3. Organic Farming

Short Answer

19a. List the Pros organic farming (2 points) (Alternative farming notes 1/29)

19b. List the Cons of organic farming (2 points) (Alternative farming notes 1/29)

Unit 5: Waste Management

  1. Define Biodegradable(Throwaway society 2/12))
  1. List 2 items that are biodegradable(Composting notes 2/18)
  1. What is the best way to managehazardouswaste produced? (Hazardous Materials 2/23)
  2. Incineration (burn it)
  3. Reduce the amount being produced
  4. Convert to non-hazardous materials
  1. Why do non-biodegradable materials cause waste management problems? (Throw away society 2/12)
  2. They cannot be recycled
  3. They do not break down
  4. They cause overflow in landfills
  1. Define hazardous waste(Hazardous Waste 2/23)

  1. Look at the diagram of a sanitary landfill. What safetymeasures are there to protect the environment? (Throw away society 2/12)

Short Answer:

  1. List 3 conditions necessary for items to degrade in a landfill. (How long trash lasts activity 2/13)
  1. Fill in the Venn Diagram below comparing and contrastingLandfills and Composting ((Throw away society 2/12 Composting notes 2/18)

Unit 6: Municipal Water Use (blue notes)

Word Bank for #28-31: Use vocab definitions

A. confluenceB. riparian zoneC. tributaries

D. watershedE. Chesapeake

  1. A _____ or drainage basin is an area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
  2. In Harrisburg, all of the smaller bodies of water or ______flow into the ______bay in Maryland.
  3. When two or more bodies of water meet, a ______is created.
  4. Where water meets the land a special ecosystem or ______is found.

Match the following examples as point source or non-point source pollution.

Use A for point source; Use B for non-point source (Water pollution prezi 3/18)

  1. ______Oil spill from a tanker at the dock
  2. ______Municipalrunoff entering a storm drain
  3. ______Hot water from a factory causing thermal pollution
  4. ______A stream showing signs of eutrophication
  1. _____pollution is caused by warm water being put into a river system, usually from a factory(Water pollution prezi, 3/18)
  2. Eutrophication
  3. Thermal
  4. Non-point source
  1. How can we treatgroundwater pollution? (Groundwater Pollution discussion 3/23)
  1. A ______occurs when you have a higher than average number of people experiencing similar symptoms in an area. (Groundwater pollution discussion 3/23)
  1. Epidemic
  2. Pathogen
  3. Disease cluster
  1. What agency sets standards for water safety levels? (Groundwater pollution discussion 3/23)
  1. EPA
  2. FDA
  3. USDA
  1. If a bottled water label states it is from a “municipal water source” it is coming from where? (Bottled water notes, 3/27)
  1. Any organism that can cause harm is called a (Water pollution prezi, 3/18 and vocab term)
  1. Pathogen
  2. Bacteria
  3. Mold
  1. When you conserve water, what are you actually doing? (Water conservation 4/9)
  1. What happens to the sludge from waste water treatment? (Water safety 3/31)
  1. It sits in tanks where bacteria break it down, then sent to landfill
  2. It is used to produce energy for the facility
  3. It is dumped into the nearest river to be cleaned by natural processes
  1. Harrisburg is located in the _____ watershed. (Watershed notes 3/11)
  1. Potomac
  2. Ohio
  3. Chesapeake Bay
  1. The most significantpollutant in our oceans is ____ (water pollution prezi, 3/18)
  1. Oil
  2. Toxic waste
  3. Plastics
  1. Where does the majority of oceanpollution come from? (water pollution prezi, 3/18)
  1. Land use activities
  2. Boating activities
  3. Coastal pollution

Unit 7: Aquatic Ecosystems (Gold notes)

  1. What conditions do coral reefs need to survive? (Aquatic ecosystems prezi 4/14)
  1. Areas where fresh water from land mixes with salt water from the ocean are called ______(aquatic ecosystems prezi 4/14)
  1. Wetlands are characterized by _____ soils(aquatic ecosystems prezi 4/14)
  2. Hydric (wet)
  3. Salty
  4. Alkaline
  1. The biggest threat to ALLaquatic ecosystems is what?(aquatic ecosystems prezi 4/14)
  2. Trash in the ocean
  3. Land use activities leading to pollution
  4. Air pollution
  5. Dams cause water to slow down very quickly; this leads to sediment dropping near the dam and increases _____ of the water. (Water flow notes 4/23)
  6. Salinity
  7. Turbidity
  8. Acidity

Unit 8: Energy (green notes)

53. List and explain the 3 Non-renewablefossil fuels(Nonrenewable resources notes, 5/7)

54. List and explain the Renewable resources (Renewable resources notes, 5/11)

55. What criteria needs to be met to be classified as a green building? ( Green buildings, 5/20)

56. Define radioactivity. (vocab term)

57. Define half-life (vocab term)

58. What happens in a nuclear power plant? (Nuclear Power, 5/21)

Open Ended

Unit 6: Watershed Notes 3/11

59. On the stream diagram. Label the following: (Watershed notes 3/11)

a. 1st,2nd, 3rd order streams (everywhere they occur)

b. mark areas of confluence with an X

/c. label the headwaters and mouth of the main body of water

d. outline a watershed associated with this stream diagram

Unit 6: Water Safety Notes 3/31

60. Explain what occurs during each step of the water treatment process. Refer to the diagram when necessary (Water Safety notes 3/31)

Screening-

Pumping-

Aeration-

Removing Sludge-

Killing bacteria-

Unit 4 : Farm to Table Notes 1/15

61. You bought a pack of frozen chicken nuggets from the grocery store. Explain the path this food took to get from the farm as a full chicken to your freezer at home using the steps of the food and fiber system listed below. (Farm to Table notes 1/15)

Production-

Processing-

Distribution-

Retail-