HUMAN ECOLOGY EXAM #2

Ecolofy

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View held by Paul Ehrich suggests that the effect on resource supplies (eg food) due to greater numbers of people..?
Is a problem because resources are limited and can be depleted.
If there is _______, populate growth rates will increase
Increased immigration
Monoculture?
Is an agricultural practice of growing large strands of a single species.
Green revolution techniques_____?
Have increased crop yields but may not be sustainable.
Seed banks are important for?
Protecting genetic diversity
Leaching?
Removes water soluble nutrients from soils
Terracing, contour farming, intercropping, and crop rotation all.....?
Are techniques for conserving soil resources and fertility.
Which scientists classify species using an organism's physical appearance and genetic makeup?
Taxonomists
The extinction of a particular population from a given area (but not entire species globally) is called?
Extirpation
Of the choices below, the greatest diversity (numbers of different species of organisms can be found in...?
Insects
Biodiversity enhances human food and security because it ....?
Is a potential source of new food items or new genetic varieties of existing foods
The field of conservation biology...?
Attempts to integrate an understanding of evolution, ecology and extinction.
Declining death rates due to increased food production and improved medical care while birth rates remain high is a characteristic of the_______ stage of demographic transition.
Transitional
Which of the fallowing factors drives TFR down?
Social and economic security
A population in post industrial stage of a demographic transition would be expected to have....?
Birth and death rates and environmental impact