chapters 13, 14, 15 and 16
Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 agriculture, fisheries polyculture, intercropping, pests, undernutrition, malnutrition, GMOs, optimum sustainable yield, maximum sustainable yield surface water
groundwater
aquifer
transpiration
saltwater intrusion
mining
resource
depletion time
renewable energy
net energy
nuclear fission
nuclear fussion
(see all the terms below for energy sources)negawatt
efficiency
cogeneration
hybrid car
passive solar
micropower
soft-path
What are the three main systems that supply our food?
What three single crops provide most of the world's food?
Distinguish between industrialized, plantation, traditional subsistence and tranditional intensive forms of agriculture.
What is a green revolution? What three steps does it involve? Distinguish between the first and second green revolutions.
Distinguish between undernutrition, malnutrition, and overnutrition.
What are the most common nutritional deficiencies? About how many chronically malnourished people are there in the world?
What are six ways to reduce sickness and death from malnutrition.
List the major harmful environmental effects of producing food.
What is sustainable agriculture? Why is it important?
How much fresh water is available for human use? What are the main reservoirs of this water?
How do dams and other water storage projects impact the environment?
Describe several effects of withdrawing water from aquifers.
List the main ways that Americans can reduce water consumption.
Give several advantages and disadvantages for each of the following sources of energy:
Describe why "net energy" is the only energy that really counts.
Describe how to calculate energy efficiency for any use of energy.
Describe how saving a watt is better than creating more power generation.
Describe how a fuel cell works.
Why might electric or fuel cell cars be better even if they take the same amount of energy to run.
Draw a house that uses both passive and active solar energy.
Why is wind generation becoming more feasible?