RNR 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cryosphere, The Dust Bowl (Film), Sulfur Dioxide
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Lecture study guide - focus not only on knowing the terms and concepts, but examples of each one. Make sure you know the concept if you see a definition, and the definition if you see the concept. However, examples will likely be the basis of many test questions, not specific definitions. Sustainable resources includes the genetic composition of living resources. The industrial age; think of consequences for natural resources. Important events in north american frontier colonization; gold rush, transcontinental railroad, desert land. Doctrine of prior appropriation for water in the west, date or appropriation, beneficial use, diversion. Organic and inorganic fertilizers; disadvantages of the latter. Ethical views on natural resources, e. g. , pollution, hunting, whaling, ethics can be situation-dependent. Anthropocentric (instrumental, human centered) values of natural resources versus biocentric or ecocentric (nature, biodiversity, and ecosystem function) values. Photosynthesis by photoautotrophic organisms - inorganic molecules to organic molecules and oxygen. Biosphere includes the atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and cryosphere.
