Forestry, farming,mining, fishing

Renewable Resources

Natural resources capable of self-replenishment over time, e.g., solar energy, wind energy.

Non-Renewable Resources

Finite resources that diminish with use, e.g., fossil fuels, minerals like gold.

Flow Resource

Resources with a continuous but variable supply, e.g., water, wind.

Primary Industries

Involve raw material extraction from the earth, e.g., agriculture, mining.

Secondary Industries

Transform raw materials into finished goods, e.g., manufacturing.

Tertiary Industries

Offer services to businesses and consumers, e.g., retailing, healthcare.

Sustainability

Meeting current needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs through responsible environmental practices.

Ecological Footprint

Measures humanity's demand on Earth's ecosystems by calculating land/water area needed for resource consumption/waste absorption.

quaternary industries

involves intellectual activities related to information technology research

quinary industries

focuses on human creativity including arts education

what are the era’s of forestry

Colonial era, industrial revolution, modern era

colonial era

european settlers cleared forests for farming/timber leading deforestation

Industrial revolution

increased lodging due high timber demands

modern era

sustainable forestry management introduced reducing negative impact

Agribusiness

large scale commercial business producing food and cultivated products for consumer use. such as companies that make fertilizer and pestiside management

Factory farm

large facility where large number of livestock are raised in small areas not good conditions for animals

metallic

contain metal elements used construction/manufacturing i.g iron/copper, gold

non metallic

no significant metallic properties e.g salt

what type of rock is metallic found in

Igneous and metamorphic rocks

non metallic is found in what kind of rock

sedementary

How is the earths magnetic force measured

using a magnetometer Magnetic observatories continuously measure and record Earth's magnetic field at a number of locations. In an observatory of this sort, magnetized needles with reflecting mirrors

domestic equivilant

goods that are of the same, or substantially the same, description as the imported goods.

farming exporting vs importing

geologist

a scientist that studies the surface of the Earth and what it is made of. This branch of science is called geology, which means the study of rocks.

ore

a deposit in Earth's crust of one or more valuable minerals. The most valuable ore deposits contain metals crucial to industry and trade, like copper, gold, and iron

what is potash and why is it significant in canada

mineral compound potassium-rich salts essential for the fertilizer industry

purse seining

uses a net to herd fish together and then envelop them by pulling the net's drawstring. The net can scoop up many fish at a time, and is typically used to catch schooling fish or those that come together to spawn

gill netting

s a wall of netting that hangs in the water column,The fish's gills then get caught in the mesh as the fish tries to back out of the net.

otter trawling

also knows as dragging a large net, is dragged along the bottom or up in the water column behind a towing vessel. The mouth of the net is held open by two large "doors" which are attached to either side of the net.

inshore fishing

occurs near coastlines targeting species that live close to shore

offshore fishing

takes place in deeper waters targeting different open water species

what year was cod moratorium put into place

2 July 1992, the Canadian government imposed a moratorium on the Northern cod fishery along the country's east coast. Decades of over-fishing had severely depleted cod stocks and government officials hoped the moratorium would allow the species to rebuild.

pelagic

includes all ocean waters away from shores Herring, capelin, tuna and marlin

ground fish

Cod, Haddock, Pollock, Flounder, Dogfish, Red hake, Silver hake and White hake. live on or near the bottom of the ocean.

shellfish

a small animal that lives in fresh or salt water and has a shell outside its body Clams and mussels on the bottom or burrowed in the sand

why is the fishing industry in crisis

overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction climate change causing decline global fish population

aquaculture

the farming of fish, shrimp, and algae, and other seafood.

pros and cons of aquaculture

Pros of Aquaculture	Cons of Aquaculture
Increased seafood production	Disease outbreaks
Enhanced food security	Habitat destruction
Economic benefits