Geography Unit 3: Managing Canada's Resources and Industries

JIT Delivery

Resources are delivered to processing facilities as needed

How many days for a factory farmed chicken to go from birth to harvest?

48 days/7 weeks

What problems does the rapid growth the chickens cause?

The chickens organ systems and skeletal structure cannot keep up with its growth and either fail or cause health issues.

What are cows designed to eat by evolution?

Grass

What has evolved in the stomach of cows due to a corn diet?

E. coli in their stomachs has become acid resistant.

What kills bacteria?

Ammonia

What 3 tastes are humans hardwired to like?

Salt, fat, sugar

In the 1980s what did the Supreme Court allow patents for?

Life, this opened the path for plants and seeds to be patented.

What do food companies fight against?

The ability for people to see what’s in a product, its caloric value, and its country of origin.

What set of laws got Oprah in trouble for saying she wouldn’t eat another burger again due to the mad cow disease?

The Veggie Libel Laws.

What are the sectors of employment?

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, Quinary

Primary

Extracting resources from the planet.

Secondary

Processing the resources from the Earth into usable materials/products.

Tertiary

Providing services and selling products.

Quaternary

Dealing with data and information rather than tangible products. I.e. CPA, Teacher,

Quinary

Developing ideas and researching. E.g. R&D department

Tragedy of the commons

When a singular resource is given, people try to benefit from it by taking more which leads to everyone taking more and causing depletion.

What are tree rings used to determine?

Tree age, history of fire, infestation, climate, wood fiber type.

What is dendrochronology?

The study of tree rings

What is the difference between a commercial and non-commercial forest?

One is harvested for profit the other is not. This is likely due to factors such as location or wood type that lead to these forests being undesirable.

3 types of wood harvest

Clear-cutting, shelter-wood cutting, selective cutting

2 main fishing areas of Canada

Atlantic coast, cod. Pacific coast, salmon.

What is aquaculture?

Farming fish has advantages such as limiting harvesting to natural fish. It also comes with downsides such as disease and escaping fish.

What is SYM (sustained yield management)?

SYM is when a resource is harvested in a way that the amount harvested is replenished before the next harvest.

How can the land be both a renewable and non-renewable resource?

While land can be used for a multitude of things certain uses leave it void of its fertile properties and render it useless.

What is a mineral?

A naturally occurring inorganic (doesn’t come from living things) substance.

Metallic Minerals

When they are refined they become metals.

Non-Metallic Minerals

Minerals that when processed do not turn into metals. E.g. sand → glass

Types of mining

Strip mining. open pit mining, shaft mining

Open pit mining

Big hole in the ground

Shaft Mining

A series of underground tunnels

Types of fish

Groundfish, pelagic fish, shellfish

Groundfish

Usually live and spend their lives near the floor of their waterbody.

Pelagic fish

Live near and are caught at the surface of their waterbody

Shellfish

Mollusks and crustaceans

Multiplier Effect

An investment is made, and the result is many times the original input.

Economic Base

All the economic activity that allows a community to thrive. Eg. a coal mine

Basic industry

One that brings money into the local economy.

Non Basic Industry

On that only sells to community members and thus only circulates money in the local economy rather than inputting anything.

Urbanization

The process of making an area more urban.

Urban sprawl

The expansion of urban areas.

Consumerism

The protection of consumers.

Globalization

The process through which something gains international influence.

Ecological footprint

The amount a single person changes the environment

Carrying Capacity

The maximum amount of individuals that something can sustain.

What is the process of stuff going from extraction to diposal?

Materials Economy