Geo test
Geo Unit 4 - 5 Test Review
Definitions/Key terms - Chapter 4
Resource - Anything that can be used to produce goods and services, such as raw materials, workers, money, and land.
Total Stock - all parts of the natural environment including energy, living organisms, and non-living materials. For example - sunlight, trees, and water are all part of the total stock.
Natural resources - things found in the total stock that people find useful.
Renewable resources - resources that can be regenerated if used carefully.
Non-renewable resources - resources that are limited and cannot be replaced once they are used up.
Flow resources - resources that are replaced by natural actions and must be used when and where they occur or be lost.
Other resources - resources that do not fit into the other three categories (renewable, non-renewable, and flow resources)
Conservation - the wise use of resources
Definitions/Key terms - Chapter 5
Mining the resource - exploiting a renewable resource in an unsustainable way.
Sustained yield management - the process of managing a renewable resource to ensure that the amount harvested doesn’t cause long-term depletion of the resource. The harvest is equal to or less than the amount replenished each year.
Old-growth forest - a forest that has never been logged.
Aquaculture - fish farming
Continental shelf - the part of the ocean that is next to continents and is typically less than 200 meters deep.
Banks - shallow parts of the continental shelf that are good for fishing.
Inshore fishery - commercial fishing carried out close to shore in small, independently owned boats.
Offshore fishing - Commercial fishing carried out farther from shore in larger company-owned boats.
Geo Unit 4 - 5 Test Review
Definitions/Key terms - Chapter 4
Resource - Anything that can be used to produce goods and services, such as raw materials, workers, money, and land.
Total Stock - all parts of the natural environment including energy, living organisms, and non-living materials. For example - sunlight, trees, and water are all part of the total stock.
Natural resources - things found in the total stock that people find useful.
Renewable resources - resources that can be regenerated if used carefully.
Non-renewable resources - resources that are limited and cannot be replaced once they are used up.
Flow resources - resources that are replaced by natural actions and must be used when and where they occur or be lost.
Other resources - resources that do not fit into the other three categories (renewable, non-renewable, and flow resources)
Conservation - the wise use of resources
Definitions/Key terms - Chapter 5
Mining the resource - exploiting a renewable resource in an unsustainable way.
Sustained yield management - the process of managing a renewable resource to ensure that the amount harvested doesn’t cause long-term depletion of the resource. The harvest is equal to or less than the amount replenished each year.
Old-growth forest - a forest that has never been logged.
Aquaculture - fish farming
Continental shelf - the part of the ocean that is next to continents and is typically less than 200 meters deep.
Banks - shallow parts of the continental shelf that are good for fishing.
Inshore fishery - commercial fishing carried out close to shore in small, independently owned boats.
Offshore fishing - Commercial fishing carried out farther from shore in larger company-owned boats.
