Land Test Study Guide
Windbreaks:
SOIL
What is soil and what is it made of?
Inorganic Fertilizer vs. Organic Fertilizers, 3 types:
Farmers Markets:
Describe each soil layer.
PESTICIDES
Pests:
Soil Texture
What are the three different sizes of soil particles?
What do pesticides do and what are some different
types?
What is porosity and permeability?
DDT and its effects:
Describe loam soil.
Who is Rachel Carson?
FARMING
What is high input farming?
Organophosphates, Malathion:
What are the pros and cons of high input farming?
Pros
Cons
State the pros and cons of Pesticides and their use:
Pros
What is sustainable/low input agriculture?
Cons
What are the pros and cons of sustainable/low input
agriculture?
Pros
Describe Pesticide regulation:
Cons
What is integrated pest management?
Describe organic farming.
Pesticide Alternatives:
Describe the characteristics of the Green Revolution.
Genetically Modified Organisms, usage, pros, & cons:
Farming Techniques/Products
Terracing:
Contour Farming:
WASTE DISPOSAL
Solid Waste:
Mining and industry waste:
Strip Cropping:
Municipal Solid waste:
Surface Mining Reclamation and Control Act:
Disposal options
Open Dump, Ocean Dumping, Landfills, Exporting,
Incineration:
FORESTS
Types of Forest:
Trash as energy? Wuuut?
Management Types:
What’s integrated waste management? How is it
beneficial?
Harvesting Techniques:
MINING
What are minerals, and why are they used?
Surface Fires:
What are ores?
How are mineral deposits found?
Crown Fires:
Surface Mining
Ground Fires:
Open Pit Mining:
Protecting forests from fires:
Dredging:
Health Forest initiative:
Area strip mining:
LAND AGENCIES
-Study Your Jigsaw Activity!!!
Mountain Top Removal:
-NPS, NFS, Wilderness Areas, Wildlife Refuges, Marine
Sanctuaries, BLM
Cyanide Heap Leaching:
Subsurface Mining
Environmental Damage from mining: