5270941465 | pre-industrial stage | high birth and death rate | 0 | |
5270941466 | transitional stage | high birth rate, low death rate | 1 | |
5270941467 | industrial stage | birth rates decline and death rates are low | 2 | |
5270941468 | post industrial stage | low birth and death rate | 3 | |
5270941469 | total fertility rate | the number of children born per woman | 4 | |
5270941470 | infant mortality rate | the number of deaths of an infant under 1 years old | 5 | |
5270941471 | demography | study of data related to a population | 6 | |
5270941472 | rule of 70 | 70/ rate | 7 | |
5270941473 | crude birth rate | births/ total population x 1000 | 8 | |
5270941474 | crude death rate | deaths/ total population x 1000 | 9 | |
5270941475 | India | increasing population industrial stage | 10 | |
5270941476 | japan | decreasing population | 11 | |
5270941477 | us | stable population post industrial stage | 12 | |
5270941478 | africa | increasing population | 13 | |
5270941479 | Kenya | transitional stage | 14 | |
5270941480 | HIV/AIDS | kills middle aged people and leaves kids without parents, increases death rate | 15 | |
5270941481 | women empowerment | reduce population growth by educating women on birth control and condoms... lowers TFR | 16 | |
5270941482 | silt | medium particles, rich in nutrients, average permeability | 17 | |
5270941483 | clay | small particles, not permeable, lower amounts of gasses | 18 | |
5270941484 | sand | large particles, high filtration, low in nutrients | 19 | |
5270941485 | Loam | mixture of silt, sand, clay; ideal soil for farming | 20 | |
5270941486 | O horizon | organic matter | 21 | |
5270941487 | A horizon | top soil | 22 | |
5270941488 | E horizon | eluviated, leaching | 23 | |
5270941489 | B horizon | subsoil | 24 | |
5270941490 | C horizon | weathered rock | 25 | |
5270941491 | R horizon | parent rock | 26 | |
5270941492 | weathering | process that forms soil | 27 | |
5270941493 | physical weathering | wind, rain | 28 | |
5270941494 | chemical weathering | parent material is chemically changed | 29 | |
5270941495 | biological weathering | organisms produce soil chemically or physically | 30 | |
5270941496 | it takes 200-400 years for 1 cm of soil to form | 31 | ||
5270941497 | humus | fertile material formed by partial decomposition of organic matter | 32 | |
5273699781 | agriculture revolution | allowed people to settle in 1 place; leads to more intensive agriculture | 33 | |
5273699782 | green revolution | fed growing population; population increased; exponential growth | 34 | |
5273699783 | eutrophication | happens from over fertilizing | 35 | |
5273916238 | irrigation | artificially providing water to support agriculture | 36 | |
5273916239 | acid rain | cause of over fertilizer | 37 | |
5273916240 | conservation tillage | tilling that leaves more than 30% of crop residue covering the soil after harvest | 38 | |
5273916241 | terracing | growing crops on the side of mountains | 39 | |
5273916242 | contour farming | growing crops on a hill | 40 | |
5273916243 | intercropping | when you grow a crop among plants of a different kind in the space between the rows | 41 | |
5273916244 | crop rotation | rotating crops every year so soil doesn't get depleted of nutrients | 42 | |
5274062264 | shelter belts | rows of trees or plants are planted on the edge to slow down wind erosion | 43 | |
5274062265 | GMO's | genetically modified organisms; one gene is transferred to another organism | 44 | |
5274215617 | feedlots | an area where livestock are fed and fattened up | 45 | |
5274215618 | aquaculture | raising of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food | 46 | |
5274215619 | hydroponics | process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid with added nutrients but with out soil | 47 | |
5274215620 | pesticides | a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms that are harmful to cultivated plants | 48 | |
5274215621 | organic farming | a method of crop/livestock production that involves not using pesticides, fertilizers, or GMO's while encouraging sustainable production within agriculture | 49 | |
5274215622 | examples of GMO's | corn, soy, milk, golden rice | 50 | |
5274215623 | most permeable to least | sand, silt, clay | 51 | |
5274215624 | largest particle to smallest | sand, silt, clay | 52 | |
5274243544 | monoculture | planting of a single crop | 53 |
APES Flashcards
Primary tabs
Need Help?
We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.
For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.
If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.
Need Notes?
While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!