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8233137745John MuirProtected Yosemite0
8233153583Theodore Rooseveltprotected Yellowstone1
8233159672Rachel Carsonpublished evidence of danger of DDT2
8233178483Gifford PinchotFirst chief of the Forest Service3
8233203072Henry David Thoreaueasterner who wrote about Walden Pond4
8233213877South America, North America, RussiaWhich countries have the most forests5
8233226254(Births-Deaths)/10RNI6
823324276770/RNIDoubling time7
8233250741Approaching carrying capacitywhy is the world's population growth rate decreasing8
8233258384fertilityaverage number of babies born from each mother9
8233270634what could cause fertility to decreasedelayed births or marriage, urbanization10
8233284346GDP or GNPcommon economic measure of a nation11
8233295547Low infant mortalitybest indicator of a high quality of life12
8233310371Deaths=Births, stage 1 and 40 growth occurs13
8233327107Largest difference in deaths and births, stage 2most rapid growth14
8233350604improved sanitation, medicinewhy do deaths decrease first15
8233360344cultural reasons, slow to educate or provide women with optionswhy are births slow to decline16
8233400201China reduced birthswhy is India likely to overtake china as the largest nation17
8233418539National ParkUsually preserved to protect historic, wildlife, and natural features.18
8233487239climate change/ purify watermost global service of forests19
8233494933shelterwoodwhich selective cutting opens up the canopy and makes space to encourage growth20
8233515774soil erosiongreatest non-sustainable effect of clear cutting21
8233530677spray pesticideswhat was done in national forests that could lead to fish kills due to biomagnification22
8233546710increase temperature, decrease rainfalllocal impact of deforestation23
8233561296replant and selective or strip cutting of mature forestswhat is the best method to have sustainable logging24
8233653750why is suppressing fires dangerous to forestsallow fuel to increase25
8233668371why are fires beneficial to forestsadd nutrients to the soil, opens canopy to allow sun to soil26
8233693494what makes tropical rainforests different from other forestsgreater diversity27
8233700356wildernesspublic land that is roadless to reduce human impact28
8233724430what characteristic to DDT allows it to biomagnifypersistence29
8233732664bioaccumulationfirst step in biomagnification30
8233755087why can pesticides be found where the have never been sprayedair/water circulation31
8233765190resistance and killing natural predatorscauses pest populations to increase with the continued use of pesticides32
8233784047access to education, medicine, jobsreasons that urban is better than rural33
8233808794pesticide treadmillthe natural tendency of a farmer to fight a resistant pest by spraying more pesticides34
8233822908natural predatorsbest way to reduce pest populations35
8233839388carsthe single factor that most led to urban sprawl36
8233850515cars, A/C, absorption on dark surfacessource of "urban heat island"37
8233861304mass transitreduced efficiency because of urban sprawl38
8233884778why would large cities in less developed nations have more air pollution than the same sized city in developed nationsolder and less maintained vehicles39
8233903811what characteristics of Bradenton are not true of a "green city"using solar energy, preserve natural areas for diversity, planning to reduce travel and pollution, recycling more40

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