| LAND BLUEPRINT 1. Humus - what is it? what's it good for? 2. Leaching - what is it? why is it bad? 3. Compost - what is it? how's it made? what's it good for? 4. Fuel sources - advantages, disadvantages of each, relative amounts of each, lifespans - what types of pollutants are emitted by each, how were they formed? 5. Chemical vs. physical weathering - causes, effects 6. Salinization, desertification, erosion, & leaching 7 - 9. Oil production - who has it? who uses it? 10. See #4 11. Oil extraction - primary, secondary, tertiary recovery 12. See #4 13. Smelting - what is it? Environmental effects 14. Sanitary landfills - what are they? Describe the layers. What are its environmental effects? 15 - 20. Disposal of solid & hazardous wastes - the different methods - advantages, disadvantages of each, environmental effects of each 21 - 25. Soil layers 26. Tailings, overburden, gangue, ore - what are they? 27. Mining methods - describe each of the techniques & the environmental effects of each 28. Tectonic movement - what is it? what causes it? What are the different types of boundaries that form? 29. See #15 30 - 31. The Rock Cycle 32. See #4 33. Soil types in each of the biomes 34. Volcanoes - what causes them? Where are they found? 35. Erosion - what causes it? what are the different types? 36. Soil degradation - what causes it? 37. See #27 38. See #33 39. Elements in the Earth's crust, core, & mantle 40. Heap-leach extraction - what is it? what is it used for? what are the environmental effects? 41. Renewable vs. nonrenewable resources - definition & examples 42. Recycling - how, benefits, what can be recycled? 43. Soil types 44. Faults - what causes them? what are the different types? where are they? 45. Methods of preventing erosion with farming 46 - 47. See #42 48. See #44. 49. See #35 50. See #43. |