Pick 8 to answer. Summary in your own words and your own thoughts….

Pick 8 to answer. Summary in your own words and your own thoughts….

Pick 8 to answer. Summary in your own words and your own thoughts. (125 words for each question)

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AGRICULTURE, AQUACULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

1.  Should Rice Be Grown in a Dry Climate?

2. Design an integrated pest management scheme for a small vegetable garden in a city lot behind a house. How would this scheme differ from integrated pest management used on a large farm?

3. ^{A city garbage dump is filled, and it is suggested that the area be turned into a farm. What factors in the dump might make it a good area to farm, and what might make it a poor area to farm?}

^{Energy/ Basic level}

^4. Can we now contemplate a time when the United States will achieve energy independence?

5.  Compare and contrast the potential advantages and disadvantages of a major shift from hard-path to soft-path energy development.

6. Complete an energy audit of the building you live in and then develop recommendations that might lead to lower utility bills.

Fossil Fuels and the environment

_{7.  Compare the potential environmental consequences of burning oil, burning natural gas, and burning coal.}

_8. The transition from wood to fossil fuels took about 100 years. How long do you think the transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources will take? What will determine the time of transition?

9. What are some of the technical solutions to reducing air-pollutant emissions from burning coal? Which are best? Why?

Alternative Energy and The environment

10. What are some of the problems associated with producing energy from biomass?

11. When do you think the transition from fossil fuels to other energy sources will (or should) occur? Defend your answer.

Water Supply, use, management

12. If water is one of our most abundant resources, why are we concerned about its availability in the future?

13. Discuss how the concept of virtual water is related to water conservation and management at the global level.