1ST SEMESTER TEST RELATIONSHIP STATEMENTS
The following are sets of variables with environmental consequences. Please be able to complete a relationship statement explaining as the IV increases, then the DV will… ex#1: “As the amount of POVERTY increases then FOOD SECURITY decreases for a country.”
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poverty availability of microloans amount of golden rice education of women soil erosion macronutrients and micronutrients in diet amount of agriculture calorie intake iodine in diets poverty desertification desertification desertification desertification breast feeding diarrhea occurrence availability of water, salt, and sugar food intake a person’s income GDP use of monoculture number of livestock intensity of agriculture personal income interplanting interplanting interplanting interplanting soil erosion crop cover waterlogging to flush soil salinity crop irrigation contour farming terracing shelter belts manure applied to farmland crop rotation genetically engineered crops legume crops percentage of meat in the diet antibiotic use for livestock distance food grown from your home distance food grown from your home population growth integrated pest management width of a pesticide’s spectrum width of a pesticide’s spectrum persistence of a pesticide use of pesticides use of integrated pest management use of perennial plants as crops use of perennial plants as crops use of perennial plants as crops use of fossil fuels for agriculture pH pollution persistence biodiversity of an ecosystem biodiversity of an ecosystem isolation of a species human population size ocean depth ocean depth ocean depth ocean depth altitude altitude latitude distance of an island from mainland size of an island competition ecological succession number of sea otters TFR of a country TFR of a country availability of contraceptives amount of education of females amount of fundamentalist religion pH |
food security poverty vitamin a in diets total fertility rate (TFR) food security malnutrition and undernutrition aquifer depletion undernutrition occurrence of goiters deaths due to undernutrition poverty crop yields arable land famine malnutrition of infants death by dehydration & electrolyte loss deaths by dehydration & electrolyte loss overnutrition amount of meat consumed amount of meat consumed damage by insect pests water and air pollution soil depletion percentage of income spent on food damage by insect pests need for pesticides need for fertilizers soil erosion crop yields evaporation from soil salt in freshwater streams salinity of soil soil erosion soil erosion soil erosion crop yields soil fertility varieties of agricultural crops fertility of the soil per capita ecological footprint deaths in humans from bacterial infections per capita ecological footprint food security food security evolution of super pests number of pests it kills likelihood it will kill beneficial species amount of damage from pollution masculinity of males long term cost of pest management cost of planting crops soil erosion soil fertility sustainability number of H+ ions environmental damage inertia of the ecosystem resilience of the ecosystem speed of evolution occurring biodiversity on the Earth temperature of the water oxygen levels CO2 levels pressure temperature oxygen level average daily temperature biodiversity biodiversity chances a species will survive biodiversity number of sea urchins population growth amount of environmental degradation TFR TFR TFR |