Chapter 24 – Living Resources

Sections 1 and 2

24.1 Environmental Issues

1. How are renewable resources and nonrenewable resources different? Give two examples of each.

2. How is human population growth related to environmental problems?

3. Suppose a town wants to buy a polluted marsh on an abandoned factory’s land, clean up the marsh, and use the area as a nature center for the town. What are three costs and three benefits of the town’s proposal? List them in a table.

24.2 Forests and Fisheries

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4. What are four reasons that forests are valuable to people and other organisms?

5. Describe two ways that setting fishing limits can help protect fish species.

Define these terms.

6. Sustainable yield

7. Fishery8. Aquaculture