Environmental Science Exam: Multiple Choice Flashcards
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| 5859832037 | Which of the following is directly or indirectly related to essentially all of our environmental problems: | Population growth | 0 | |
| 5859832038 | Pollination of crops, filtering of groundwater, and biodegradation of waste are all examples of: | Ecosystem capital | 1 | |
| 5859885000 | A graph of human population growth to the present resembles: | J-shaped curve | 2 | |
| 5860006472 | A substantial society: | Meets the needs of the present without compromising those of the future | 3 | |
| 5860006473 | What does research indicate about the relationship between carbon dioxide levels and global temperature: | Both increase | 4 | |
| 5860006474 | The former civilization of Easter island collapse because of: | Overpopulation and overexploitation of resources | 5 | |
| 5860006475 | Which of the following can be attributed to the modern environmental movement: | Banning of DDT in the US | 6 | |
| 5860006476 | Joanne noticed an increase smell of sewage from her local waste water treatment plant this is AN: | Observation | 7 | |
| 5860006477 | The emergence and spread of H1N1 influenza in 2009 is a good example of problems with: | Globalization | 8 | |
| 5860006478 | The notion of environmental justice refers to: | Activities that monitor environmental conditions and work towards equal distribution of environmental impacts and benefits | 9 | |
| 5860006479 | What is ecosystem capital: | The flow of goods and services from an ecosystem supporting human life and economic well-being | 10 | |
| 5860006480 | Today's population is over: | 7 billion | 11 | |
| 5860006481 | One example of an air pollution problem with global dimensions is: | Increasing levels of CO2 | 12 | |
| 5860006482 | The expected relationship between atmospheric CO2 in the greenhouse effect is: | Direct | 13 | |
| 5860006483 | An international treaty to reduce CO2 omissions below 1990 levels is the: | Kyoto Protocol | 14 | |
| 5860006484 | Polluting The air in changing the landscape are two ways in which: | Habitat alteration | 15 | |
| 5860006485 | Facts are data that have been: | Confirmed | 16 | |
| 5860006486 | Our confidence in scientific knowledge should be proportional to: | The evidence supporting it | 17 | |
| 5860006487 | The scientific method begins with: | Observations | 18 | |
| 5860006488 | The accelerating interconnectedness of human activities, ideals and cultures are: | Globalization | 19 | |
| 5860006489 | Which of the following community component is abiotic: | Rainfall | 20 | |
| 5860006490 | The major ecosystem in the central US is: | Grasslands | 21 | |
| 5860006491 | The distribution of major ecosystems globally is the consequences of: | Climate | 22 | |
| 5860006492 | All the organisms in an ecosystem that can be assigned to one of these three categories: | Producers, consumers, and decomposers | 23 | |
| 5860006493 | The following substance is inorganic: | Water | 24 | |
| 5860175468 | Where an organism lives is it and how it lives: | Habitat and niche | 25 | |
| 5860175469 | The definition of climate involves both of these: | Temperature and precipitation | 26 | |
| 5860175470 | Permafrost would most likely be found in which biome: | Tundra | 27 | |
| 5860175471 | The biotic factor that limits grass from taking over high rainfall areas is: | Tall trees | 28 | |
| 5860175472 | Humans have created their own distinctive ecosystem apart from natural ecosystems with: | Agriculture | 29 | |
| 5860175473 | The first law of thermodynamics states that: | Energy is neither created nor destroyed | 30 | |
| 5860175474 | Heat light and motion are all forms of: | Kinetic energy | 31 | |
| 5860175475 | Amount of energy required to raise 1 g of water 1°C: | Calorie | 32 | |
| 5860175476 | The following organisms Carry out respiration: | Animals, plants, and fungi | 33 | |
| 5860175477 | Natural ecosystems do not harm themselves with their own waste products because these products are: | Recycle | 34 | |
| 5860175478 | Humans disrupt the phosphorus cycle primarily by: | Fertilizers | 35 | |
| 5860175479 | A number of bacteria and some blue - green algae convert nitrogen gas to nitrate form in a process known as: | Nitrogen fixation | 36 | |
| 5860175480 | The major difference between primary and secondary succession at the secondary succession start with the pre-existing: | Organisms | 37 | |
| 5860283441 | Which of the following is true: | Energy flows and nutrient cycle | 38 | |
| 5860283442 | Three forms of energy are: | Chemical, potential, and kinetic | 39 | |
| 5860283443 | Environmental resistance increases as: | Population density | 40 | |
| 5860283444 | Glucose are all examples of: | Potential energy | 41 | |
| 5860283445 | The primary product of photosynthesis is: | Glucose | 42 | |
| 5860283446 | (Blank) percent loss of energy as it moves from one trophic level to the next: | 90 | 43 | |
| 5860283447 | Eventually all energy escapes as: | Heat | 44 | |
| 5860283448 | The amount of atmospheric CO2 is being increased greatly by the burning of: | Fossil fuels | 45 | |
| 5860283449 | Choose the correct order of the best describes the primary succession: | Moss, grass, shrubs, trees | 46 | |
| 5860462029 | A resilient ecosystem is one that: | Maintains its normal functioning even through a disturbance | 47 | |
| 5860462031 | The cornerstone of sustaining civilization is maintaining productive: | Soil | 48 | |
| 5860462032 | During the last 40 years, 1/3 of Earth's croplands have been loss to: | Erosion and salinization | 49 | |
| 5860462033 | More than (blank) percent of world food supply is from land based systems that rely on soil as the fundamental source: | 90 | 50 | |
| 5860462034 | In natural ecosystems, the greatest source of mineral nutrients for sustaining plant growth is from: | Detritus | 51 | |
| 5860462035 | Which of the following will not result in reduced soil erosion: | Traditional plowing in cultivation by heavy machinery | 52 | |
| 5860462036 | Most plants have access to oxygen through its: | Roots | 53 | |
| 5860462037 | Adding water by artificial means is called: | Irrigation | 54 | |
| 5860462038 | Uncontrolled wind and water erosion results in a soil ecosystem that is a functional: | Desert | 55 | |
| 5860462039 | Dry land ecosystems cover about (blank) of the land area of earth: | 1/3 | 56 | |
| 5860462040 | About 80% of the Deforestation is for: | Agriculture | 57 | |
| 5860462041 | The basic reason for plowing and cultivation is for: | Controlling weeds | 58 | |
| 5860462042 | What other revolution contributed to a revolution in agriculture? | Industrial | 59 | |
| 5860462043 | Today less than (blank) of the United States workforce produce enough food for the nations needs: | 15% | 60 | |
| 5860462044 | The high worldwide production of wheat and rice resulting from the new genetic variety is was hailed as the: | Green revolution | 61 | |
| 5860462045 | In the US (blank) percent of the grain crop goes to animals: | 70 | 62 | |
| 5860462030 | Which are environmental consequences of animal farm: | A, B, C | 63 | |
| 5860462046 | In which countries is the import of grain more than the export: | Asia, Latin America and Africa | 64 | |
| 5860462047 | About (blank) people on earth suffer from the effects of hunger and malnutrition: | 850 million | 65 | |
| 5860462048 | The root cause of hunger is: | Poverty | 66 | |
| 5860462049 | The two primary causes of famine are: | Drought and war | 67 | |
| 5860462050 | Food aid to developing countries usually (blank) the local economy and leads to a (blank) in local food production: | Disrupts; decreases | 68 | |
| 5860462051 | Incorporating genes from one species into another to produce age are trait is called: | Genomics | 69 | |
| 5860821318 | Which of the following is true: (literacy) | As literacy rates increase fertility rates decrease | 70 | |
| 5860821319 | The debt crisis in less developed countries has lead to which of the following: | Reduction in environmental protection of natural resources | 71 | |
| 5860821320 | Countries experiencing demographic transition are experiencing: | High crude birth rates and low crude death rate | 72 | |
| 5860857586 | A country in which region is most likely to be trapped in a demographic transition | Sub-Sahara Africa | 73 | |
| 5860857587 | What are two basic school of thought about control of population growth: | Active versus passive | 74 | |
| 5860857588 | What is expected to happen to the total debt in developing countries in the next few years: | Increase | 75 | |
| 5861094490 | Reform of the World Bank is directed at: | adding environment leadership, policies and control | 76 | |
| 5861104498 | What is happening to life expectancy | increasing in both devoloped and developing countries | 77 | |
| 5861110286 | What are the three key indicators of development? | Access to safe drinking water, percentage of pop enrolled in education, reduced child mortality | 78 | |
| 5861122302 | Despite aggressive population control measures, China's population is still growing because of: | Momentum in the population | 79 | |
| 5861128186 | How will the male/female ratio in China impact fertility? | Decrease fertility rate | 80 | |
| 5861137019 | Efforts to decrease fertility rates through education, micro lending and disease control where should the focus be placed? | Women | 81 | |
| 5861145137 | If the estimates from a 2004 paper are accurate which of the following statements are true? | Human population has not yet reached its carrying capacity | 82 | |
| 5861154281 | Which of the following human revolutions is tied directly to an increase use of coal? | Industrial | 83 | |
| 5861162443 | If the total fertility rates are reduced to 2.0 then the population would: | Continue to grow but gradually stabilize | 84 | |
| 5861166843 | Which 2 human revolutions center on agriculture? | Neolithic and Green | 85 | |
| 5861241684 | What will the growth of the human population look like graphically? | S-shaped curve | 86 | |
| 5861241685 | Which of the following is true: (world's people) | Most of the world's people live in moderately developed countries | 87 | |
| 5861241686 | Why is the % of the world's population that live in developing countries increasing? | Fertility rates are higher in developing countries | 88 | |
| 5861241687 | If a society wants to reduce its impact on the environment it should: | Decrease in population | 89 | |
| 5861379691 | The best general description of human population growth: | Slow growth for thousands of years followed by rapid growth the past 200 years | 90 | |
| 5861379692 | How are poverty rates and fertility rates related | High poverty rates correlate with high fertility rates | 91 | |
| 5861379693 | How does stewardship affect environmental impact | An increase in stewardship corresponds with a decrease in environmental impact | 92 | |
| 5861379694 | What accounts for the fact that 15% of the world people cause the majority of the worlds environmental problems | Overconsumption | 93 | |
| 5861379695 | What proportion of the current world population increase is due to the growth of populations in developing countries | More than 90% | 94 | |
| 5861379696 | Of the 10 largest cities in the world whose population had grown the fastest since 1970 | India | 95 | |
| 5861379697 | How are technology poverty related | Access to technology in a region increases poverty decreases | 96 | |
| 5861379698 | What has happened to the population growth rate since the 1960s | It has decreased | 97 | |
| 5861379699 | Progress through the phases of demographic transitions accompanies | Increased economic and industrial development | 98 | |
| 5861379700 | A country with (blank) fertility rates would have a population profile that looks like a pyramid | High | 99 | |
| 5861680543 | As human populations become more affluent they: | Can afford to separate themselves from the consequences of their consumption patterns | 100 | |
| 5861680544 | The population profile for more developed country reveals a shape that:is more or less column | is more or less columnar | 101 | |
| 5861680545 | A demographic transition is typical of a: | Country whose birth and death rates are shifting as it moves from the primitive to the modern condition | 102 | |
| 5861680546 | What kind of correlation exists between total fertility rate in the availability of contraceptives: | Strong correlation | 103 | |
| 5861680547 | The current increase in the worlds population is due to | Decreasing death rate | 104 | |
| 5861680548 | The 1994 population conference in Cairo: | Place responsibility for bringing fertility rates down in the developing countries | 105 | |
| 5861680549 | Water covers of earths surface | 90% | 106 | |
| 5861680550 | What percentage of earths water is accessible | less than 1% | 107 | |
| 5861680551 | Water enters the atmosphere through | Transpiration and evaporation | 108 | |
| 5861680552 | Water returns from the atmosphere through | Precipitation and condensation | 109 | |
| 5861680553 | Evaporation and condensation are two water purification process is similar to | Distillation | 110 | |
| 5861680554 | When precipitation hits the ground what to pathways can the water take | Run off and infiltration | 111 | |
| 5861680555 | The two primary demand on water in the US are | Consumptive and nonconsumptive | 112 | |
| 5861680556 | Water is a potentially (blank) resource | Renewable | 113 | |
| 5861680557 | One of the largest income generating enterprises in many developing countries is | Ecotourism | 114 | |
| 5861680558 | The greatest catastrophe to hit natural biota and 65 million years will be | Global warming | 115 |