REVIEWCHAPTER 1

Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population?

A. PakistanB. MexicoC. IndiaD. Canada

D. Canada(Canada is a developed

nation, so it will have a slower population growth rate.)

Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” essay addresses the conflicts associated with what environmental challenge?

A. Preserving biodiversityB. Protecting shared resourcesC. Curbing overpopulationD. Preventing pollution

B. Protecting shared resources

All of these fields of study contribute to environmental science except

A. Biology and earth sciences

B. Social sciencesC. LinguisticsD. Physics and chemistry

C. Linguistics

Compared to developing nations, developed nations have

A. Faster-growing populationsB. Higher health standardsC. Lower health standardsD. Greater personal wealth

D. Greater personal wealth

Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

A. Species extinctions have been rare throughout history.

B. Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen

C. Loss of biodiversity is not a concern because extinctions are common

D. Both a & b

B. Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen

An ecological footprint is the A. Number of trees people cut

down B. Number of animals a person has

killed C. Amount of land and ocean area

needed to support one person D. Mark a person’s shoe makes in

soft earth

C. Amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person

According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same?

A. Oil usage would dropB. Oil usage would increaseC. Oil prices would increaseD. Oil prices would drop

C. Oil prices would increase

Listing both the merits and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of a(n)

A. Risk assessment B. Cost-benefit analysis C. Market equilibrium D. Ecological footprint

B. Cost-benefit analysis

Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?

A. Burning coal in a power plant

B. Filling a car with gasolineC. Mining copperD. Building wood furniture

D. Building wood furniture

____ is a biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly than it can decompose.

A. MercuryB. Metal from junk carsC. PlasticD. Newspaper

D. Newspaper

A sustainable world would be characterized by the

A. Preservation of rare animals by relocation from natural habitats to laboratories

B. Invention of safer storage facilities for increased amounts of toxic wastes

C. Maximum exploitation of natural resources using more advanced technologies

D. Indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition

D. Indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition

A resident of _____ is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint

A. IndiaB. BritainC. The United StatesD. Indonesia

C. The United States

The “Tragedy of the Commons” describes the conflict between

A. Canada and MexicoB. Individuals and societyC. Farmers and industrialized

societyD. Developing and developed

nations

B. Individuals and society

Using scientific information from chemistry & biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes.

A. EcologyB. Environmental scienceC. Earth ScienceD. Social Science

B. Environmental science

Using economic considerations of resource use, the law of supply and demand describes

A. The relationship between the availability and the worth of resources

B. Reduced demand resulting from a lack of available resources

C. The worth of nonrenewable resources D. The availability of abundant resources

A. The relationship between the availability and the worth of resources

In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly?

A. KenyaB. GermanyC. AustraliaD. Norway

A. Kenya

The term “biodiversity” refers to A. The number of species living on

Earth B. The number and variety of

species living on Earth C. The number and variety of

species that are considered renewable

D. The number and variety of species that live in an area.

D. The number and variety of species that live in an area.

A focus of environmental science not studied in ecology is the

A. Use of natural resourcesB. Influence of humans on the

environmentC. Interaction among living

thingsD. Both a & c

B. Influence of humans on the environment

Which of the following is a developing nation?

A. The United StatesB. CanadaC. EthiopiaD. France

C. Ethiopia

Which of the following describes the depletion of a renewable resource?

A. Increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power

B. Intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients

C. Hunting of excess deer to maintain a healthy population size

D. Mining coal

B. Intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients

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