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1) According to the textbook, how old is
planet Earth?
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a)
4000
years old
b) 450,000 years old
c)
14 million years old
d)
4.5 billion years old
e)
45
billion years old
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1) Which of the following factors is as
important as population in determining the environmental impact of humans?
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a)
climate
b) wealth
c)
development
d) pollution
e)
consumption
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1) How do moderately developed countries most
differ from highly developed countries?
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a)
They
have much higher infant mortality rates.
b) They are mostly rural economies with very
low per capita incomes.
c)
They
have much lower levels of pollution.
d)
They have fewer opportunities for income,
education, and healthcare.
e)
Hunger,
disease, and illiteracy are common in moderately developed countries.
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1) The
highly developed countries represent how much of the world's population?
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a)
20%
b) 30%
c)
50%
d) 70%
e)
more
than 80%
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1) Which of the following is a nonrenewable
resource?
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a)
fossil fuels
b) water
c)
forests
d) soils
e)
fishes
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1) Highly developed countries (HDC) are
characterized by
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a)
high
rates of population growth
b)
high per capita incomes
c)
simple
agricultural bases
d) 50% of the world's population
e)
Thailand,
Mexico and South Africa
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1) What is the environmental significance of
the process of “consumption”?
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a)
Consumption can outstrip the natural
resources available and lead to overexploitation of the environment.
b) Extravagant consumption can create an
environment of raising one's status among peers.
c)
The
process of consumption is an economic act, providing the “demand” necessary for
the “supply” of the environment.
d) Consumption can generate economic growth
that relies significantly on the importation of natural resources, which
benefits the environments of less-developed countries.
e)
Consumption
is strictly a social act and has no environmental significance.
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1) Which of the following parameters are
needed to estimate humans' impact on the environment?
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a)
population
b) consumption
c)
affluence
d) population and consumption are both
necessary
e)
all of these are necessary
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1) In the United States ecological footprint
of each person is about 10 hectares.
The Earth presently has 11.4 billion hectares of productive land and
water. If everyone in the world
lived at the same level of consumption as the average American about how many
earths would we need to survive according to the ecological footprint analysis?
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a)
One
Earth
b) Two Earths
c)
Three
Earths
d) Four Earths
e)
Five Earths
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1) Which of the following are unsustainable
examples of human activities or behaviors?
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a)
recycling.
b) attempts to limit human population growth.
c)
using
technology to improve car mileage.
d)
depletion of fossil fuels.
e)
conservation
practices.
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1) Which of the following represents an idea
associated with environmental sustainability?
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a)
The
capacity of the environment to absorb toxins is unlimited.
b) The human population continues to grow.
c)
We
are using fossil fuels as if they were present in unlimited supply.
d)
The Earth's resources are not present in
infinite supply.
e)
Dilution
is the solution to pollution.
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a)
Dams
on rivers are preventing tuna for migrating upstream to spawn.
b) Water pollution from pesticide runoff is
killing tuna.
c)
Overfishing of tuna has greatly reduced
populations.
d) Global climate change is disrupting tuna
nursery areas.
e) The recent increase in El Niño events have
killed many tuna and reduced their food supply |
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1) Which of the following terms best
describes the interdisciplinary study of humanity's relationship with other
organisms and the non-living physical environment?
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a)
ecology
b) sociology
c)
political
science
d) risk analysis
e)
environmental science
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a)
By an
interactive process of experimentation, which refines hypotheses until they are
finally proven to be the absolute truth.
b) By relying on scientific authorities and
the massive amount of knowledge already obtained to explain new data.
c)
By systematically gathering evidence and
discarding potential explanations that do not fit the evidence, and refining
those that do fit the evidence.
d) By conducting experiments designed to
prove hypotheses as being correct beyond reasonable doubt.
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1) Why is it inadequate to rely solely on
science to solve environmental problems?
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a)
Science
can't prove anything so it cannot be used to solve problems.
b)
Science can only inform decisions and
ethics are necessary to help us decide what we ought to do.
c)
The
statement is incorrect since science is the only discipline necessary to solve
environmental problems.
d) Ethics and economics are the real tools
used to solve environmental problems.
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