REVIEW

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REVIEW

• CHAPTER 1

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• Which country is most likely to have either a
  stabilized or a slowly growing population?
• A. Pakistan
• B. Mexico
• C. India
• D. Canada

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D. Canada

• (Canada is a developed nation, so it will have a
  slower population growth rate.)

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• Hardins Tragedy of the Commons essay addresses
  the conflicts associated with what environmental
  challenge?
• A. Preserving biodiversity
• B. Protecting shared resources
• C. Curbing overpopulation
• D. Preventing pollution

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B. Protecting shared resources
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• All of these fields of study contribute to
  environmental science except
• A. Biology and earth sciences
• B. Social sciences
• C. Linguistics
• D. Physics and chemistry

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C. Linguistics
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• Compared to developing nations, developed nations
  have
• A. Faster-growing populations
• B. Higher health standards
• C. Lower health standards
• D. Greater personal wealth

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D. Greater personal wealth
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• Why is the worlds 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

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B. Humans depend upon other organisms for food
and oxygen
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• 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 persons shoe makes in soft earth

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C. Amount of land and ocean area needed to
support one person
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• 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 drop
• B. Oil usage would increase
• C. Oil prices would increase
• D. Oil prices would drop

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C. Oil prices would increase
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• 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

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B. Cost-benefit analysis
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• 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 gasoline
• C. Mining copper
• D. Building wood furniture

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D. Building wood furniture
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• ____ is a biodegradable material that becomes a
  pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly
  than it can decompose.
• A. Mercury
• B. Metal from junk cars
• C. Plastic
• D. Newspaper

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D. Newspaper
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• 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

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D. Indefinite existence of human populations in
a healthy and prosperous condition
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• A resident of _____ is likely to leave the
  largest ecological footprint
• A. India
• B. Britain
• C. The United States
• D. Indonesia

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C. The United States
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• The Tragedy of the Commons describes the
  conflict between
• A. Canada and Mexico
• B. Individuals and society
• C. Farmers and industrialized society
• D. Developing and developed nations

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B. Individuals and society
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• Using scientific information from chemistry
  biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and
  make it healthy again describes.
• A. Ecology
• B. Environmental science
• C. Earth Science
• D. Social Science

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B. Environmental science
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• 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

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A. The relationship between the availability
and the worth of resources
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• In which country is the population likely to be
  increasing most rapidly?
• A. Kenya
• B. Germany
• C. Australia
• D. Norway

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A. Kenya
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• 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.

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D. The number and variety of species that
live in an area.
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• A focus of environmental science not studied in
  ecology is the
• A. Use of natural resources
• B. Influence of humans on the environment
• C. Interaction among living things
• D. Both a c

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B. Influence of humans on the environment
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• Which of the following is a developing nation?
• A. The United States
• B. Canada
• C. Ethiopia
• D. France

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C. Ethiopia
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• 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

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B. Intensive cultivation of farmland that
exhausts soil nutrients
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