Environmental Science (Enger) 12th Edition

Chapter 1: Environmental Interrelationships

Practice Quiz

1
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field that includes only scientific aspects of human impact on the world.
A)True
B)False
2
Environmental Science is
A)the science sector of a bioregion.
B)an interdisciplinary field including human impacts.
C)the interrelationships between development and conservation.
D)the political study of science.
3
An ecosystem approach
A)requires only social impacts to be studied.
B)would include the study of how humans interact with the natural world.
C)requires only biological impacts to be studied.
D)often ignores other cultures.
E)All of the above are correct.
4
All are changes in Yellowstone's ecosystem after wolves were introduced EXCEPT
A)an increase in willow and aspen stands.
B)a reduction in elk populations.
C)an increase in coyote populations.
D)an increase in beaver populations.
5
Environmental problems cannot be resolved by state governments alone.
A)True
B)False
6
Which conference led to commitments of participating nations to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases?
A)Millennium Assessment
B)UNCED or Earth Summit
C)International Commission on Climate Change
D)The Kyoto Protocol
7
The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was initiated by the United Nations.
A)True
B)False
8
The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report indicates ecosystems are currently under stress, and are predicted to be under more pressure as the human population grows.
A)True
B)False
9
Timber harvesting, mining, oil exploration, and native people's rights are all important environmental issues in
A)the Northern Wilderness.
B)the Dry West.
C)the Diverse South.
D)the Industrial Northeast.
E)the Agricultural Middle.
10
The Midwestern U.S. is dominated by
A)prairie.
B)wilderness.
C)agriculture.
D)All of the above are correct.
11
Land use in the dry western U.S. has been unsuccessfully managed by the U.S. government.
A)True
B)False
12
One region of environmental concern is the forested west.
A)True
B)False
13
Which region is characterized by old growth coniferous rainforests?
A)the Dry West
B)the Diverse South
C)the Industrial Northeast
D)the Agricultural Middle
E)the Forested West
14
The U.S. government has yet to issue consumption advisories for some fish in the Great Lakes.
A)True
B)False
15
Much of the land in the wilderness north (Alaska and Northern Canada) is government owned.
A)True
B)False
16
The Diverse South is hard to categorize because
A)of hurricanes and other extreme weather.
B)it has characteristics of all the other geographic areas.
C)of the petrochemical industry in Texas and Louisiana.
D)of groundwater issues in Florida.
17
The first "Earth Day" was held in
A)1965.
B)1969.
C)1970.
D)1999.
18
In the arid western U.S., long term irrigation has led to
A)the buildup of salts in the soil that decrease soil fertility.
B)too much water that is not useable.
C)effective management of grazing lands.
D)a decrease in water use.
19
The prohibition of water buffalo grazing in Keoladeo National Park in India
A)led to the recovery of the Siberian crane.
B)led to more water buffalo diseases.
C)led to a dramatic decrease in the population of Siberian cranes.
D)led to the extinction of Siberian cranes.
20
Some top predators (such as lake trout) have concentrations of some chemical pollutants in their fatty tissue that are millions of times higher than background concentrations of the same pollutant in the water. This is due to a process called
A)biocides.
B)residual accumulations.
C)decomposition.
D)bioaccumulation.
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