HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYA person experiencing dizziness after using a
strong household cleaner is showing a(n) ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYchronic effect
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsubchronic effect
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYacute effect
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsubacute effect
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsuperacute effect
Argentina fire ants have developed a genetic resistance to pesticides.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYThe endangered species act requires that all
commercial shipments of wildlife products ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYbe inspected for disease carrying animals
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYenter or leave the country through one of 17
designated ports
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfile for appropriate permits through the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYpay heavy import taxes that discourage
trafficking of endangered species
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYoccur in specially designed container that
protect animals and plants
Ocean acidification is the result of ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. acid rainHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYthe ocean absorbing carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYeutrophication
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYecosystem changes induced by overfishing
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYwarming ocean water
Today, forests in the United States (including tree plantations) cover more area than
they did in 1920.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYWhat are the countries with the largest reserves
of natural gas?
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYCanada and the United States
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYRussia, Iran, and Qatar
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYNigeria and Algeria
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYIndia, Venezuela, and the United States
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYRussia, Venezuela, and Canada
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYWhich worldview proposes that we can and
should manage the earth for our own benefit, but that we have an ethical responsibility
to be caring and responsible managers of the earth?
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYplanetary management worldview
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYstewardship worldview
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYenvironmental wisdom worldview
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYearthcentered worldview
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYlifecentered worldview
What kind of subsidies can governments use to promote sustainable use of
nonrenewable minerals?HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYcleanup and environmental compliance
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYaggressive foreign policy and conflict where
necessary
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmarket price and trade agreements
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmining and allowances
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYreuse, recycling, and substitution programs
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYWind farms that are located ____ are more costly
to install, but are expected to see increasing use because they can harness stronger
winds and thus reduce the cost of producing electricity.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYon mountaintops
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYoffshore
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYnear shorelines
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYin wide open plains
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdesert valleys
What is expected to happen to populations of malariacarrying mosquitoes in the coming
century?
a. Global warming is expected to destroy their habitats.
b. Many researchers expect to find a cure for malaria.
c. Oral rehydration therapy will be made available to the poor in developing nations.
d. The mosquitoes are expected to migrate to warmer areas in the north.
e. The WHO will likely approve the use of DDT in more areas.
What action could help decrease the single largest use of domestic water in the United
States?
a. Use a drip system in your garden.
b. Install a lowflow shower head.
c. Use native plants in your landscaping.
d. Install a watersaving toilet tank.
e. Use gray water to water your houseplants.
An exponential growth curve depicting an evergrowing population is shaped like the
letter ____.
a. J
b. L
c. M
d. S
e. U
Omnivores are animals that feed only on the flesh of other animals.
a. True
b. False
Smokestacks can increase regional pollution.
a. True
b. False
What is an example of a pollution control or prevention technology?
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYcoalburning power plants
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfuelefficient cars
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYwastewater release into rivers
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYagricultural fertilizer runoff
e. smart phonesHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYThe world’s second fastestgrowing source of
electricity after solar cells has been ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYnuclear power
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYcogeneration power
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYcoal power
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYwind power
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYhydropower
Which air pollutant is a colorless gas with an irritating odor, and mostly comes from
human sources such as smelting?
a. nitric acid
b. ozone
c. nitrogen oxide
d. sulfur dioxide
e. carbon monoxide
Approximately 87% of the world’s commercial energy comes from fossil fuels.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYThe feeper____ waste collection systems charge
consumers for the amount of waste they throw away.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYunit
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYproduct
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmaterial
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYenergy
e. bagHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
The earth’s lifesupport system consists of four main spherical systems—the air, water,
living things, and ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYtroposphere
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYbiosphere
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYgeosphere
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYhydrosphere
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYatmosphere
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYAside from increasing energy efficiency, what
energy resource has the highest net energy ratio for space heating?
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYoil
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYactive solar
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYpassive solar
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYelectric resistance heating
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYwind
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYMost opportunist species ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYare nonnative
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYtend to mature slowly after birth
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYare especially vulnerable to extinction
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYtend to do well in competitive conditions when
their population size is near the carrying capacity of their environment
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYgo through irregular and unstable boomandbust
cycles in their population sizes
Carbon is an element.
a. True
b. False
“Fecal snow” can blanket parts of ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYSao Paulo
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYMexico City
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYCalcutta
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYRio de Janeiro
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYBombay
Under rapidly changing environmental conditions, ____ usually have an
advantage.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYspecialist species
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYgeneralist species
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYindicator species
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYamphibians
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYkeystone species
The world’s wild species provide ecological resources and services that keep us alive
and support human economies.
a. True
b. False
Ozone gas, a chemical in the atmosphere that helps filter out harmful UV sunlight, is
located in the troposphere.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYCarrying capacity refers to ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYreproductive rate
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYthe relationship between birth rate and
mortality
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYthe maximum population size that a particular
habitat can sustain indefinitely
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYthe proportion of males to females
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYthe intrinsic rate of increase
Humans evolved from ___.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYapes
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmonkeys
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYchimpanzees
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYa common ancestor shared with apes and
monkeys
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYan ancestor with no connection to apes or
monkeys
The Biosphere 2 experiment showed that science is very capable of engineering
sustainable ecological systems.
a. True
b. False
Redesigning ____________________ processes to use less mineral resources is a way
that corporations and researchers could practice more sustainable use of nonrenewable
minerals.
An ecological industrial method that can be used to mimic nature is to interact with
each other is through ____________________, which is where the wastes of one
manufacturer become the raw materials for another. This is very similar to food webs in
natural ecosystems.
Fleas live in and on household pets.
When births plus immigration exceed deaths plus emigration, a population
_________________________.
Describe the three primary challenges for scientists when attempting to estimate
extinction rates.
Explain how we can prevent and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
Major causes of the environmental problems we face are ____________________,
wasteful and unsustainable resource use, poverty, failure to include the harmful
environmental and health costs of goods and services in their market prices, and
increasing isolation from nature.
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYOrganic compounds always contain
____________________ atoms.
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Since 1992, the Xerox company has been ____________________ most of its copying
machines as part of its mission to provide document services rather than to sell new
photocopiers that would consume more resources than necessary.
slate
Describe at least one principle that can help us to evaluate and reduce risk.
Seismic waves move upward and outward from the earthquake’s
____________________ like ripples in a pool of water
The law of ____________________ of matter states that whenever matter undergoes a
physical or chemical change, no atoms are created or destroyed.
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The heat stored in soil, underground rocks, and fluids in the earth’s mantle that we can
use for the production of energy is called ____________________.
The amplitude or size of the seismic waves from an earthquake is measured by a
recording instrument called a(n) ____________________.
Explain why a population might follow an Sshaped curve of growth.
The measure of the annual market value of all goods and services produced by all firms
and organizations, foreign and domestic, operating within a country is known as the
____________________.