China has heavily regulated rare earth metal mining industry.
a. True
b. False
Ecology is the study of how organisms can survive independently of one another by
their dependence on matter and energy.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYAn organism can be described as a tertiary
consumer if it eats ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdetritivores
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsecondary producers
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYherbivores and carnivores
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsolely primary consumers
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYproducers only
The United States Endangered Species Act offers protection only for species located
within United States boundaries.
a. True
b. False
High temperatures can promote chemical reactions that lead to the formation of
photochemical smog.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYVinyl chloride is found in many plastics and is an
example of a _____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYpathogen
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYneurotoxin
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYteratogen
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmutagen
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYcarcinogen
Approximately two out of three people in the world primarily survive on which three
foods?HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYbeef, dairy, and cereals
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYrice, wheat, and corn
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfish, sugars, and vegetables
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYbeef, fish, and chicken
e. meats, cheese, and breadHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
Early and modern agriculture has been a major factor in the rapid rise of the human
population.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYProducers can also be described as ’selffeeders’,
or ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYautotrophs
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYtertiary
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYheterotrophs
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdetritivore
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdecomposer
Ocean acidification benefits organisms that produced calcium carbonate shells, but
harms other species.
a. True
b. False
The bottoms and sides of ____ have strong double liners and containment systems that
collect the liquids.
a. open dumps
b. recycling centers
c. waste incinerators
d. singlepickup systems
e. sanitary landfills
The law of conservation of matter states that whenever matter undergoes a physical or
chemical change, ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYatoms can be created
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYatoms can be destroyed
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYatoms cannot be created or destroyed
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYatoms can be destroyed if we compost them
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYatoms can be created by reactions between
organic compounds
An estimated 82% of the Guiyu (China) area’s children younger than age 6 suffer from
lead poisoning as direct result of electronic waste.
a. True
b. False
Reserves can be increased when higher prices make it profitable to mine deposits that
previously were too expensive.
a. True
b. False
What types of mining operations produce threefourths of all U.S. solid waste?
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYstrip and mountaintop removal
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYopenpit and strip
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsurface and subsurface
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYarea strip and mountaintop removal
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYcontour strip
Avoiding the use of tanning parlors or sunlamps is one of the best ways to ____.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdecrease your carbon footprint
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYlimit the amount of CFC pollution
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYreduce your exposure to UV radiation
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYprevent exposure to harmful photochemical
reactions
e. save energyHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
There exists a relatively complete network of buoys and pressure recorders for a global
tsunami warning system.
a. True
b. False
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds.
a. True
b. False
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYThe primary role of hazardous waste ____ is to
evade the laws by using an array of tactics, including bribes, false permits, and
mislabeling of hazardous wastes as recyclable materials.
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYemitters
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYproducers
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmanufacturers
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsmugglers
e. usersHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
The tragedy of the commons refers to the ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYoveruse of privately held resources
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdegradation of shared common resources
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYhuman deaths resulting polluted shared
resources such as air or water
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYgovernment overregulation of fresh water use
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYuse of nonrenewable resources
Rare earth elements are not actually ____, but they are difficult to find in high enough
concentrations and process at an economically viable
price.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYeconomic
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYrare
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmineable
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsustainable
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYrecoverable
What is a water resource that can be considered nonrenewable?
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYwater vapor in the atmosphere
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYprecipitation
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsurface water in lakes and streams
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdeep aquifers
e. snowpackHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
The venom of a poisonous snake is an example of secondary ecological succession.
a. True
b. False
About 97% of the world’s climate scientists agree that climate change is happening now
and is caused mostly by human activities.
a. True
b. False
____ efforts focus on greatly reducing or eliminating the production of
pollutants.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYAgricultural engineering
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYNonpoint pollution
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYChemical cycling
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYPollution prevention
e. Economic sanctionHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
Compared to synthetic pesticides, the use of natural biological pest controls are
____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmore costly
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdangerously unpredictable
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfaster
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYnontoxic
e. not very effectiveHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
Which category most accurately describes waste such as food wastes, cardboard, cans,
bottles, yard wastes, furniture, plastics, metal, glass, and ewaste?
HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYewaste
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYmunicipal waste
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYsolid waste
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYindustrial solid waste
e. municipal solid wasteHTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
The chemical pesticide DDT is persistent, or resistant to breakdown, and can be
biologically magnified.
a. True
b. False
The area of ocean needed to sustain the consumption of fish for an average person,
nation, or the world is called a(n) ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfootprint
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYecological footprint
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYbiodiversity print
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfishprint
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYfoodprint
Which term best describe the ability of a living system to be restored through secondary
ecological succession after a severe disturbance?HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYinertia
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYpersistence
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYconstancy
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYresilience
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYdiversity
Hydrogen fuel cells may be the key to the future for automobiles mostly because of its
positive net energy yield.
a. True
b. False
Malaria cannot be transmitted by blood transfusions or by sharing needles.
a. True
b. False
Kselected species ____.HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITY
a. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYtend to be shaped by coevolution
b. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYbehave in ways that benefit each by providing
each other with food, shelter, or some other resource
c. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYhave a capacity for a high rate of population
increase
d. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYtend to reproduce later in life and have a small
number of offspring with fairly long life spans
e. HTMLENTITY#8203HTMLENTITYgain protection by looking and acting like
other, more dangerous species