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Environmental Science Cumulative
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Trees are an important source of food for humans and other organisms. - Correct Ans: True. Energy efficiency strategies are based on the assumption that consumers will be willing to pay more in exchange for reduced energy use. - Correct Ans: False. The widespread loss of wetlands would have little effect on the overall health of the environment. - Correct Ans: False. Agricultural practices can lead to water pollution. - Correct Ans: True. Arboreal animals are animals that _______. a. rely on trees for food b. live in trees c. are harmful to trees d. none of the above - Correct Ans: b. live in trees Why does culture establish the standard by which quality of life is measured? a. Cultures are defined by the demographics of their populations. b.
Culture establishes the framework be which individuals judge their environment. c. Culture defines the domains of family and health that define quality of life. d. A society's culture defines its socioeconomic conditions - Correct Ans: b. Culture establishes the framework which individuals judge their environment. Which of the following is not a way that oil production could potentially affect aquatic viability? a. marine oil spills during transportation b. offshore oil drilling c. interruption of water flow d. contamination from waste products - Correct Ans: c. interruption of water flow Which of the following best describes energy transformations in ecosystems? a. Most energy in a lower trophic level is passed to higher trophic levels. b. Heat is not a significant waste product as energy passes between trophic levels. c. Most of the energy collected by an organism is not passed on to other organisms. d. Tertiary consumers collect the most energy in an ecosystem - Correct Ans: c. Most of the energy collected by an organism is not passed on to other organisms.
c. increased winds d. all of the above - Correct Ans: d. all of the above Which of the following is not a characteristic of the source of rivers and streams? a. high oxygen levels b. freshwater fish c. cooler temperatures d. murky waters - Correct Ans: d. murky waters Changes to waterways will discontinue if human impacts on waterways cease. - Correct Ans: false Which of the following best explains why the Inuit principally relied on hunting for survival? a. Tundra never thaws sufficiently for crops to grow. b. Prey animals are more scarce in tundra regions. c. The Inuit traditionally live near the coast. d. None of the above - Correct Ans: a.
Tundra never thaws sufficiently for crops to grow. After the energy crisis of the 1970's and the OPEC oil embargo, the US _______. a. increased its dependency on foreign oil b. began to wean itself off of foreign oil and the economic vulnerability it brings c. changed over to all renewable energy sources d. began building new nuclear power plants to replace fossil fuel use - Correct Ans: a. increased its dependency on foreign oil The high productivity of American agriculture is exemplified by _______. a. low crop yields per farm worker b. high crop yields per farm worker c. the small cultivated area per inhabitant d. the small cultivated area per farmer - Correct Ans: b. high crop yields per farm worker A prescribed burn is _______. a. an uncontrolled fire started by humans b. a controlled fire used to manage forest ecosystems
d. all of the above - Correct Ans: d. all of the above Which of the following best explains the environmental problems associated with trawling? a. Trawling always destroys sea floor ecologies. b. Trawling gathers fish indiscriminately. c. Trawling is too selective at gathering fish. d. All of the above - Correct Ans: b. Trawling gathers fish indiscriminately. Nuclear power is an example of an alternative energy source that has greater negative environmental impacts than the burning of fossil fuels. - Correct Ans: False. Decomposition in pools, ponds, and lakes takes place mostly in the _______ zone. a. pelagic b. littoral c. benthic d. all of the above - Correct Ans: c. benthic
Permits in the cap and dividend policy are issued for _______ production. a. carbon dioxide b. timber c. water pollution d. plastic - Correct Ans: a. carbon dioxide
