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Ecology Ch 1
Test Description: Environmental problems and sustainability
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) While heavily dependent on the environment, we are not dependent for everything we need to stay alive and healthy.
A
False
B
True
2) If everyone on earth consumed at the same level as the citizens of the U.S., we would need
A
5 more earths
B
75% more resources
C
30% more resources
D
100% more resources
3) Which of the following is an example of reuse?
A
making compost out of kitchen scrapes
B
using a backpack to transport books and later papers
C
turning tires into steps for a trail
D
re-melting aluminum cans
4) Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
A
trees
B
oil
C
groundwater
D
sunlight
5) Which of the following is a solution suggested by the author to the problem of the degradation of a shared common resource?
A
give it to the poor
B
let them eat cake
C
remove it from use by anyone.
D
convert it to private ownership
6) Which is an example of a natural service
A
paying for a pencil at the store
B
cause a system to change
C
invasive trees taking over native habitat
D
water purification from a wetland
7) The reason we observe a “pyramid” of energy flow instead of an energy flow “cube” is because
A
the laws of thermodynamics and low ecological efficiency of biological systems limits the numbers of
B
point source pollution
C
tragedy of the commons
D
recycling
8) Which is an example of nondegradable pollution
A
food waste
B
paper
C
dead leaves
D
mercury
9) What is a tipping point
A
changing environmental conditions
B
the length of time to make more
C
level where environmental problems an irreversible shift in the behavior of a system
D
an evolutionary advantage
10) Which is not a definition of sustanablity
A
ability to adapt to change
B
ability to survive change
C
does not include human cultural systems, only earths systems
D
includes not overloading overloading the earths ability to clenses itself and replenish resources
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