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1)
The subject of this course is _______ (answer correctly as it will be
graded).
A.
Environmental Science
B. Chemical
Thermodynamics
C. Variable isotomering
D. Underwater basket weaving
2) In the last 50
years, soil degradation has affected about __________% of the worldÕs
agricultural lands.
A. 25
B. 42
C. 67
D. 85
3) In the next
decade, poorer nations will have the __________ population growth rates.
A. Most variable
B. Most invariable
C. Lowest
D. Highest
4) Which of the
following best describes the scientific method?
A. Collect data, formulate and test hypothesis, interpret data, draw
conclusions
B. Make
observations, formulate hypothesis, collect and interpret data, draw
conclusions
C. Formulate
and test hypothesis, make observations, collect and interpret data, draw
conclusions
D. Make observations, collect and interpret data, formulate hypothesis, draw
conclusions
5) A ___________ is
an explanation that is supported by a vast amount of scientific data and is
generally accepted by a majority of experts in a given field.
A. Proposition
B. Theory
C.
Hypothesis
D. Supposition
6) Rachel Carson's
1962 book, Silent Spring, heralded the movement of modern
environmentalism. The book
addressed the threat of __________ to humans as well as other species.
A. global warming
B. soil erosion
C. wetland draining for development and agriculture
D.
pollutants and toxic chemicals
7) More than
__________ humans lack access to clean water or adequate sanitation.
A. 100,000
B. 1 million
C. 1
billion
D. 3 billion
8) Which of the
following statements about the United States is true?
A. It
produces about 50% of all toxic wastes.
B. It has
about 15% of the worldÕs total population.
C. It consumes about 10% of all oil.
D. It has an average per capita income of $15,000.
9) Algal blooms occur
in __________ ecosystems and are linked to excess __________ inputs from human
activities.
A.
Aquatic; phosphate
B. Terrestrial; nitrate
C. Aquatic; sulfate
D. Terrestrial; phosphate
10) The First Law of
Thermodynamics states that energy:
A. Can be
transferred or transformed but never created or destroyed under normal
circumstances
B. Can be created, but never destroyed
C. Is gained whenever it is
created
D. In a natural system goes from a
state of disorder to a state of order under normal circumstances
11) A group of
organisms interacting in an area comprises a(n):
A. Ecosystem
B. Species
C. Food web
D. Biological community
12) Recycling is
considered to be in what place among the 3 "Rs"?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
13) __________ is a
type of protein that is central to chemical reactions in a cell.
A. Enzyme
B. Starch
C. DNA
D. Glucose
14) Protozoa and
bacteria are examples of:
A. Photosynthetic organisms
B. Fungi
C. Living molecules
D. Single-celled organisms
15) Two examples of
an acidic solution are:
A. Ammonia and lemon juice
B. Wine and lye
C. Human blood and ammonia
D. Vinegar and lemon juice
16) The three main
components that are used in the process of photosynthesis are:
A. Water,
CO2, and solar energy
B. Sugar, water, and solar energy
C. Nitrogen, CO2, and solar energy
D. Water, CO2, and nitrogen
17) The giant panda,
which feeds exclusively on giant bamboo, is an example of a(n) _______.
A. Opportunist
B. Commensalist
C. Generalist
D.
Specialist
18) _______ and
_______ are capable of producing their own food.
A. Photosynthetic plants, carnivores
B.
Photosynthetic plants, algae
C.
Decomposers, detritovores
D. Decomposers, algae
19) Which of
the following factors can result in selective pressure on a population?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Lack of disease
C. Luck
D. sunlight
20) The graph of a
positive exponential growth curve resembles _______.
A. the letter S
B. the letter C
C. the
letter J
D. the
letter U
21) Which of the
following is not a predator?
A. Herbivore
B. Carnivore
C. Omnivore
D.
Detritovore
22) The potential of
a population to grow, if nothing limits its expansion, is referred to as
_______.
A. Cyclic potential
B. Biotic
potential
C. Overshoot
potential
D. Logistic potential
23) _______ is a
symbiotic relationship in which both members of the partnership benefit.
A. Interdependence
B. Endemism
C.
Mutualism
D.
Commensalism
24) Competition among
species for the same resource within a single habitat can be reduced by a
process called _______.
A. Divergent evolution
B. Coevolution
C.
Partitioning
D.
Environmental resistance
25) According to the
writings of _______, human populations inevitably outstrip their food supply
and eventually collapse into starvation, crime, and misery.
A. Karl Marx
B. Justus von Liebig
C. Thomas
Malthus
D. Victor
Shelfor
26) A sustained drop
in birth rates is usually preceded by a drop in infant and child mortality.
A. True
B. False
27) According to a
report from the Sustainable Endowments Institute, the UW ranks_________ in
sustainability with a grade of ____.
A. #1, A
B. #8, A-
C. #23, C-
D. #47, D+
28) Which of the
following factors may cause a decrease in the desire of women of richer
countries to have children?
A. Socioeconomic status
B. Education
C. Cost of child raising
D. All of
the above
29) In most tribal or
traditional societies, the average woman gives birth to 10 or 11 children over
the course of her lifetime.
A. True
B. False
30) _______
encompasses vital statistics about people, such as births, deaths, and
population size.
A. Taxonomy
B.
Demography
C. Genealogy
D. Entomology
31) At current growth
rates, world population will double in about ________ years.
A. 20
B. 54
C. 72
D. 82
32) If immigration
were stopped, the United States and Canada would have nearly stable
populations.
A. True
B. False
33) _______ are
widely used diagrams that display temperature and precipitation for locations
in different biomes.
A. Mercator projections
B.
Climagraphs
C.
Meteorological maps
D. GIS maps
34) Freshwater
ecosystems vary widely because they are greatly influenced by the immediately
surrounding terrestrial ecosystems.
A. True
B. False
35) _______ occur
where rainfall is abundant and temperatures are warm to hot year-round.
A. Cloud forests
B.
Tropical rainforests
C. Temperate
rainforests
D. Boreal forests
36) Which of the
following statements is false?
A.
Preserving an endangered speciesÕ habitat is a sure way to prevent the
extinction of that species.
B. Roads are
problematic because some species will not cross them.
C. Diseases have thus far prevented humans from dominating the tropical
rainforest biome.
D. About half of all original wetlands in the U.S. have been drained over the
past 250 years.
37) _______ is the
reduction of habitat into smaller and more scattered patches.
A. Parceling
B. Apportionment
C.
Fragmentation
D. Subdivision
38) Deserts occur at
approximately which north and south latitudes?
A. 15 degrees
B. 30
degrees
C. 45
degrees
D. 60 degrees
39) Which of the
following statements is not consistent with the theory of island biogeography?
A. Species diversity is a balance between colonization and extinction rates.
B. Large
islands near a mainland tend to have fewer terrestrial species than small, far
islands.
C. An island
far from a mainland has a lower rate of colonization than a nearer island.
D. Habitat fragments can be viewed as islands within a larger landscape.
40) _______ are
sometimes called the nurseries of ocean systems.
A. Barrier islands
B.
Estuaries
C. Littoral
zones
D. Fens