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1) The subject of this course is _______
(answer correctly as it will be graded).
A. Chemical Thermodynamics
B.
Environmental Science
C. Variable
isotomering
D. Underwater basket weaving
2) 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
3) A group of organisms interacting in an
area comprises a(n):
A. Ecosystem
B. Species
C. Food web
D. Biological community
4) Which of the following factors
can result in selective pressure on a population?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Lack of disease
C. Luck
D. sunlight
5) 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
6) The giant panda, which feeds exclusively
on giant bamboo, is an example of a(n) _______.
A. Opportunist
B. Commensalist
C. Generalist
D.
Specialist
7) In the next decade, poorer nations will
have the __________ population growth rates.
A. Most variable
B. Most invariable
C. Lowest
D. Highest
8) 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
9) Recycling is considered to be in what
place among the 3 "Rs"?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
10) 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
11) _______ are sometimes called the
nurseries of ocean systems.
A. Barrier islands
B.
Estuaries
C. Littoral
zones
D. Fens
12) Protozoa and bacteria are examples of:
A. Photosynthetic organisms
B. Fungi
C. Living molecules
D. Single-celled organisms
13) 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
14) _______ is the reduction of habitat
into smaller and more scattered patches.
A. Parceling
B. Apportionment
C.
Fragmentation
D.
Subdivision
15) _______ encompasses vital statistics
about people, such as births, deaths, and population size.
A. Taxonomy
B.
Demography
C. Genealogy
D. Entomology
16) If immigration were stopped, the United
States and Canada would have nearly stable populations.
A. True
B. False
17) 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
18) 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+
19) Deserts occur at approximately which
north and south latitudes?
A. 15 degrees
B. 30
degrees
C. 45
degrees
D. 60 degrees
20) At current growth rates, world
population will double in about ________ years.
A. 20
B. 54
C. 72
D. 82
21) Freshwater ecosystems vary widely
because they are greatly influenced by the immediately surrounding terrestrial
ecosystems.
A. True
B. False
22) __________ is a type of protein that is
central to chemical reactions in a cell.
A. Enzyme
B. Starch
C. DNA
D. Glucose
23) A sustained drop in birth rates is
usually preceded by a drop in infant and child mortality.
A. True
B. False
24) 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
25) 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.
26) _______ 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
27) 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
28) 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
29) 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
30) 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.
31) _______ 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
32) 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
33) In the last 50 years, soil degradation
has affected about __________% of the worldÕs agricultural lands.
A. 25
B. 42
C. 67
D. 85
34) Which of the following is not a
predator?
A. Herbivore
B. Carnivore
C. Omnivore
D.
Detritovore
35) 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.
36) 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
37) _______ and _______ are capable of
producing their own food.
A. Photosynthetic plants, carnivores
B.
Photosynthetic plants, algae
C.
Decomposers, detritovores
D. Decomposers, algae
38) More than __________ humans lack access
to clean water or adequate sanitation.
A. 100,000
B. 1 million
C. 1
billion
D. 3 billion
39) 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
40) _______ is a symbiotic relationship in
which both members of the partnership benefit.
A. Interdependence
B. Endemism
C.
Mutualism
D.
Commensalism