Environmental Science: A Global Concern 16th Editin William Cunningham TEST BANK

TEST BANK Environmental Science: A Global Concern 16th Edition by William Cunningham , Mary Cunningham TABLE OF CONTE NTS Chapter 1 Understanding Our Environment Chapter 2 Principles of Science and Systems Chapter 3 Matter, Energy, and Life Chapter 4 Evolution, Biological Communities, and Species Interactions Chapter 5 Biomes: Global Patterns of Life Chapter 6 Population Biology Chapter 7 Human Populations Chapter 8 Environmental Health and Toxicology Chapter 9 Food and Hunger Chapter 10 Farming: Conventional and Sustainable Practices Chapter 11 Biodiversity: Preserving Species Chapter 12 Biodiversity: Preserving Landscapes Chapter 13 Restoration Ecology Chapter 14 Geology and Earth Resources Chapter 15 Climate Systems and Climate Change Chapter 16 Air Pollution Chapter 17 Water Use and Management Chapter 18 Water Pollution Chapter 19 Conventional Energy Chapter 20 Sustainable Energy Chapter 21 Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste Chapter 22 Urbanization and Sustainable Cities Chapter 23 Ecological Economics Chapter 24 Environmental Policy, Law, and Planning Chapter 25 What Then Shall We Do? Environmental Science A Global Concern 16th Edition By William Cunningham, Mary Cunningham Chapter 1 Student name: 1) To say that environmental science is mission oriented means it is A) a highly organized endeavor. B) essentially an information gathering endeavor. C) oriented toward solving problems. D) designed to understand relationships. 2) If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we would need more planets to support everyone. A) two B) four C) six D) eight 3) About of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet, basic sanitation, and other essential needs. A) 100 million B) 300 million C) 700 million D) 1.4 billion 4) Sustainable development means A) improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future. B) providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing. C) continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off. D) utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources. 5) The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty consequences was A) George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature . B) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962. C) Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago. D) Plato's writings 2500 years ago. 6) Which of the following presently provides 80 percent of the energy used in industrialized countries? A) fossil fuels B) wind C) hydroelectric power D) solar 7) The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called A) biocentric preservation. B) utilitarian conservation. C) environmentalism. D) global environmentalism. 8) constitutes 4.6 percent of the world's people yet produces about 50 percent of all toxic waste. A) China B) Germany C) Russia D) The United States 9) The text suggests there is not a strong connection between poverty and environmental degradation. ⊚ true ⊚ false