Test Bank For Geology and the Environment: Living with a Dynamic Planet 8th Edition by Paul Bierman||ISBN:9780357851654

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TEST BANK FOR
Geology and the Environment Living with a Dynamic Planet 8th Edition by Paul Bierman, Richard
Hazlett, Dee D. Trent
Chapter 1-12

Chapter 01: Why Environmental Geology Matters
1. Environmental geologists are professionals who apply understanding of the natural environment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What is Environmental Geology and Who Are Environmental Geologists?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.01 - Explain what environmental geology is and why it matters.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
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2. In today’s world of hyperspecializations, the job description of an environmental geologist is very precise.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
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REFERENCES: What is Environmental Geology and Who Are Environmental Geologists?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.01 - Explain what environmental geology is and why it matters.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
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3. Environmental geology is an applied science.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: True
Y
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: What is Environmental Geology and Who Are Environmental Geologists?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.01 - Explain what environmental geology is and why it matters.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. Groundwater refers to water that is in completely saturated bedrock.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
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QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. The Bunker Hill Basin aquifer supplies 467 billion gallons of freshwater each year.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
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geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. An environmental geologist studies the Earth’s surface, water, the oceans, and the surrounding solar system.
ED
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
ST
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
Bloom’s: Understand
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KEYWORDS:

7. Environmental problems of a geological nature can develop slowly.
D
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
Y
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

8. Hydrogen gas is a non-flammable substance, and completely harmless when it comes in contact with water.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
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REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. More than 100 bodies of climbers have been recovered from Mount Everest due to the warming climate melting the
snow and ice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
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HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
Bloom’s: Remember
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KEYWORDS:

10. Environmental refugees are people escaping drastic, long-lasting environmental change.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
ST
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
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11. Climate mitigation means avoiding or reducing emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gasses.
a. True
Y
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

12. Radon is a radioactive gas formed by the natural disintegration of uranium.
a. True
b. False
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ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Environmental Geology: Why It Matters to You and The World
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.02 - Give examples of major problems approached by environmental
geologists.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

13. Mapping is fundamental to almost all aspects of environmental geology.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Tools of the Trade—Environmental Geology
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QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.03 - Describe the tools used by environmental geologists doing science.
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KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

14. Sound navigation and ranging is called sonar.
a. True
b. False
ST
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Tools of the Trade—Environmental Geology
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.03 - Describe the tools used by environmental geologists doing science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember
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15. Scientists who study the pattern of energy waves generated by earthquakes to tease out the structure of the Earth’s
deep interior are called seismologists.
a. True
Y
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Tools of the Trade—Environmental Geology
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Ch01.LO.03 - Describe the tools used by environmental geologists doing science.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

16. Lidar uses radio detection and ranging.
a. True
b. False
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