TEST BANK
7j
Environmental Science A Global Concern 16/E William Cunningham
7j 7j 7j 7j 7j 7j 7j
CH7j01.7jUnderstanding7jOur7jEnvironment.
1) To7jsay7jthat7jenvironmental7jscience7jis7jmission7joriented7jmeans7jit7jis
A) a7jhighly7jorganized7jendeavor.
B) essentially7jan7jinformation7jgathering7jendeavor.
C) oriented7jtoward7jsolving7jproblems.
D) designed7jto7junderstand7jrelationships.
2) If7jeveryone7jin7jthe7jworld7jlived7ja7jlifestyle7jsimilar7jto7jthe7javerage7jU.S.7jcitizen7jwe7jwould7jneed
more7jplanets7jto7jsupport7jeveryone.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
3) About7j
of7jthe7jworld's7jpeople7jcurrently7jlack7jaccess7jto7jclean7jwater,7jadequate7
jdiet,7jbasic7jsanitation,7jand7jother7jessential7jneeds.
A) 1007jmillion
B) 3007jmillion
C) 7007jmillion
D) 1.47jbillion
4) Sustainable7jdevelopment7jmeans
A) improving7jpeople's7jlives7jin7jthe7jpresent7jin7ja7jway7jthat7jcan7jcontinue7jfar7jinto7jthe7jfuture.
B) providing7jever-increasing7jamounts7jof7jadequate7jhousing.
C) continued7jgrowth7jindefinitely7jas7jlong7jas7jit7jcan7jbe7jpaid7joff.
D) utilizing7jan7jever-increasing7jquantity7jof7jnatural7jresources.
5) The7jearliest7jdocumented7jrecognition7jthat7jmisuse7jof7jthe7jnatural7jenvironment7jcan7jhave7j
nasty7jconsequences7jwas
A) George7jPerkins7jMarsh's7j18647jpublication7jof7jMan7jand7jNature.
B) Rachel7jCarson's7jSilent7jSpring,7jalerting7jthe7jpublic7jto7jthe7jdangers7jof7jpollution7jin7j1962.
C) Roosevelt's7jwarnings7jabout7joveruse7ja7jcentury7jago.
D) Plato's7jwritings7j25007jyears7jago.
1
,6) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jpresently7jprovides7j807jpercent7jof7jthe7jenergy7jused7jin7jindustri
alized7jcountries?
A) fossil7jfuels
B) wind
C) hydroelectric7jpower
D) solar
7) The7jposition7jthat7jnature7jdeserves7jto7jbe7jprotected7jin7jits7jown7jright7jis7jcalled
A) biocentric7jpreservation.
B) utilitarian7jconservation.
C) environmentalism.
D) global7jenvironmentalism.
8) constitutes7j4.67jpercent7jof7jthe7jworld's7jpeople7jyet7jproduces7jabout7j507jpercent7j
of7jall7jtoxic7jwaste.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The7jUnited7jStates
9) The7jtext7jsuggests7jthere7jis7jnot7ja7jstrong7jconnection7jbetween7jpoverty7jand7jenviron
mental7jdegradation.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
10) Most7jpeople7jagree7jthat7jglobal7jclimate7jchange7jis7jnot7ja7jreal7jenvironmental7jthreat.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
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,11) By7j2050,7jthe7jearth7jis7jprojected7jto7jhave7ja7jpopulation7jbetween
A) 87jand7j107jbillion.
B) 77jand7j87jbillion.
C) 87jand7j97jbillion.
D) 107jand7j127jbillion.
12) Loss7jof7jindigenous7jcultures7jis7jaccompanied7jby7jloss7jof7junique7junderstanding7jof7jnature.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
13) An7jimportant7jreason7jfor7jdetermining7jthe7jsize7jof7ja7jsociety's7jecological7jfootprint
is7jto7jdetermine7jthe7jsustainability7jof7jits7jlifestyle.
7j
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
14) One7jof7jthe7jearliest7jmodels7jfor7jconservation7jin7jthe7jUnited7jStates7jwas7jbased7jon7jutilitar
ian7jconservation,7jfor7jwhich7jnature7jwas7jconserved7jnot7jto7jprotect7jbiodiversity,7jbut7jto7jpr
ovide7jjobs7jand7jresources.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
15) The7jfirst7jNobel7jPrize7jfor7jenvironmental7jaction7jwas7jawarded
A) in7j19127jto7jJohn7jMuir.
B) in7j19737jto7jDavid7jBrower.
C) in7j20047jto7jWangari7jMaathai.
D) in7j19357jto7jAldo7jLeopold.
16) There7jis7jconcern7jover7jthe7jcontinued7jability7jto7jprovide7jadequate7jfood7jfor7jour7jgr
owing7jpopulation7jbecause
A) 2/37jof7jall7jagricultural7jlands7jshow7jsigns7jof7jdegradation.
B) there7jis7jlittle7jcorporate7jinterest7jin7jfood7jproduction.
C) agriculture7jhas7jnot7jbenefited7jfrom7jmodern7jtechnological7jadvancements.
D) there7jis7jlittle7jknowledge7jabout7jhow7jto7jfarm.
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, 17) The7jword7j"environment"7jcomes7jfrom7ja7jFrench7jword7jthat7jmeans
A) life
B) nature
C) wildlife
D) home
E) to7jsurround
18) Environmental7jscience7jis7ja7j .
A) narrowly7jdefined7jset7jof7jphysical,7jlife,7jand7jsocial7jsciences
B) theoretical7japproach7jin7jinterpreting7jthe7jenvironment
C) way7jto7jsee7jthe7jworld7jin7jscientific7jterms
D) systematic7japproach7jin7jlearning7jabout7jthe7jenvironment
E) special7jset7jof7jproblem-solving7jskills
19) Most7jenvironmental7jproblems7jresult7jfrom
A) political7jdifferences
B) complex,7jinterrelated7jproblems
C) technological7jdevelopment7jproblems
D) global7jwarming
E) urban7jdegradation
20) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jis7jnot7jtrue7jof7jthe7jterm7jenvironment?
A) Environment7jincludes7jour7jculture.
B) The7jenvironment7jincludes7jthe7jbiosphere.
C) The7jenvironment7jincludes7jpolitical7jand7jsocial7jsystems.
D) The7jenvironment7jhas7jissues7jfor7jwhich7jthere7jare7jno7jremedies.
E) The7jenvironment7jincludes7jthe7jrelationships7jbetween7jorganisms.
21) The7jfundamental7jbasis7jof7jenvironmental7jscience7jas7ja7jdiscipline7jis7jthe
A) history7jof7jthe7juse7jof7jnatural7jresources
B) diversity7jof7jlife7jon7jthe7jEarth
C) human7jimpact7jon7jthe7jEarth
D) pollution7jon7jthe7jEarth
E) future7juse7jof7jnatural7jresources
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7j
Environmental Science A Global Concern 16/E William Cunningham
7j 7j 7j 7j 7j 7j 7j
CH7j01.7jUnderstanding7jOur7jEnvironment.
1) To7jsay7jthat7jenvironmental7jscience7jis7jmission7joriented7jmeans7jit7jis
A) a7jhighly7jorganized7jendeavor.
B) essentially7jan7jinformation7jgathering7jendeavor.
C) oriented7jtoward7jsolving7jproblems.
D) designed7jto7junderstand7jrelationships.
2) If7jeveryone7jin7jthe7jworld7jlived7ja7jlifestyle7jsimilar7jto7jthe7javerage7jU.S.7jcitizen7jwe7jwould7jneed
more7jplanets7jto7jsupport7jeveryone.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
3) About7j
of7jthe7jworld's7jpeople7jcurrently7jlack7jaccess7jto7jclean7jwater,7jadequate7
jdiet,7jbasic7jsanitation,7jand7jother7jessential7jneeds.
A) 1007jmillion
B) 3007jmillion
C) 7007jmillion
D) 1.47jbillion
4) Sustainable7jdevelopment7jmeans
A) improving7jpeople's7jlives7jin7jthe7jpresent7jin7ja7jway7jthat7jcan7jcontinue7jfar7jinto7jthe7jfuture.
B) providing7jever-increasing7jamounts7jof7jadequate7jhousing.
C) continued7jgrowth7jindefinitely7jas7jlong7jas7jit7jcan7jbe7jpaid7joff.
D) utilizing7jan7jever-increasing7jquantity7jof7jnatural7jresources.
5) The7jearliest7jdocumented7jrecognition7jthat7jmisuse7jof7jthe7jnatural7jenvironment7jcan7jhave7j
nasty7jconsequences7jwas
A) George7jPerkins7jMarsh's7j18647jpublication7jof7jMan7jand7jNature.
B) Rachel7jCarson's7jSilent7jSpring,7jalerting7jthe7jpublic7jto7jthe7jdangers7jof7jpollution7jin7j1962.
C) Roosevelt's7jwarnings7jabout7joveruse7ja7jcentury7jago.
D) Plato's7jwritings7j25007jyears7jago.
1
,6) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jpresently7jprovides7j807jpercent7jof7jthe7jenergy7jused7jin7jindustri
alized7jcountries?
A) fossil7jfuels
B) wind
C) hydroelectric7jpower
D) solar
7) The7jposition7jthat7jnature7jdeserves7jto7jbe7jprotected7jin7jits7jown7jright7jis7jcalled
A) biocentric7jpreservation.
B) utilitarian7jconservation.
C) environmentalism.
D) global7jenvironmentalism.
8) constitutes7j4.67jpercent7jof7jthe7jworld's7jpeople7jyet7jproduces7jabout7j507jpercent7j
of7jall7jtoxic7jwaste.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The7jUnited7jStates
9) The7jtext7jsuggests7jthere7jis7jnot7ja7jstrong7jconnection7jbetween7jpoverty7jand7jenviron
mental7jdegradation.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
10) Most7jpeople7jagree7jthat7jglobal7jclimate7jchange7jis7jnot7ja7jreal7jenvironmental7jthreat.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
2
,11) By7j2050,7jthe7jearth7jis7jprojected7jto7jhave7ja7jpopulation7jbetween
A) 87jand7j107jbillion.
B) 77jand7j87jbillion.
C) 87jand7j97jbillion.
D) 107jand7j127jbillion.
12) Loss7jof7jindigenous7jcultures7jis7jaccompanied7jby7jloss7jof7junique7junderstanding7jof7jnature.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
13) An7jimportant7jreason7jfor7jdetermining7jthe7jsize7jof7ja7jsociety's7jecological7jfootprint
is7jto7jdetermine7jthe7jsustainability7jof7jits7jlifestyle.
7j
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
14) One7jof7jthe7jearliest7jmodels7jfor7jconservation7jin7jthe7jUnited7jStates7jwas7jbased7jon7jutilitar
ian7jconservation,7jfor7jwhich7jnature7jwas7jconserved7jnot7jto7jprotect7jbiodiversity,7jbut7jto7jpr
ovide7jjobs7jand7jresources.
⊚7 j true
⊚7 j false
15) The7jfirst7jNobel7jPrize7jfor7jenvironmental7jaction7jwas7jawarded
A) in7j19127jto7jJohn7jMuir.
B) in7j19737jto7jDavid7jBrower.
C) in7j20047jto7jWangari7jMaathai.
D) in7j19357jto7jAldo7jLeopold.
16) There7jis7jconcern7jover7jthe7jcontinued7jability7jto7jprovide7jadequate7jfood7jfor7jour7jgr
owing7jpopulation7jbecause
A) 2/37jof7jall7jagricultural7jlands7jshow7jsigns7jof7jdegradation.
B) there7jis7jlittle7jcorporate7jinterest7jin7jfood7jproduction.
C) agriculture7jhas7jnot7jbenefited7jfrom7jmodern7jtechnological7jadvancements.
D) there7jis7jlittle7jknowledge7jabout7jhow7jto7jfarm.
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, 17) The7jword7j"environment"7jcomes7jfrom7ja7jFrench7jword7jthat7jmeans
A) life
B) nature
C) wildlife
D) home
E) to7jsurround
18) Environmental7jscience7jis7ja7j .
A) narrowly7jdefined7jset7jof7jphysical,7jlife,7jand7jsocial7jsciences
B) theoretical7japproach7jin7jinterpreting7jthe7jenvironment
C) way7jto7jsee7jthe7jworld7jin7jscientific7jterms
D) systematic7japproach7jin7jlearning7jabout7jthe7jenvironment
E) special7jset7jof7jproblem-solving7jskills
19) Most7jenvironmental7jproblems7jresult7jfrom
A) political7jdifferences
B) complex,7jinterrelated7jproblems
C) technological7jdevelopment7jproblems
D) global7jwarming
E) urban7jdegradation
20) Which7jof7jthe7jfollowing7jis7jnot7jtrue7jof7jthe7jterm7jenvironment?
A) Environment7jincludes7jour7jculture.
B) The7jenvironment7jincludes7jthe7jbiosphere.
C) The7jenvironment7jincludes7jpolitical7jand7jsocial7jsystems.
D) The7jenvironment7jhas7jissues7jfor7jwhich7jthere7jare7jno7jremedies.
E) The7jenvironment7jincludes7jthe7jrelationships7jbetween7jorganisms.
21) The7jfundamental7jbasis7jof7jenvironmental7jscience7jas7ja7jdiscipline7jis7jthe
A) history7jof7jthe7juse7jof7jnatural7jresources
B) diversity7jof7jlife7jon7jthe7jEarth
C) human7jimpact7jon7jthe7jEarth
D) pollution7jon7jthe7jEarth
E) future7juse7jof7jnatural7jresources
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