LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT (11th ed) - SAMPLE TEST BANK QUESTIONS

LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT (11th ed) - SAMPLE TEST BANK QUESTIONS The following are randomly selected questions from your textbook’s test bank. I make no guarantees about the answers. Please let me know if you find any errors. Chapter 1 1. Resources that are called nonrenewable a. are also called perpetual resources. b. are only resources that are alive. c. are capable of economic depletion. d. are only resources that are alive and that are capable of economic depletion e. none of these answers. Hunter-gatherer environmental impacts were kept low by f. exponential growth of their populations. g. reliance on fossil fuels as an energy source. h. giving nature time to recuperate after they moved on. i. high use of resources. j. all of these answers. cThe Agricultural Revolution resulted in all of the following except k. protection of wild plants and animals. l. increased soil erosion. m. increased deforestation. n. salt buildup from irrigation. o. increased desertification. Which of the following generalizations about developing countries is true? p. They are highly industrialized. q. They have high average GNPs per person. r. They include the United States, Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, and European countries. s. They make up about one-tenth of the world's population. t. They use about 12% of the world's resources. eAll nonrenewable resources can theoretically be u. converted to nonmetallic minerals. v. converted to renewable ones. w. exhausted or depleted. x. recycled or reused. y. used perpetually. All of the following illustrate exponential growth except z. the king who promised to double the number of grains of wheat he put on each successive square of a checkerboard. aa. human population growth. bb. driving 10 mph for one minute; then 20 mph for one minute; then 30 mph for one minute; then 40 mph for one minute. cc. money in a savings account. dd. folding paper in half 50 times so that the thickness would reach the sun. cA major stimulus for the Industrial Revolution was ee. the bubonic plague ff. European wars. gg. a shortage of wood. hh. poverty. ii. food shortage. ......................................................CONTINUED...................................................