ENVS Final Questions with Correct Answers
chapter 22 Your neighbor, who owns a vacant lot, is allowing people to dispose of items such as old refrigerators, broken-down cars, and discarded batteries in his lot. Your neighbor has no license to operate a solid waste disposal facility. He could be prosecuted under which one of the following pieces of federal legislation? Correct Answer-RCRA
Chapter 11: Topsoil accumulates at the rate of _______________. Correct Answer-1-2 inches per 100 years
Which one of the following air pollutants is not a primary pollutant? Correct Answer-ozone
chapter 10 Which one of the following contains the most liquid freshwater? Correct Answer-aquifers
At a depth of 200 meters in the Gulf of Mexico, which one of the following factors is most limiting to the photosynthetic production of organic matter? Correct Answer-light
chapter 3: Ecologist Eckhard wants to stop the algal blooms in City Park
Lake by reducing the inputs of essential nutrients to the lake from stormwater runoff. Which one of the following strategies would have the
least effect on the algal blooms? Correct Answer-remove all the carbon dioxide from the stormwater runoff How was the city of Curitiba able to minimize the cost of keeping the grass trimmed in its greatly expanded system of municipal parks? Correct Answer-using sheep to eat the grass
chapter 6 : In the United States today, the principal use of mercury is Correct Answer-dental fillings
In which two of the following countries are the greatest numbers of people living on less than $10 per day? Correct Answer-China and India
chapter 22 Which one of the following is not in part responsible for the high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wildlife and humans living in the Arctic? Correct Answer-POPs are very soluble in water
What percentage of municipal solid waste in the United States is recycled? Correct Answer-20-29%
Which one of the following is not an example of cultural control of a pest? Correct Answer-Introduction of parasitic wasps to control gypsy moths
chapter 7 : Which of the following kinds of property rights is associated with the Tragedy of the Commons? Correct Answer-open access
The fastest-growing forms of renewable energy for electricity production in the world are Correct Answer-Wind and solar photovoltaic chapter 2 : Which one of the following accounts for the smallest percentage of the US federal budget? Correct Answer-Compliance with environmental regulations
chapter 8 : In hypothetical country A, everyone dies when they reach the
age of 60. In hypothetical country B, which has a better health care system, everyone dies when they reach the age of 80. If the total population of both countries is stable, what percentage of the total population would you expect to be in the age group 32-43 years inclusive? Correct Answer-20% in country A and 15% in country B
chapter 2 : Temperatures are projected to rise more at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere by the end of this century because ________________ . Correct Answer-melting the ice on the Arctic Ocean will decrease the albedo of the Arctic Ocea
The process by which water vapor passes through stomata from plants to
the atmosphere is called Correct Answer-transpiration
chapter 4 : Which one of the following statements is true? Correct Answer-R-strategists have high biotic potential and poor recruitment most of the time
chapter 1 : The figure below shows concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere from the late 1950s to the present time. In addition to the long term trend of increasing CO2 concentrations, the concentrations also oscillate up and down by several parts per million on an annual
chapter 22 Your neighbor, who owns a vacant lot, is allowing people to dispose of items such as old refrigerators, broken-down cars, and discarded batteries in his lot. Your neighbor has no license to operate a solid waste disposal facility. He could be prosecuted under which one of the following pieces of federal legislation? Correct Answer-RCRA
Chapter 11: Topsoil accumulates at the rate of _______________. Correct Answer-1-2 inches per 100 years
Which one of the following air pollutants is not a primary pollutant? Correct Answer-ozone
chapter 10 Which one of the following contains the most liquid freshwater? Correct Answer-aquifers
At a depth of 200 meters in the Gulf of Mexico, which one of the following factors is most limiting to the photosynthetic production of organic matter? Correct Answer-light
chapter 3: Ecologist Eckhard wants to stop the algal blooms in City Park
Lake by reducing the inputs of essential nutrients to the lake from stormwater runoff. Which one of the following strategies would have the
least effect on the algal blooms? Correct Answer-remove all the carbon dioxide from the stormwater runoff How was the city of Curitiba able to minimize the cost of keeping the grass trimmed in its greatly expanded system of municipal parks? Correct Answer-using sheep to eat the grass
chapter 6 : In the United States today, the principal use of mercury is Correct Answer-dental fillings
In which two of the following countries are the greatest numbers of people living on less than $10 per day? Correct Answer-China and India
chapter 22 Which one of the following is not in part responsible for the high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wildlife and humans living in the Arctic? Correct Answer-POPs are very soluble in water
What percentage of municipal solid waste in the United States is recycled? Correct Answer-20-29%
Which one of the following is not an example of cultural control of a pest? Correct Answer-Introduction of parasitic wasps to control gypsy moths
chapter 7 : Which of the following kinds of property rights is associated with the Tragedy of the Commons? Correct Answer-open access
The fastest-growing forms of renewable energy for electricity production in the world are Correct Answer-Wind and solar photovoltaic chapter 2 : Which one of the following accounts for the smallest percentage of the US federal budget? Correct Answer-Compliance with environmental regulations
chapter 8 : In hypothetical country A, everyone dies when they reach the
age of 60. In hypothetical country B, which has a better health care system, everyone dies when they reach the age of 80. If the total population of both countries is stable, what percentage of the total population would you expect to be in the age group 32-43 years inclusive? Correct Answer-20% in country A and 15% in country B
chapter 2 : Temperatures are projected to rise more at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere by the end of this century because ________________ . Correct Answer-melting the ice on the Arctic Ocean will decrease the albedo of the Arctic Ocea
The process by which water vapor passes through stomata from plants to
the atmosphere is called Correct Answer-transpiration
chapter 4 : Which one of the following statements is true? Correct Answer-R-strategists have high biotic potential and poor recruitment most of the time
chapter 1 : The figure below shows concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere from the late 1950s to the present time. In addition to the long term trend of increasing CO2 concentrations, the concentrations also oscillate up and down by several parts per million on an annual
