ENVS 1126 Edward Laws Quiz 1 - 7
chapter 1 : Which one of the following statements is not one of the four basic assumptions of the
scientific method? - ANS-Energy can neither be created nor destroyed
chapter 2 : Which of the following countries have centrally planned economies? - ANS-Cuba
and North Korea
chapter 1 : Which one of the following is not one of the vital concepts that move societies toward
a sustainable future? - ANS-Security
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 basis. At
what time of the year would you expect the concentrations to be lowest? - ANS-At the end of
summer
chapter 2 : Most national wealth is ___________. - ANS-Intangible capital
chapter 3 : Consider the following statements: (I) In any energy conversion, some of the usable
energy is always lost (II) Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but it may be converted from
one form to another, (III) Systems will go spontaneously in one direction only, toward increasing
entropy. Which of these are statements of the second law of thermodynamics? - ANS-I and III
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 ________________ . -
ANS-melting the ice on the Arctic Ocean will decrease the albedo of the Arctic Ocean
chapter 3 : A bag of fertilizer is labeled 12-20-15. This label tells you that the percentage of
organic matter in the fertilizer is - ANS-cannot tell
chapter 2 : Taxol, which is used to treat lung, ovarian, and breast cancer, head and neck cancer,
and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma, was originally isolated from
_____________________ . - ANS-the bark of the Pacific yew tree
chapter 3 : Which one of the following accounts for the fact that the abundance of mangroves
along the Louisiana coast has increased dramatically in the last 20 years? - ANS-warmer
winters
If the relationship between species A and B is mutualistic, __________ . - ANS-both A and B
benefit from the relationship
chapter 1 : Which one of the following statements is not one of the four basic assumptions of the
scientific method? - ANS-Energy can neither be created nor destroyed
chapter 2 : Which of the following countries have centrally planned economies? - ANS-Cuba
and North Korea
chapter 1 : Which one of the following is not one of the vital concepts that move societies toward
a sustainable future? - ANS-Security
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 basis. At
what time of the year would you expect the concentrations to be lowest? - ANS-At the end of
summer
chapter 2 : Most national wealth is ___________. - ANS-Intangible capital
chapter 3 : Consider the following statements: (I) In any energy conversion, some of the usable
energy is always lost (II) Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but it may be converted from
one form to another, (III) Systems will go spontaneously in one direction only, toward increasing
entropy. Which of these are statements of the second law of thermodynamics? - ANS-I and III
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 ________________ . -
ANS-melting the ice on the Arctic Ocean will decrease the albedo of the Arctic Ocean
chapter 3 : A bag of fertilizer is labeled 12-20-15. This label tells you that the percentage of
organic matter in the fertilizer is - ANS-cannot tell
chapter 2 : Taxol, which is used to treat lung, ovarian, and breast cancer, head and neck cancer,
and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma, was originally isolated from
_____________________ . - ANS-the bark of the Pacific yew tree
chapter 3 : Which one of the following accounts for the fact that the abundance of mangroves
along the Louisiana coast has increased dramatically in the last 20 years? - ANS-warmer
winters
If the relationship between species A and B is mutualistic, __________ . - ANS-both A and B
benefit from the relationship
