ENVS 1126 LSU Laws Practice Exam 1
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
Select one:
a. 15%
b. 12%
c. cannot tell
d. 20% - ANS-Cannot tell
Chapter 7 : Which one of the following species of whales is currently being taken in small
numbers each year by Alaskan Eskimos?
Select one:
a. bowhead
b. humpback
c. blue
d. fin - ANS-Bowhead
Chapter 7 : Which of the following is the environmentally preferred form of silviculture?
Select one:
a. Even-aged management and clear-cutting
b. Clear-cutting and shelter-wood cutting
c. Selective cutting and even-aged management
d. Shelter-wood cutting and selective cutting - ANS-Shelter-wood cutting and selective cutting
Chapter 6 : The French wine industry in the late 19th century was saved by grafting shoots of
European wine grape vines onto roots of grape vines from __________ that were resistant to
the sap-sucking aphids that were killing the European grape vines.
Select one:
a. United States
b. China
c. Brazil
d. Germany - ANS-United States
Chapter 6 : The three crops that account for about 50% of global food demands are
Select one:
a. wheat, corn, and soybeans
b. soybeans, rice, and wheat
c. rice, wheat, and corn
d. corn, soybeans, and rice - ANS-Rice, wheat, and corn
Chapter 7 : The greatest decreases of forest area between 1990 and 2010 occurred in
, Select one:
a. Africa and South America
b. North America and China
c. China and Africa
d. South America and North America - ANS-Africa and South America
Chapter 4 : A population is growing exponentially with a doubling time of 10 years. If the size of
the population now is 400, what was the size of the population 30 years ago?
Select one:
a. 200
b. 100
c. 50
d. 25 - ANS-50
Chapter 2 : Most national wealth is ___________.
Select one:
a. Financial capital
b. Intangible capital
c. Natural capital
d. Produced capital - ANS-Intangible capital
Chapter 1 : Over the past 40 years, human well-being has been steadily improving, while
natural ecosystems, from which we derive many goods and services, have been declining.
Which one of the following does not help to explain this so-called environmentalist's paradox?
Select one:
a. The measurements of human well-being have been flawed; it is actually declining
b. There is a time lag between ecosystem decline and human well-being; the worst is yet to
come
c. Food production, a crucial ecosystem service that has been enhanced, outweighs the effects
of declines in other ecosystem services
d. Human technology, such as irrigation and synthetic fertilizers, makes us less dependent on
ecosystem services - ANS-The measurements of human well-being have been flawed; it is
actually declining
Chapter 2 : The Montreal Protocol was an international agreement to phase out the production
of
Select one:
a. greenhouse gases
b. Neonicotinoid insecticides
c. Chlorofluorocarbons
d. DDT - ANS-Chlorofluorocarbons
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 ________________ .
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
Select one:
a. 15%
b. 12%
c. cannot tell
d. 20% - ANS-Cannot tell
Chapter 7 : Which one of the following species of whales is currently being taken in small
numbers each year by Alaskan Eskimos?
Select one:
a. bowhead
b. humpback
c. blue
d. fin - ANS-Bowhead
Chapter 7 : Which of the following is the environmentally preferred form of silviculture?
Select one:
a. Even-aged management and clear-cutting
b. Clear-cutting and shelter-wood cutting
c. Selective cutting and even-aged management
d. Shelter-wood cutting and selective cutting - ANS-Shelter-wood cutting and selective cutting
Chapter 6 : The French wine industry in the late 19th century was saved by grafting shoots of
European wine grape vines onto roots of grape vines from __________ that were resistant to
the sap-sucking aphids that were killing the European grape vines.
Select one:
a. United States
b. China
c. Brazil
d. Germany - ANS-United States
Chapter 6 : The three crops that account for about 50% of global food demands are
Select one:
a. wheat, corn, and soybeans
b. soybeans, rice, and wheat
c. rice, wheat, and corn
d. corn, soybeans, and rice - ANS-Rice, wheat, and corn
Chapter 7 : The greatest decreases of forest area between 1990 and 2010 occurred in
, Select one:
a. Africa and South America
b. North America and China
c. China and Africa
d. South America and North America - ANS-Africa and South America
Chapter 4 : A population is growing exponentially with a doubling time of 10 years. If the size of
the population now is 400, what was the size of the population 30 years ago?
Select one:
a. 200
b. 100
c. 50
d. 25 - ANS-50
Chapter 2 : Most national wealth is ___________.
Select one:
a. Financial capital
b. Intangible capital
c. Natural capital
d. Produced capital - ANS-Intangible capital
Chapter 1 : Over the past 40 years, human well-being has been steadily improving, while
natural ecosystems, from which we derive many goods and services, have been declining.
Which one of the following does not help to explain this so-called environmentalist's paradox?
Select one:
a. The measurements of human well-being have been flawed; it is actually declining
b. There is a time lag between ecosystem decline and human well-being; the worst is yet to
come
c. Food production, a crucial ecosystem service that has been enhanced, outweighs the effects
of declines in other ecosystem services
d. Human technology, such as irrigation and synthetic fertilizers, makes us less dependent on
ecosystem services - ANS-The measurements of human well-being have been flawed; it is
actually declining
Chapter 2 : The Montreal Protocol was an international agreement to phase out the production
of
Select one:
a. greenhouse gases
b. Neonicotinoid insecticides
c. Chlorofluorocarbons
d. DDT - ANS-Chlorofluorocarbons
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 ________________ .
