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Environmental Science a Global Concern 16/E William Cunningham
CH 01. Understanding Our Environment.
1) To say that environmental science is mission-oriented means it is
A) a highly organized endeavor.
B) essentially an information gathering endeavor.
C) oriented toward solving problems.
D) designed to understand relationships.
2) If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we would need
more planets to support everyone.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
3) About of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet,
basic sanitation, and other essential needs.
A) 100 million
B) 300 million
C) 700 million
D) 1.4 billion
4) Sustainable development means
A) improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
B) providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
C) continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
D) utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
5) The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty
consequences was
A) George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature.
B) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
C) Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
D) Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
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,6) Which #syof #sythe #syfollowing #sypresently #syprovides #sy80 #sypercent #syof #sythe #syenergy #syused #syin
industrialized #sycountries?
#sy
A) fossil #syfuels
B) wind
C) hydroelectric #sypower
D) solar
7) The #syposition #sythat #synature #sydeserves #syto #sybe #syprotected #syin #syits #syown #syright #syis #sycalled
A) biocentric #sypreservation.
B) utilitarian #syconservation.
C) environmentalism.
D) global #syenvironmentalism.
8) constitutes #sy4.6 #sypercent #syof #sythe #syworld's #sypeople #syyet #syproduces #syabout #sy50
#sypercent #syof #syall #sytoxic #sywaste.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The #syUnited #syStates
9) The #sytext #sysuggests #sythere #syis #synot #sya #systrong #syconnection #sybetween #sypoverty #syand
environmental #sydegradation.
#sy
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
10) Most #sypeople #syagree #sythat #syglobal #syclimate #sychange #syis #synot #sya #syreal #syenvironmental #sythreat.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
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,11) By #sy2050, #sythe #syearth #syis #syprojected #syto #syhave #sya #sypopulation #sybetween
A) 8 #syand #sy10 #sybillion.
B) 7 #syand #sy8 #sybillion.
C) 8 #syand #sy9 #sybillion.
D) 10 #syand #sy12 #sybillion.
12) Loss #syof #syindigenous #sycultures #syis #syaccompanied #syby #syloss #syof #syunique #syunderstanding #syof #synature.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
13) An #syimportant #syreason #syfor #sydetermining #sythe #sysize #syof #sya #sysociety's #syecological
#sy footprint #syis #syto #sydetermine #sythe #sysustainability #syof #syits #sylifestyle.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
14) One #syof #sythe #syearliest #symodels #syfor #syconservation #syin #sythe #syUnited #syStates #sywas #sybased #syon
#syutilitarian #syconservation, #syfor #sywhich #synature #sywas #syconserved #synot #syto #syprotect
#sybiodiversity, #sybut #syto #syprovide #syjobs #syand #syresources.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
15) The #syfirst #syNobel #syPrize #syfor #syenvironmental #syaction #sywas #syawarded
A) in #sy1912 #syto #syJohn #syMuir.
B) in #sy1973 #syto #syDavid #syBrower.
C) in #sy2004 #syto #syWangari #syMaathai.
D) in #sy1935 #syto #syAldo #syLeopold.
16) There #syis #syconcern #syover #sythe #sycontinued #syability #syto #syprovide #syadequate #syfood #syfor
our #sygrowing #sypopulation #sybecause
#sy
A) 2/3 #syof #syall #syagricultural #sylands #syshow #sysigns #syof #sydegradation.
B) there #syis #sylittle #sycorporate #syinterest #syin #syfood #syproduction.
C) agriculture #syhas #synot #sybenefited #syfrom #symodern #sytechnological #syadvancements.
D) there #syis #sylittle #syknowledge #syabout #syhow #syto #syfarm.
SCHOLARVAULT
, 17) The #syword #sy"environment" #sycomes #syfrom #sya #syFrench #syword #sythat #symeans
A) life
B) nature
C) wildlife
D) home
E) to #sysurround
18) Environmental #syscience #syis #sya #sy .
A) narrowly #sydefined #syset #syof #syphysical, #sylife, #syand #sysocial #sysciences
B) theoretical #syapproach #syin #syinterpreting #sythe #syenvironment
C) way #syto #sysee #sythe #syworld #syin #syscientific #syterms
D) systematic #syapproach #syin #sylearning #syabout #sythe #syenvironment
E) special #syset #syof #syproblem-solving #syskills
19) Most #syenvironmental #syproblems #syresult #syfrom
A) political #sydifferences
B) complex, #syinterrelated #syproblems
C) technological #sydevelopment #syproblems
D) global #sywarming
E) urban #sydegradation
20) Which #syof #sythe #syfollowing #syis #synot #sytrue #syof #sythe #syterm #syenvironment?
A) Environment #syincludes #syour #syculture.
B) The #syenvironment #syincludes #sythe #sybiosphere.
C) The #syenvironment #syincludes #sypolitical #syand #sysocial #sysystems.
D) The #syenvironment #syhas #syissues #syfor #sywhich #sythere #syare #syno #syremedies.
E) The #syenvironment #syincludes #sythe #syrelationships #sybetween #syorganisms.
21) The #syfundamental #sybasis #syof #syenvironmental #syscience #syas #sya #sydiscipline #syis #sythe
A) history #syof #sythe #syuse #syof #synatural #syresources
B) diversity #syof #sylife #syon #sythe #syEarth
C) human #syimpact #syon #sythe #syEarth
D) pollution #syon #sythe #syEarth
E) future #syuse #syof #synatural #syresources
SCHOLARVAULT
Environmental Science a Global Concern 16/E William Cunningham
CH 01. Understanding Our Environment.
1) To say that environmental science is mission-oriented means it is
A) a highly organized endeavor.
B) essentially an information gathering endeavor.
C) oriented toward solving problems.
D) designed to understand relationships.
2) If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we would need
more planets to support everyone.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
3) About of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet,
basic sanitation, and other essential needs.
A) 100 million
B) 300 million
C) 700 million
D) 1.4 billion
4) Sustainable development means
A) improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
B) providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
C) continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
D) utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
5) The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty
consequences was
A) George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature.
B) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
C) Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
D) Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
SCHOLARVAULT
,6) Which #syof #sythe #syfollowing #sypresently #syprovides #sy80 #sypercent #syof #sythe #syenergy #syused #syin
industrialized #sycountries?
#sy
A) fossil #syfuels
B) wind
C) hydroelectric #sypower
D) solar
7) The #syposition #sythat #synature #sydeserves #syto #sybe #syprotected #syin #syits #syown #syright #syis #sycalled
A) biocentric #sypreservation.
B) utilitarian #syconservation.
C) environmentalism.
D) global #syenvironmentalism.
8) constitutes #sy4.6 #sypercent #syof #sythe #syworld's #sypeople #syyet #syproduces #syabout #sy50
#sypercent #syof #syall #sytoxic #sywaste.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The #syUnited #syStates
9) The #sytext #sysuggests #sythere #syis #synot #sya #systrong #syconnection #sybetween #sypoverty #syand
environmental #sydegradation.
#sy
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
10) Most #sypeople #syagree #sythat #syglobal #syclimate #sychange #syis #synot #sya #syreal #syenvironmental #sythreat.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
SCHOLARVAULT
,11) By #sy2050, #sythe #syearth #syis #syprojected #syto #syhave #sya #sypopulation #sybetween
A) 8 #syand #sy10 #sybillion.
B) 7 #syand #sy8 #sybillion.
C) 8 #syand #sy9 #sybillion.
D) 10 #syand #sy12 #sybillion.
12) Loss #syof #syindigenous #sycultures #syis #syaccompanied #syby #syloss #syof #syunique #syunderstanding #syof #synature.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
13) An #syimportant #syreason #syfor #sydetermining #sythe #sysize #syof #sya #sysociety's #syecological
#sy footprint #syis #syto #sydetermine #sythe #sysustainability #syof #syits #sylifestyle.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
14) One #syof #sythe #syearliest #symodels #syfor #syconservation #syin #sythe #syUnited #syStates #sywas #sybased #syon
#syutilitarian #syconservation, #syfor #sywhich #synature #sywas #syconserved #synot #syto #syprotect
#sybiodiversity, #sybut #syto #syprovide #syjobs #syand #syresources.
⊚ true
# s y
⊚ # s y false
15) The #syfirst #syNobel #syPrize #syfor #syenvironmental #syaction #sywas #syawarded
A) in #sy1912 #syto #syJohn #syMuir.
B) in #sy1973 #syto #syDavid #syBrower.
C) in #sy2004 #syto #syWangari #syMaathai.
D) in #sy1935 #syto #syAldo #syLeopold.
16) There #syis #syconcern #syover #sythe #sycontinued #syability #syto #syprovide #syadequate #syfood #syfor
our #sygrowing #sypopulation #sybecause
#sy
A) 2/3 #syof #syall #syagricultural #sylands #syshow #sysigns #syof #sydegradation.
B) there #syis #sylittle #sycorporate #syinterest #syin #syfood #syproduction.
C) agriculture #syhas #synot #sybenefited #syfrom #symodern #sytechnological #syadvancements.
D) there #syis #sylittle #syknowledge #syabout #syhow #syto #syfarm.
SCHOLARVAULT
, 17) The #syword #sy"environment" #sycomes #syfrom #sya #syFrench #syword #sythat #symeans
A) life
B) nature
C) wildlife
D) home
E) to #sysurround
18) Environmental #syscience #syis #sya #sy .
A) narrowly #sydefined #syset #syof #syphysical, #sylife, #syand #sysocial #sysciences
B) theoretical #syapproach #syin #syinterpreting #sythe #syenvironment
C) way #syto #sysee #sythe #syworld #syin #syscientific #syterms
D) systematic #syapproach #syin #sylearning #syabout #sythe #syenvironment
E) special #syset #syof #syproblem-solving #syskills
19) Most #syenvironmental #syproblems #syresult #syfrom
A) political #sydifferences
B) complex, #syinterrelated #syproblems
C) technological #sydevelopment #syproblems
D) global #sywarming
E) urban #sydegradation
20) Which #syof #sythe #syfollowing #syis #synot #sytrue #syof #sythe #syterm #syenvironment?
A) Environment #syincludes #syour #syculture.
B) The #syenvironment #syincludes #sythe #sybiosphere.
C) The #syenvironment #syincludes #sypolitical #syand #sysocial #sysystems.
D) The #syenvironment #syhas #syissues #syfor #sywhich #sythere #syare #syno #syremedies.
E) The #syenvironment #syincludes #sythe #syrelationships #sybetween #syorganisms.
21) The #syfundamental #sybasis #syof #syenvironmental #syscience #syas #sya #sydiscipline #syis #sythe
A) history #syof #sythe #syuse #syof #synatural #syresources
B) diversity #syof #sylife #syon #sythe #syEarth
C) human #syimpact #syon #sythe #syEarth
D) pollution #syon #sythe #syEarth
E) future #syuse #syof #synatural #syresources
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