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, CH 01. Understanding Our Environment.
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1) To say that environmental science is mission oriented means it is
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A) a highly organized endeavor.
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B) essentially an information gathering endeavor.
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C) oriented toward solving problems.
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D) designed to understand relationships.
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2) If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we woul
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d need more planets to support everyone.
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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 ot
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her essential needs.
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A) 100 million
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B) 300 million
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C) 700 million
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D) 1.4 billion
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4) Sustainable development means FB FB
A) improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
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B) providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
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C) continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
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D) utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
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,5) The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have
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nasty consequences was
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A) George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature.
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B) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
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C) Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
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D) Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
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6) Which of the following presently provides 80 percent of the energy used in industrialized countrie
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s?
A) fossil fuels
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B) wind
C) hydroelectric power FB
D) solar
7) The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called
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A) biocentric preservation. FB
B) utilitarian conservation. FB
C) environmentalism.
D) global environmentalism.
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8) constitutes 4.6 percent of the world's people yet produces about 50 percent of all toxic wast
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e.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The United States
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, 9) The text suggests there is not a strong connection between poverty and environmental degradation
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⊚ false
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10) Most people agree that global climate change is not a real environmental threat.
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⊚ true
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⊚ false
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11) By 2050, the earth is projected to have a population between
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A) 8 and 10 billion.
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B) 7 and 8 billion.
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C) 8 and 9 billion.
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D) 10 and 12 billion.
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12) Loss of indigenous cultures is accompanied by loss of unique understanding of nature.
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⊚ true
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⊚ false
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13) An important reason for determining the size of a society's ecological footprint is to determi
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ne the sustainability of its lifestyle.
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⊚ true
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⊚ false
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14) One of the earliest models for conservation in the United States was based on utilitarian conser
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vation, for which nature was conserved not to protect biodiversity, but to provide jobs and resourc
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es.
⊚ true
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, CH 01. Understanding Our Environment.
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1) To say that environmental science is mission oriented means it is
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A) a highly organized endeavor.
FB FB FB
B) essentially an information gathering endeavor.
FB FB FB FB
C) oriented toward solving problems.
FB FB FB
D) designed to understand relationships.
FB FB FB
2) If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we woul
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d need more planets to support everyone.
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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 ot
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her essential needs.
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A) 100 million
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B) 300 million
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C) 700 million
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D) 1.4 billion
FB
4) Sustainable development means FB FB
A) improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB
B) providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
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C) continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
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D) utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
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,5) The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have
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nasty consequences was
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A) George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature.
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B) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
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C) Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
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D) Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
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6) Which of the following presently provides 80 percent of the energy used in industrialized countrie
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s?
A) fossil fuels
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B) wind
C) hydroelectric power FB
D) solar
7) The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called
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A) biocentric preservation. FB
B) utilitarian conservation. FB
C) environmentalism.
D) global environmentalism.
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8) constitutes 4.6 percent of the world's people yet produces about 50 percent of all toxic wast
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e.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The United States
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, 9) The text suggests there is not a strong connection between poverty and environmental degradation
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.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
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10) Most people agree that global climate change is not a real environmental threat.
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⊚ true
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⊚ false
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11) By 2050, the earth is projected to have a population between
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A) 8 and 10 billion.
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B) 7 and 8 billion.
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C) 8 and 9 billion.
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D) 10 and 12 billion.
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12) Loss of indigenous cultures is accompanied by loss of unique understanding of nature.
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⊚ true
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⊚ false
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13) An important reason for determining the size of a society's ecological footprint is to determi
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ne the sustainability of its lifestyle.
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⊚ true
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⊚ false
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14) One of the earliest models for conservation in the United States was based on utilitarian conser
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vation, for which nature was conserved not to protect biodiversity, but to provide jobs and resourc
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es.
⊚ true
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