Enviroscience 3 Complete Solutions

Enviroscience 3 Complete Solutions 1. Environmentally unfriendly pest control practice: - Hiring someone to remove a bird population is not an environmentally friendly form of pest control. 2. Statement not true about undernourishment and malnourishment: - GMO-based farming is not universally considered an environmentally safe method to address global malnourishment. 3. True statement about global agricultural production: - Subsistence crops are essential for providing food products necessary for survival. 4. True statement about water availability: - Agriculture uses 70% of freshwater, industry uses 19%, and households use 11%. 5. Example of an economic cause of famine: - A poor country lacking access to technology that could improve irrigation efficiency. 6. True statement about water on Earth: - Freshwater is found in glaciers, ice, rivers, lakes, and underground sources. 7. Hazardous waste characteristic of lithium batteries: - The hazardous waste characteristic of lithium batteries in the example is reactivity. 8. Outcome of water pollution NOT caused by oil spills: - Infectious diseases increasing is not typically associated with oil spills as an outcome of water pollution. 9. False statement about agroecosystems: - Disrupted natural ecosystems do not typically lead to an increase in biodiversity. Which statement about efforts to address water pollution in the United States is true? ️The state with the most polluted bodies of water has been greatly improved. Which of the following is NOT a consequence from the runoff of fertilizers into the water supply? ️Agriculture ecosystems are destroyed. Select the way that humans can negatively affect aquifers. ️Humans build roads, which prevents rainwater from replenishing aquifers. Of the options below, which is an example of a non-point source of water pollution? ️Fertilizer and pesticides run off from the community's two golf courses. Which statement describes the environmental impact of developing countries? ️These countries leave the largest ecological footprint. Of the options below, which is an impact of urban sprawl? ️Loss of farmland Citizens of the United States eat __________ kilograms of meat per person per year. ️120 Which of the following is currently increasing because of human population growth and its associated impacts? ️Sea levels A dam is built to create a lake for the public's use as a recreational site for swimming, fishing and boating. Choose the statement that is NOT likely to be an impact of building the dam. ️The availability of freshwater for human use is threatened. Chase collects empty soda cans after the game and takes them to a reprocessing center. Which waste disposal method is Chase practicing? ️Recycle Choose the statement about human population growth that is NOT true. ️Most popu