Natural Resource Use and Management Final Exam
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The major factors behind the global environmental crisis include Ans✔✔--
Depletion of natural resources
-Unwise and/or inefficient use of resources
-A rapidly growing human population
The United States has only __ percent of the world's population, but consumes
approximately ____ percent of the world's resources Ans✔✔-5;25
From our class discussion, choose country that is degrading the environment
more rapidly than any other nation on Earth Ans✔✔-The United States
Air pollution originates from which of the following sources? Ans✔✔--Motor
Vehicle Exhaust
-Volcanic Eruptions
Air pollution in the United States comes from all of the foreign sources EXCEPT
Ans✔✔-Icelandic particulate matter, especially from recent volcanic eruptions
The "doomsayer," or Pessimist Viewpoint as to whether there is a crisis on Plant
Earth, says that technology will not - and cannot - solve all of our problems. What
do they give as the major reason? Ans✔✔-Exponential growth of population has
already occurred, and there isn't enough time to find technological "fixes" to
problems that need solutions today.
,Which of the following statements would reflect the Optimist Viewpoint about
solutions to environmental and resource problems facing the world today?
Ans✔✔-If enough cheap energy is available, all things can be accomplished—
pollution will be controlled, food will be available for all, and clothing and shelter
for the needy millions will be provided.
The "moderate" viewpoint about solutions to today's environmental and resource
problems says that we should be concerned, but that there is still enough time to
shift to a sustainable society - one that meets its needs without preventing future
generations and other species from meeting their needs. They say, however, that
this will be difficult because of all the following reasons: Ans✔✔--Human nature
tends to go for satisfying short-term wants and needs.
-Ethics of many people is still human-centered.
Economics focuses too much on short- and immediate-term market solutions.
-Some existing environmental laws and regulations are too hard to enforce
For achieving a Sustainable Society, one can learn from 6 key ecological factors.
One of those factors is Conservation. The Conservation Principle says that
Ans✔✔-natural biological systems, or ecosystems, thrive because they need and
use resources with efficiency.
. All of the following explorers/environmentalists were influential on President
Teddy Roosevelt in the "First Wave" Ans✔✔--Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
-John Muir
-Gifford Pinchot
-Owen Wisner
John Wesley Powell is noted for all of the following Ans✔✔--he was the first to
chart the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.
, -he explored the arid West, especially to identify areas where irrigation might be
possible.
-his work established the genesis of modern water policy
-he was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society in 1888
The first U.S. conservation conference was held in1908, and was known as the
"White House Conference on Natural Resources." All of the following led to the
call for this conference EXCEPT: Ans✔✔-Fear that United States' population was
increasing at an exponential rate and that food production/supply would not be
able to keep up with population growth.
John Muir was tragically unsuccessful in trying to save the ___________
__________ Valley from the damming of the Toulumne River to provide water for
San Francisco, CA. Ans✔✔-Hetch Hetchy
The Prairie States Forestry Project (1934) established shelter belts of trees and
shrubs to reduce wind erosion on farmlands along the ______________________.
Ans✔✔-100th Meridian
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(FDR) created the following program to put men back to work and to improve the
environment. This program was known as, Ans✔✔-The "Civilian Conservation
Corps"
In 1933, during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA) was established. This was an experiment, unique in
conservation history, to integrate the use of resources (water, soil, forests, and
wildlife) of an entire river basin. What was FDR's MAIN reason for choosing the
Tennessee River basin to develop the TVA? Ans✔✔-Because the State of
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The major factors behind the global environmental crisis include Ans✔✔--
Depletion of natural resources
-Unwise and/or inefficient use of resources
-A rapidly growing human population
The United States has only __ percent of the world's population, but consumes
approximately ____ percent of the world's resources Ans✔✔-5;25
From our class discussion, choose country that is degrading the environment
more rapidly than any other nation on Earth Ans✔✔-The United States
Air pollution originates from which of the following sources? Ans✔✔--Motor
Vehicle Exhaust
-Volcanic Eruptions
Air pollution in the United States comes from all of the foreign sources EXCEPT
Ans✔✔-Icelandic particulate matter, especially from recent volcanic eruptions
The "doomsayer," or Pessimist Viewpoint as to whether there is a crisis on Plant
Earth, says that technology will not - and cannot - solve all of our problems. What
do they give as the major reason? Ans✔✔-Exponential growth of population has
already occurred, and there isn't enough time to find technological "fixes" to
problems that need solutions today.
,Which of the following statements would reflect the Optimist Viewpoint about
solutions to environmental and resource problems facing the world today?
Ans✔✔-If enough cheap energy is available, all things can be accomplished—
pollution will be controlled, food will be available for all, and clothing and shelter
for the needy millions will be provided.
The "moderate" viewpoint about solutions to today's environmental and resource
problems says that we should be concerned, but that there is still enough time to
shift to a sustainable society - one that meets its needs without preventing future
generations and other species from meeting their needs. They say, however, that
this will be difficult because of all the following reasons: Ans✔✔--Human nature
tends to go for satisfying short-term wants and needs.
-Ethics of many people is still human-centered.
Economics focuses too much on short- and immediate-term market solutions.
-Some existing environmental laws and regulations are too hard to enforce
For achieving a Sustainable Society, one can learn from 6 key ecological factors.
One of those factors is Conservation. The Conservation Principle says that
Ans✔✔-natural biological systems, or ecosystems, thrive because they need and
use resources with efficiency.
. All of the following explorers/environmentalists were influential on President
Teddy Roosevelt in the "First Wave" Ans✔✔--Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
-John Muir
-Gifford Pinchot
-Owen Wisner
John Wesley Powell is noted for all of the following Ans✔✔--he was the first to
chart the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.
, -he explored the arid West, especially to identify areas where irrigation might be
possible.
-his work established the genesis of modern water policy
-he was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society in 1888
The first U.S. conservation conference was held in1908, and was known as the
"White House Conference on Natural Resources." All of the following led to the
call for this conference EXCEPT: Ans✔✔-Fear that United States' population was
increasing at an exponential rate and that food production/supply would not be
able to keep up with population growth.
John Muir was tragically unsuccessful in trying to save the ___________
__________ Valley from the damming of the Toulumne River to provide water for
San Francisco, CA. Ans✔✔-Hetch Hetchy
The Prairie States Forestry Project (1934) established shelter belts of trees and
shrubs to reduce wind erosion on farmlands along the ______________________.
Ans✔✔-100th Meridian
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(FDR) created the following program to put men back to work and to improve the
environment. This program was known as, Ans✔✔-The "Civilian Conservation
Corps"
In 1933, during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA) was established. This was an experiment, unique in
conservation history, to integrate the use of resources (water, soil, forests, and
wildlife) of an entire river basin. What was FDR's MAIN reason for choosing the
Tennessee River basin to develop the TVA? Ans✔✔-Because the State of
