TEST BANK
Living in the Environment
G. Miller
20th Edition
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,Table of Contents
1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
2. Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?
4. Biodiversity and Evolution
5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Populations
6. The Human Population and Demographic Transition
7. Climate and Biodiversity
8. Aquatic Biodiversity
9. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species
10.Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
11.Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity
12.Food Production and the Environment
13.Water Resources and Water Pollution
14.Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
15.Nonrenewable Energy
16.Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
17.Environmental Hazards and Human Health
18.Toxicology, Risk, and Chemical Hazards
19.Air Pollution and Climate Change
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20.Water Pollution
21.Solid and Hazardous Waste
22.Sustaining Human Societies and the Environment
23.Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
24.Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
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,CHAPTER 1—ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THEIR CAUSES, AND
SUSTAINABILITY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Sustainability refers to .
a. the way in which the natural world works
b. how we interact with the environment
c. human methods of coping with environmental problems
d. refusing, reducing, reusing, and recycling
e. the capacity of the earth’s natural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt
ANS: E PTS: 1
TOP: Core Case Study: A vision of a more sustainable world in 2065
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
2. Which discipline is most associated with environmental science?
a. botany
b. political science
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c. sociology
d. ecology
e. psychology
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: Modified
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3. A forest with plants, animals, and various other organisms is an example of a(n) .
a. ecosystem
b. species
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c. ecology
d. life-support system
e. nutrient
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: New
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4. Using normally renewable resources faster than nature can renew them is called .
a. nutrient cycling
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b. nutrient deficit
c. sustainability
d. trade-offs
e. degrading natural capital
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember
5. Solar energy is known as a(n) .
a. renewable resource
b. recyclable resource
c. inexhaustible resource
d. reusable resource
e. nonrenewable resource
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
, KEY: Bloom's: Remember
6. What is one of the three social science principles of sustainability?
a. A dependence on solar energy
b. A focus on chemical cycling
c. The degradation of natural capital
d. A responsibility to future generations
e. The ability to retain biodiversity
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
7. Topsoil is an important component of .
a. biodiversity
b. ecosystems
c. natural resources
d. win-win solutions
e. nutrient cycling
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
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KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
8. According to a number of environmental scientists, we already know how to reuse or recycle at least
of the nonrenewable resources we use.
a. 80%
b. 65%
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c. 50%
d. 40%
e. 25%
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ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
9. What are the priorities for more sustainable use of renewable resources, in order?
a. refuse, renew, reduce, and recycle
b. recycle, renew, reuse, and reduce
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c. resource, recycle, renew, and reduce
d. refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle
e. refuse, reduce, recycle, and renew
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ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
10. More-developed countries .
a. have a lower average income
b. use mostly renewable resources
c. rely entirely on nonrenewable resources
d. comprise 17% of the world’s population
e. provide fewer recycling services
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
11. The primary difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources is .
a. how easily each can be discovered
Living in the Environment
G. Miller
20th Edition
PR
O
FD
O
C
,Table of Contents
1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
2. Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?
4. Biodiversity and Evolution
5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Populations
6. The Human Population and Demographic Transition
7. Climate and Biodiversity
8. Aquatic Biodiversity
9. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species
10.Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
11.Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity
12.Food Production and the Environment
13.Water Resources and Water Pollution
14.Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
15.Nonrenewable Energy
16.Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
17.Environmental Hazards and Human Health
18.Toxicology, Risk, and Chemical Hazards
19.Air Pollution and Climate Change
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20.Water Pollution
21.Solid and Hazardous Waste
22.Sustaining Human Societies and the Environment
23.Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
24.Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
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FD
O
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,CHAPTER 1—ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THEIR CAUSES, AND
SUSTAINABILITY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Sustainability refers to .
a. the way in which the natural world works
b. how we interact with the environment
c. human methods of coping with environmental problems
d. refusing, reducing, reusing, and recycling
e. the capacity of the earth’s natural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt
ANS: E PTS: 1
TOP: Core Case Study: A vision of a more sustainable world in 2065
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
2. Which discipline is most associated with environmental science?
a. botany
b. political science
PR
c. sociology
d. ecology
e. psychology
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: Modified
O
3. A forest with plants, animals, and various other organisms is an example of a(n) .
a. ecosystem
b. species
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c. ecology
d. life-support system
e. nutrient
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: New
O
4. Using normally renewable resources faster than nature can renew them is called .
a. nutrient cycling
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b. nutrient deficit
c. sustainability
d. trade-offs
e. degrading natural capital
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember
5. Solar energy is known as a(n) .
a. renewable resource
b. recyclable resource
c. inexhaustible resource
d. reusable resource
e. nonrenewable resource
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
, KEY: Bloom's: Remember
6. What is one of the three social science principles of sustainability?
a. A dependence on solar energy
b. A focus on chemical cycling
c. The degradation of natural capital
d. A responsibility to future generations
e. The ability to retain biodiversity
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
7. Topsoil is an important component of .
a. biodiversity
b. ecosystems
c. natural resources
d. win-win solutions
e. nutrient cycling
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
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KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
8. According to a number of environmental scientists, we already know how to reuse or recycle at least
of the nonrenewable resources we use.
a. 80%
b. 65%
O
c. 50%
d. 40%
e. 25%
FD
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
9. What are the priorities for more sustainable use of renewable resources, in order?
a. refuse, renew, reduce, and recycle
b. recycle, renew, reuse, and reduce
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c. resource, recycle, renew, and reduce
d. refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle
e. refuse, reduce, recycle, and renew
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ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
10. More-developed countries .
a. have a lower average income
b. use mostly renewable resources
c. rely entirely on nonrenewable resources
d. comprise 17% of the world’s population
e. provide fewer recycling services
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
11. The primary difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources is .
a. how easily each can be discovered
