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ENVS260
Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following terms refers to a field of applied ethics that considers the moral basis of environmental responsibility and how far this responsibility extends? | environmental ethics |
| Which of the following statements about deep ecology worldview is false? | Humans have a primary obligation to humans and are therefore responsible for managing natural resources to benefit human society. |
| One way to stay within the earth's carrying capacity is to control human population growth. What is the other way to stay within the earth's carrying capacity? | manage excessive consumption and waste |
| What are the implications of failing to confront the problem of poverty? | all of the above. |
| The picture below shows young trees in Scotland that are being cultivated as part of a reforestation project on land unsuitable for growing crops. This is an example of: | A modified ecosystem |
| What contribution to our understanding of the environment did Wallace Stegner provide? | helped create support for the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964 |
| When did many U.S. naturalists first become concerned about conserving natural resources? | During the 19th century |
| Which of the following terms describes the process of evaluating and presenting to decision makers the relative benefits and costs of various alternatives? | full cost accounting |
| Refer to the graph below to determine which of the following statements about marginal cost of pollution is correct. | all of the above |
| Pollution control laws that work by setting limits on levels of pollution are referred to as: | command and control regulation |
| Mercury is a substance that is extremely stable and may take many years to break down into a less toxic form. This is an example of: | persistence |
| When the effect of a chemical mixture is exactly what you would expect given the individual effects of each component of the mixture, then the mixture is said to be: | additive |
| The alpine meadow in the picture below best represents a(n): | community |
| Which of the following terms best describe a region that includes several interacting ecosystems? | Landscape |
| From a biological point of view, what happens to energy once it has been used to perform work? | a and b |
| Which of the following steps in the nitrogen cycle does not exclusively involve bacteria? | assimilation |
| Which of the following is a region of coniferous forest in the Northern Hemisphere; located just south of the tundra? | boreal forest |
| The picture below shows a biome that consists mainly of drought-resistant evergreen shrubs and small trees. Hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters characterize this biome called: | chaparral |
| Flowing-water ecosystems are: | highly variable |
| How does a freshwater wetland differ from an estuary? | water in an estuary is brackish rather than truly fresh |
| Natural selection is based on which of the following four premises? | overproduction, variation, limits on population growth, differential reproductive success |
| How many kingdoms are classified in the domain Eukarya? | 4 |
| Which of the following terms refers to the process of community development over time, which involves species in one stage being replaced by different species? | ecological succession |
| What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? | nitrogen |
| Most clouds occur in the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface called the: | troposphere |
| The layer of the atmosphere that has no turbulence and where commercial jets fly is called the: | stratosphere |
| Particulate matter is an example of: | primary air pollution |
| The Blue Ridge Mountains in the picture below show the bluish purple haze for which they were named. What causes this haze? | Air pollutants emitted by the trees |
| Heat from human activities such as fuel combustion is highly concentrated in cities. As a result, the air in these areas form: | urban heat islands |
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