Environmental Science, 11th Edition (Cunningham)

Chapter 1: Understanding Our Environment

Practice Quiz

1
To say that environmental science is mission oriented means it is
A)a highly organized endeavor.
B)essentially an information gathering endeavor.
C)oriented toward solving problems.
D)designed to understand relationships.
2
The main problem facing environmental science is to identify
A)how environmental problems occur
B)socially acceptable solutions to environmental problems
C)practical solutions to environmental problems
D)all of the above
3
____________is considered the catalyst of modern awareness of the threat of toxic pollution and the notion of environmentalism.
A)Teddy Roosevelt
B)Rachel Carson
C)Gifford Pinchot
D)John Muir
4
About ____________ of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet, basic sanitation, and other essential needs.
A)10 million
B)100 million
C)500 million
D)1 billion
5
Sustainable development means
A)improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
B)providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
C)continued growth indefinitely.
D)utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
6
Indigenous peoples are important in environmental considerations because
A)their homelands contain natural habitats least disturbed by humans.
B)their homelands contain a huge proportion of earth's biodiversity.
C)their languages represent encoded knowledge of nature that is irreplaceable.
D)all of the above are correct.
7
The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty consequences was
A)George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of (ital)Man and Nature(/ital).
B)Rachel Carson's (ital)Silent Spring(/ital), alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
C)Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
D)Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
8
The human development index, used as a general indicator of human wellbeing, is based on measures such as
A)the number of TV sets, VCRs, and CD players per household.
B)the number of automobiles per household, miles driven, pounds of resources used, and so forth.
C)per capita waste production.
D)life expectancy, literacy rate, and availability of clean water.
9
The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called
A)biocentric preservation.
B)utilitarian conservation.
C)environmentalism.
D)global environmentalism.
10
____________ constitutes 4.5 percent of the world's people yet produces 50 percent of all toxic waste.
A)Japan
B)Germany
C)Russia
D)The United States
11
The text suggests there is not a strong connection between poverty and environmental degradation.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12
Most people agree that global climate change is not a real environmental threat.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13
Eighty percent of the world's resources are consumed by about 20 percent of the world's people.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14
Loss of indigenous cultures is accompanied by loss of unique understanding of nature.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15
An important reason for determining the size of a society's ecological footprint is to determine the sustainability of its life style.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16
There is widespread global interest in China's attempts to deal with environmental issues because ____________.
A)Increasing economic activity has increased China's demand for goods and raw materials
B)Pollution generated in China impacts other nations, including the United States
C)China is the world's largest producer of many pollutants, including carbon dioxide.
D)All of the above
17
One of the earliest models for conservation in the United States was based on Utilitarian Conservation, for which Nature was conserved not to protect biodiversity, but to provide jobs and resources.
A)True
B)False
18
The first Nobel Prize for environmental action was awarded ____________.
A)In 1912 to John Muir
B)In 1973 to David Brower
C)In 2004 to Wangari Maathai
D)In 1935 to Aldo Leopold
19
There is concern over the continued ability to provide adequate food for our growing population because ____________.
A)2/3 of all agricultural lands show signs of degradation
B)There is little corporate interest in food production
C)Agriculture has not benefited from modern technological advancements
D)None of the above
20
Critics of sustainable development suggest that we are limited by ____________.
A)non-renewable resources
B)the capacity of the biosphere to absorb waste
C)newly developed renewable technologies
D)1 and 2 are correct
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