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A) life expectancy B) age structure C) mortality D) undeveloped land 2
A) terrorism potential B) safe operation C) safe disposal of spent fuel D) insufficient amount of uranium 3
3 ) directly reacts withA) ultraviolet light B) chlorine atoms C) oxygen atoms D) CFC molecules 4
A) topsoil, biodiversity, lakes and streams B) ground water, forests, and topsoil C) ground water, topsoil, and biodiversity D) forests, topsoil, and biodiversity 5
A) they are too expensive to build B) they don't dispense the pollutants C) they are a hazard to low flying aircraft D) they only move the acid rain problem farther away 6
A) 2 years B) 14 years C) 39 years D) 78 years E) 140 years 7
A) an increase in the global birth rate B) a decrease in the global birth rate C) an increase in the global death rate D) a decrease in the global death rate 8
A) 64 B) 140 C) 320 D) 1500 E) 260,000 9
A) 5% B) 60% C) 85% D) 40% E) 20% 10
A) 1890 B) 1953 C) 1975 D) 1981 E) 1985 11
A) temperate developed countries B) temperate developing countries C) tropical and subtropical developing countries D) temperate and tropical developed countries 12
A) 3 B) 20 C) 78 D) 150 E) 250,000 13
A) 1.4% per year B) 2.2% per year C) 18% per year D) 28% per year E) 41% per year 14
A) 1953 B) 1967 C) 1974 D) 1986 E) 1991 15
A) winged bean B) lysine C) periwinkle D) vinblastine E) Spirulina 16
A) Mexico B) China C) India D) United States E) they all have the same proportion 17
A) increased food production B) decreased dependence on agricultural chemicals C) decreased energy costs to produce crops D) all of the above E) none of the above 18
A) utilizing new foods B) bringing more land under cultivation C) using genetic engineering to improve crop species D) harvesting fish stocks more intelligently E) none of the above will improve world food supplies 19
A) first trophic level B) second tropic level C) third trophic level D) fourth trophic level E) they would all suffer equally 20
A) public education B) risk analysis C) political action D) assessment E) follow-through 21
A) acid precipitation B) the ozone effect C) the Green Revolution D) hydroponics E) the greenhouse effect 22
2 in our atmosphere?A) increased incidence of skin cancer B) rise in sea levels C) change in climatic patterns D) shifts in locations of deserts and fertile regions E) none of the above is likely to happen 23
A) chlorofluorocarbons B) chlorinated hydrocarbons C) fossil fuels D) acid precipitation E) amaranths 24
A) destruction of forests B) gradual killing of lakes C) killing fish D) all of the above E) none of the above 25
A) a cause of ozone depletion B) used as coolants C) propellants in aerosol dispensers D) foaming agents in Styrofoam E) all of the above 26
not a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect?A) carbon dioxide B) methane C) CFCs D) nitrous oxides E) All of the above contribute to the greenhouse effect. 27
A) 10% B) 20% C) 50% D) 75% E) 90% 28
A) True B) False 29
A) True B) False 30
A) True B) False 31
A) True B) False 32
A) True B) False 33
A) True B) False
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