1) Which of the following is not a renewable resource?<\/p>\n
A) the sun beating down on a rain forest<\/p>\n
B) plants, such as bamboo and rice, growing in moist environments<\/p>\n
C) oil reserves, buried deep below the surface of the ground<\/p>\n
D) water flowing through a dam<\/p>\n
2) Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring showed that<\/p>\n
A) pesticides like DDT were ineffective in killing crop pests.<\/p>\n
B) scientific expertise can help shape positive environmental policies.<\/p>\n
C) industries producing harmful chemicals welcomed scientific evaluation of their environmental impact.<\/p>\n
D) biodiversity could be increased with cautious use of DDT.<\/p>\n
3) The current global human population in 2012 is more than<\/p>\n
A) 10 billion and is increasing at an annual rate of 5%.<\/p>\n
B) 2.2 billion and is no longer growing.<\/p>\n
C) 7.1 billion and is growing at a rate of 1.2%.<\/p>\n
D) 13 billion and is decreasing at a rate of 3% in developing nations.<\/p>\n
4) Biomes characterize regions with similar types of<\/p>\n
A) vegetation and climatic conditions.<\/p>\n
B) animals and plants.<\/p>\n
C) soil, water systems, and animals.<\/p>\n
D) rocks, soil, minerals, and water.<\/p>\n
5) Energy is<\/p>\n
A) lost in the form of heat as energy is passed up a food chain.<\/p>\n
B) added in the form of heat as energy is passed up a food chain.<\/p>\n
C) lost in the form of carbon dioxide as energy is passed up a food chain.<\/p>\n
D) added in the form of heat as carbon dioxide is passed down a food chain.<\/p>\n
6) Biodiversity in the world is<\/p>\n
A) declining and is most negatively impacting the poorest people of the world.<\/p>\n
B) declining and is most negatively impacting the wealthiest people of the world.<\/p>\n
C) increasing but is negatively impacting the poorest people of the world.<\/p>\n
D) increasing but is negatively impacting the wealthiest people of the world.<\/p>\n
7) About 99% of all liquid fresh water on Earth is found in<\/p>\n
A) lakes, including the Great Lakes of North America.<\/p>\n
B) rivers such as the Amazon, Nile, and Mississippi watersheds.<\/p>\n
C) underground aquifers.<\/p>\n
D) the upper few meters of topsoil.<\/p>\n
8) If a plowed farm field was restored to natural prairie, we would expect that<\/p>\n
A) flooding would be more common in the related watershed.<\/p>\n
B) more pollutants would flow into the watershed.<\/p>\n
C) erosion of the soil would decrease.<\/p>\n
D) less water would be retained in the groundwater reservoir.<\/p>\n
9) About 150 years ago, agriculture underwent a revolution due to<\/p>\n
A) genetic engineering of new crops.<\/p>\n
B) the development of new herbicides and pesticides.<\/p>\n
C) the industrial revolution, which brought changes in agricultural technology.<\/p>\n
D) new markets that emerged from increased international trade.<\/p>\n
10) Which of the following is the least biodegradable?<\/p>\n
A) paper bag from a grocery store<\/p>\n
B) leaves and branches piled up on a hillside<\/p>\n
C) glass beer bottle<\/p>\n
D) polyethylene wrapper that was used to package Campbell’s soup<\/p>\n
11) Risk in environmental health is most related to<\/p>\n
A) hazards.<\/p>\n
B) vulnerability.<\/p>\n
C) hazardsor vulnerability.<\/p>\n
D) hazards multiplied by vulnerability.<\/p>\n
12) Around the world, the greatest health risk to children under the age of five, especially in low income families and nations is<\/p>\n
A) infectious disease<\/p>\n
B) lack of immunizations.<\/p>\n
C) being underweight.<\/p>\n
D) the loss of both parents.<\/p>\n
13) Risk assessment by the EPA currently follows four sequential steps. In order, these are<\/p>\n
A) exposure determination, dose-response determination, hazard control, and risk identification.<\/p>\n
B) hazard assessment, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.<\/p>\n
C) risk identification, hazard characterization, dose-response determination, and exposure control.<\/p>\n
D) risk characterization, exposure assessment, dose-response assessment, and hazard assessment.<\/p>\n
14) Sustainable economic and environmental policies will shift the focus from<\/p>\n
A) sustainability to productivity.<\/p>\n
B) growth to the well-being of humans.<\/p>\n
C) productivity to growth.<\/p>\n
D) productivity to profits.<\/p>\n
15) Urban sprawl is associated with<\/p>\n
A) low residential density.<\/p>\n
B) high physical separation between homes, work, and shopping.<\/p>\n
C) congested traffic due to inadequate road networks.<\/p>\n
D) low residential density, high physical separation between homes, work, and shopping, and congested traffic due to inadequate road networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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