Introduction to Environmental Studies
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Environmental Studies offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts, issues, and approaches within the field of environmental studies. The course explores the interactions between human society and the natural world, considering topics such as ecosystems, biodiversity, natural resources, pollution, climate change, and sustainability. Students will examine the scientific, ethical, economic, and political dimensions of environmental challenges and learn about potential solutions at local, national, and global scales. Through interdisciplinary perspectives and case studies, the course aims to foster an understanding of the pressing environmental issues facing our world and the opportunities for responsible stewardship.
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Sustaining the Earth 10th Edition by G. Tyler Miller
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Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of recycling?
A) collecting and remelting aluminum beer cans
B) cleaning and refilling soft-drink bottles
C) selling used clothing at a garage sale
D) saving leftovers in a peanut butter jar
E) donating furniture to a charity
Answer: A
Q2) Life on earth has sustained itself over billions of years even during long periods of cooling and warming of the earth's surface.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A resource such as water that is renewed continuously is called a(n)____________________.
Answer: renewable resource
Q4) Old soda bottles that are collected,washed,and refilled are an example of ____________________.
Answer: reuse
Q5) How many Earths are we currently using compared to Earth's ecological capacity?
Answer: 1.25
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Chapter 2: Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems
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Q1) An example of potential energy is
A) electricity flowing through a wire.
B) the chemical energy in a candy bar.
C) a bullet fired at high velocity.
D) a leaf falling from a tree.
E) water flowing.
Answer: B
Q2) All of the following are consumers except
A) herbivores.
B) carnivores.
C) omnivores.
D) autotrophs.
E) decomposers.
Answer: D
Q3) On the generalized structure of the earth figure,choose the letter of the layer that is composed of all of the earth's ecosystems.
Answer: D
Q4) On the food chain figure,choose the level that includes hawks,tigers,and white sharks.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Biodiversity and Evolution
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Q1) Biomes are not uniformly distributed because of discontinuities in the distribution of resources and human influence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The ocean zone that covers the continental shelf is the
A) estuary.
B) coastal zone.
C) littoral zone.
D) benthic zone.
E) abyssal zone.
Answer: B
Q3) Genetic engineers rely on the process of mutation in producing clones of an individual in a population.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The variety of Earth's species and ecosystems is called ____________________.
Answer: biodiversity
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Chapter 4: Community Ecology, Population Ecology, and the Human Population
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Q1) The effect of population increase or environmental resistance is not felt instantly in most cases.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following statements about parasitism are true except
A) Parasitism adds to biodiversity.
B) Parasitism may be considered a form of predation.
C) The host is not necessarily killed.
D) Parasitism is beneficial at the population level.
E) Parasitism is beneficial at the individual level.
Q3) The current world population is approximately
A) 1.5 billion
B) 4.2 billion
C) 6.9 billion
D) 10.1 billion
E) 15.8 billion
Q4) Mutualistic associations exchange benefits and fortified weaknesses of species' adaptive strategies.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 5: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach
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Q1) People who regard wildflowers as beautiful provide evidence that wildflowers have A) economic value.
B) aesthetic value.
C) medical value.
D) ecological value.
E) biological value.
Q2) Illegal hunting for profit is called
A) subsistence hunting.
B) sport hunting.
C) poaching.
D) commercial hunting.
E) trophy hunting.
Q3) Direct causes of wildlife extinction include all of the following except A) earthquakes.
B) climate change.
C) oil spills.
D) habitat destruction.
E) invasive species.
Q4) How can harmful invasive species disrupt ecosystems? Give examples.
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Chapter 6: Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
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Q1) A tract of land with similar-aged trees of one species for the specific purpose of clear cutting is referred to as a ____________________.
Q2) The National Wilderness Preservation System includes wild and scenic rivers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) It is important to protect watersheds in order to protect freshwater biodiversity since water and land are connected.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sustainable use of U.S.forests would be encouraged by all of the following except A) making biodiversity and ecological integrity the top priorities of national forest management policy.
B) building more roads to encourage recreational use of national forests.
C) moving toward full-cost pricing of U.S. timber.
D) disallowing the Forest Service to keep money from timber sales.
E) certification of timber grown by sustainable methods.
Q5) Name three major problems associated with building new roads into forests.
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Q6) Explain the four steps to tropical deforestation.
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Chapter 7: Food,Soil,and Pest Management
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Q1) In alley cropping,
A) crops are planted between hedgerows of trees or shrubs that are used for fruit or fuelwood.
B) terraces are built to prevent swift water runoff.
C) plowing runs across slopes.
D) special tillers are used so the topsoil is not disturbed.
E) a small series of dams are built.
Q2) Which of the following types of agriculture is most characteristic of developed countries?
A) plantation agriculture
B) traditional intensive agriculture
C) traditional subsistence agriculture
D) industrialized agriculture
E) sustainable agriculture
Q3) A pest is any organism that
A) spreads disease.
B) interferes with human activity.
C) competes with humans.
D) is simply a nuisance.
E) all of these answers
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Chapter 8: Water Resources and Water Pollution
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Q1) The maps show the average annual precipitation and the water-deficit regions in the U.S. Some of the water-deficit areas are close to large metropolitan cities. Why do you think that many people choose to live in these areas in spite of water shortages?
Q2) Dams
A) deprive downstream areas of nutrients.
B) destroy agricultural land and scenic areas.
C) inhibit migration of fish.
D) control water supplies.
E) all of these answers
Q3) Effects of coastal water pollution include
A) beach pollution.
B) shellfish contamination.
C) proliferation of vast colonies of human viruses.
D) harmful algal blooms that release waterborne and airborne toxins.
E) all of these answers
Q4) Marine pollution control must include land and air pollution control policies.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why do people live on floodplains in spite of the risk of flooding?
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Chapter 9: Nonrenewable Energy Resources
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Q1) Synfuels produced from coal are
A) less versatile fuels than solid coal.
B) available only in the United States.
C) generally expected to play a minor role as an energy resource.
D) the dirtiest burning of all fossil fuels.
E) readily available in underground reserves.
Q2) The net energy of a resource is the total useful energy available from the resource over its lifetime minus the amount of energy used and wasted in ____ the resource.
A) transporting
B) finding
C) processing
D) extracting
E) all of these answers
Q3) Petroleum and natural gas are the largest sources of energy for industrialized society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ____________________ are man-made fuels made through the extraction and liquefaction of coal.
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Chapter 10: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Q1) Which of the following statements is false?
A) When burned, hydrogen produces virtually no air pollutants.
B) Hydrogen could be a viable substitute for gasoline to power vehicles.
C) Fuel tanks of metal-hydrogen compounds tend to explode in accidents.
D) Experimental cars have been running on hydrogen for years.
E) Hydrogen is a secondary energy source reliant upon solar energy.
Q2) Which of the following is not a technology that can power energy efficient vehicles?
A) gas-electric hybrids
B) diesel engines run on biofuels
C) plug-in electric hybrids
D) electric fuel cell
E) jet-air compulsion
Q3) To reduce energy waste,we must
A) increase energy consumption.
B) improve energy efficiency.
C) switch from fossil fuels.
D) use only solar technologies.
E) lower energy efficiency.
Q4) ____________________ is an example of a source of geothermal energy.
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Chapter 11: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
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Q1) Give two examples of how you can make your lifestyle more environmentally sustainable while reducing the major risks you face?
Q2) The level of threat posed by a particular substance is determined by A) laboratory investigations.
B) epidemiology.
C) case studies.
D) computer simulations.
E) all of these answers
Q3) Strategies for regulating toxic chemicals in the environment include
A) substituting harmless or less harmful substances for harmful ones.
B) chemical producers must demonstrate that the chemicals are not dangerous. C) removing chemicals from the market that have great potential for causing harm.
D) recycling toxic substances in industrial processes to prevent them from escaping into the environment.
E) all of these answers.
Q4) ____________________ studies determine the intensity of the statistical association between exposure to a toxin and a health problem.
Q5) System reliability (%)= ____________________ x ____________________
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Chapter 12: Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone
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Q1) On the sources and types of air pollutants figure,choose the letter that represents CO,CO ,SO ,NO,NO ,most hydrocarbons,and most suspended particles.
Q2) The atmospheric layer containing most of the mass of Earth's air is the A) thermosphere.
B) mesosphere.
C) stratosphere.
D) troposphere.
E) tropopause.
Q3) Climate change affects the entire planet and will be long-term.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How much did the surface temperature of the Earth change from 1950 to 2004?
Q5) Wind can increase air pollution by mixing pollutants and spreading them around larger areas.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The greenhouse effect is an unnatural warming of the troposphere.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Urbanization and Solid and Hazardous Waste
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Q1) The most comprehensive and effective hazardous waste detoxification program is in A) France.
B) Denmark.
C) Norway.
D) Yugoslavia.
E) Turkey.
Q2) The energy from the combustion of municipal solid waste in an incinerator could be used to boil water to make steam for heating water or space,or for producing electricity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Some European countries have established cradle-to-grave responsibility laws that require companies to
A) keep track on all of its hazardous waste.
B) bury their waste in hazardous waste landfills.
C) take back the consumer products they sell.
D) use only new materials in manufacturing.
E) exchange their wastes with other companies.
Q4) The two types are recycling are ____________________ and ____________________.
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Chapter 14: Economics, Politics, Worldviews, and Sustainability
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Q1) The models of ecological economists focus on
A) conserving resources, sustainable forms of economic development and full-cost pricing.
B) eliminating the national debt.
C) maximizing the flow of matter and energy resources.
D) minimizing pollution costs.
E) minimizing the flow of matter and energy resources.
Q2) Joining a special-interest group is one way to provide environmental leadership. A)True
B)False
Q3) The most powerful and controversial thing that the executive and legislative branches of government do is A) compromise.
B) develop and adopt a budget.
C) enact laws.
D) establish policies.
E) defeat laws.
Q4) Food production,transportation,home energy use and resource use have major impacts on the environment. Give two examples of how you can reduce your environmental impact for each activity.
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