Review Units 5

Multiple Choice

Why is understanding the concept of the tragedy of the commons important when discussing land and water use?

• Because it helps explain how shared resources can be depleted by individual actions

• Because it shows how resources are always managed sustainably

• Because it focuses only on private property rights

• Because it ignores the impact of individual decisions

Multiple Choice

How does the concept of the tragedy of the commons relate to the use of shared resources?

• Individuals act in their own self-interest, depleting shared resources.

• Individuals always cooperate for the common good.

• Shared resources are never depleted.

• Only governments use shared resources.

Multiple Choice

Which irrigation method is considered the most efficient in terms of minimizing water loss to evaporation and runoff?

• Flood irrigation

• Furrow irrigation

• Spray irrigation

• Drip irrigation

Multiple Choice

Which irrigation method would be the most efficient in the desert?

• Flood irrigation

• Furrow irrigation

• Spray irrigation

• Drip irrigation

Water Distribution

• Ice, Groundwater (22%), Surface Water (1%)

• River systems and Watersheds

• Permeable (sandstone) vs Impermeable rock (granite)

Multiple Choice

A species form that supports the balance in the entire ecosystem.

• Keystone Species

• Herbivores

• Umbrella Species

• Predators

Multiple Choice

A life form that affects an entire ecosystem.

• Keystone Species

• Herbivores

• Umbrella Species

• herbivore

Multiple Choice

a relationship between two species in which both species compete for limited resources such that both species are negatively affected by the relationship

• Symbiosis

• interspecific competition

• species richness

• species-area effect

Multiple Choice

Hawks and foxes compete for mice for food.

• Interference competition

• Inter-specific interactions

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

Multiple Choice

The close relationship between two different species in an ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Environment

Multiple Choice

Using a parasite to kill off pest such as rodents is considered what kind of IPM?

• Biological control

• Insecticide

• Rodenticide

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What is pest management?

• the approach of removing pests in various ways

• the approach of removing only insects in various ways

• the approach of pulling weeds in the landscape

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

What is a pesticide?

• A fluid substance that is designed to destroy pests

• A powder substance that is designed to destroy pests

• A pellet substance that is designed to destroy pests

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is an insecticide?

• A pesticide that targets insects

• A pesticide that targets fungus

• A pesticide that targets herbaceous plants

• A pesticide that targets bacteria

Multiple Choice

What is a fungicide?

• A pesticide that targets insects

• A pesticide that targets snails

• A pesticide that targets fungus

• A pesticide that targets herbaceous plants

Multiple Choice

What does IPM stand for?

• Involved Pest Mode

• Interpreted Pesticide Manual

• Integrated Pest Management

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What pests are controlled when using a rodenticide?

• Chip Munks

• Squirrels

• Mice

• All of the above