APES chapter 1 Review

Impacts of fracking include

I contamination of ground water

II increased use of coal

III lower natural gas prices

• I only

• I and II only

• II and III only

• I and III only

Which of the following is an abiotic component?

• an eagle

• a rock

• a tree

• a human

• a virus

Which of the following is NOT true about ecosystems?

• they include biotic components

• they can be a wide range of sizes

• they include no human components

• many interactions among species occur in them

• they include abiotic components

Each of the following is an example o how humans have negatively affected the environment EXCEPT

• hunting large mammals

• conversion of arid land to agricultural use

• the use of fire to create the great plains

• slash-and-burn forest clearing

• fertilizer additions to lakes and rivers

common global scale environmental indicators include all of the following EXCEPT

• atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations

• human population

• natural resource depletion

• ocean fish harvest

• pollution in a local stream

How many hectares of land is a 500 acre park?

(1 acre = 0.405 ha)

• 200 ha

• 250 ha

• 500 ha

• 750 ha

• 1250 ha

Refer to figure 2.7 on pg 13. How does fish and meat consumption in developed and developing countries compare?

• developing countries consume slightly more meat and fish per capita

• developed countries consume slightly more meat and fish per capita

• developing and developed countries consume about the same meat and fish per capita

• developing countries consume about 4 times more meat and fish per capita

• developed countries consume about 4 times more meat and fish per capita

In 2011, 640,000 ha of the Amazon rainforest were cleared. Approximately how many hectares is that each hour?

• 1.2 ha

• 29 ha

• 73 ha

• 178 ha

• 1752 ha

A person's ecological footprint is

• the land that a person lives on

• the amount of carbon dioxide a person contributes to climate change

• the land required to produce a person's food

• the land needed to support all of a person's activities

• the amount o fossil fuel a person uses

The first step in the scientific process is

• collecting data

• observations and questions

• forming a hypothesis

• disseminating findings

• forming a theory