APES Fall Review Part ONE

Which of the following are examples os sustainable practices?

I. Implementing a mandatory compost program

II. Installing a new fleet of diesel busses

III. Installing solar panels to reduce reliance on nonrenewable resources

• I only

• II only

• III only

• I and III

• I, II, and III

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Which of the following describes world population growth?

• Word population has been increasing at a constant rate.

• World population is split evenly between develop.ed and developing countries.

• World population has been growing exponentially.

• World population has been growing dramatically since 1963.

• World population has been growing linearly.

A natural resources that can be used repeatedly and sustainably is a

• metal ore

• recyclable resource

• mineral resource

• renewable resource

• limited resource

ALL of the following are true of nonrenewable resources EXCEPT

• nonrenewable resources exist in a fixed quantity and are exhaustible.

• nonrenewable resources are formed on a geologic timescale of millions to billions of years.

• nonrenewable resources can be used on a sustainable yield basis to ensure that they will always be available.

• nonrenewable resources include metallic minerals, such as aluminum, that can be recycled

• many of the energy sources we currently rely on, such as coal, are nonrenewable

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The tragedy of the commons refers to the overuse of

• open-access resource

• government subsidies

• privately owned resources

• venture capitol

• corporate revenue

Which of the following describes environmental degradation

• The breakdown and movement of soil at the earth's surface

• A process by which toxic materials can be broken down in natural systems

• When human activity depletes, destroys, or wastes the earth's natural capital

• A type of environmental ethic in which human needs and intelligence allows us to use natural capital as we need

• A system of measurement used by environmental scientists to rate the health of a specific ecosystem

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All of the following are TRUE with respect to pollutants EXCEPT

• They disrupt life-support systems for living organisms

• they can damage property

• they contribute to the biomass balance of an ecosystem

• they create nuisances within an environment

• they can be hazardous to human health , even if not directly consumed.

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A pollution prevention strategy would include

• government spending more money on cleaning initiatives

• using incineration to reduce the volume of solid waste and transforming the pollution to a smaller air pollution problem

• land being set aside for burial of the pollutants to allow the environment to naturally remediate existing pollutants

• replacing old polluting systems with new technology which does not result in problematic waste

• creating efficient waste collection and management systems in communities

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If you wanted to determine whether a resource was being used in a sustainable way, which of the following data would you analyze

• The difference between the demand of the resource and the availability of the resource

• The total amount of resource available

• The rate at which the resource is being recycled

• The difference between the rate of resource consumption ant the rate it is being replenished

• The change in population size since that resource was introduced

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Which of the following represents nutrients cycling?

I. The circulation of chemicals necessary for life through the living and nonliving systems of the environment.

II. One of the natural services of our ecosystems

II. It is illustrated by the process of decaying matter returning nutrients to the soil to be taken up again by plants.

• I only

• II only

• III only

• I and II only

• I, II, and III

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