APES Review

Which of the following is considered to be the basic cause of environmental degradation, pollution, poor health, and premature death?

• taxes on wages, income and wealth

• poverty

• government subsidies

• laws and regulation to prevent pollution

Law that require sites that have massive cleanup due to hazardous waste contamination callled ____ and being managed by ____.

• Toxic waste clean up act, Environmental Protection Agency

• Clean air act , state governors

• Clean water act, Federal Emergency Waste Management

• Superfund, Environmental Protection Agency

What is the biggest human cause of water pollution?

• Factories

• Agriculture

• Transport such as cars

• Sewage treatment plan

Primary succession begins where there was no ecosystem and no soil such as

• a severe storm

• a volcanic eruption

• an old farm is abandoned

• a forest fire

Which layer of soil in a soil profile has the most organic materials?

• A horizon

• B horizon

• C horizon

• D horizon

Species that can gives early signs that an ecosystems are changed or damaged are called ___.

• foundation species

• keystone species

• indicator species

• invasive species

Which of the following tree harvesting method is most likely to lead to fragmented landscape that negatively impact biodiversity?

• clear cutting

• selective cutting

• slash and burn clearing

• gleaning

Environmentalist concerns about the environmental impact of growing human population because ___.

• people are living longer, putting a strain on the world economy

• life expectancy in Africa is still low

• the standard of living is poor in developing countries, leading to human suffering and loss of human rights

• the standard of living increases in developing countries, leading to increased use of natural resources

Which of the following is false?

• most stream recovers rapidly from pollution because of their flow

• dissolved oxygen is replaced quickly in rapid flowing river

• oxygen level in rivers decreases in dry season

• oxygen level in rivers increases as water temperature increases

A good indicator of poor water quality is the presence of ___.

• ducks

• fish

• phytoplankton

• coliform bacteria