APES Land Use Summative Mini-Quiz

Which is an example of a positive externality?

• Individual farmers exploit a common grazing area

• Deforestation causes the loss of valuable ecosystem services

• A change in local zoning causes a rise in property value

• Selective logging occurs in a nationally managed forest.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Which of the following are possible methods to prevent the tragedy of the commons?

• private ownership of land

• government regulation of public land

• self-regulation by communities and stakeholders

• government regulation of public land AND self-regulation by communities and stakeholders

• private ownership of land, government regulation of public land, AND self-regulation by communities and stakeholders

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

Determinations of maximum sustainable yield of plant harvest is most likely to be useful for which classification of land?

• national park

• protected seascape

• nature reserve

• habitat management area

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

• has resulted in a positive net revenue for the federal government

• has prevented a tragedy of the commons situation for rangelands

• converted federal rangeland from a permit-based to common-use grazing system.

• subsidizes grazing activities with federal funds

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

For several decades, managers of a forest in West Virginia have selectively logged oak trees in a mixed forest that contains primarily oak and hickory. Which of the following is likely to happen over time?

• The abundance of mature oak trees in the forest will increase.

• Large patches of clear-cut forest will become visible from high above the ground.

• There will be an increase in the abundance of shade-tolerable species

• The abundance of older-aged hickory trees will increase.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which is likely to have the greatest negative environmental impact?

• greenways established in cities and suburbs

• concentration of the population into cities

• population movement into exurbs

• development of rapid transit between cities and suburbs

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which makes up the largest fraction of the energy subsidy in U.S. agriculture?

• transportation of the food from farm to plate

• food production at the farm

• food processing in the factory

• food production at the farm AND food processing in the factory

All of the following are possible strategies for smart growth EXCEPT

• fostering a sense of place

• transit-oriented development

• increasing exurban areas

• infill

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

The 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires developers to

• file an environmental impact statement

• proceed in a way that will have the least environmental impact

• ensure that developed land allows multiple use

• adhere to the resource conservation ethic

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Monocropping generally requires more _________ than intercropping

• fertilization

• irrigation

• pesticide application

• fertilization AND irrigation

• fertilization AND pesticide application