Unit 5 Land & Water Use

One way a local community might regulate a shared and limited resource and reduce the tragedy of the commons is to ....

• eliminate ownership of the resources and make them available to all

• divide the resources into parcels and assign them to individuals

• offer subsides to users of the resources in the form of tax breaks

• reduce the cost of access to the resources

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Which of the following environmental effects would most likely result from the clear-cutting of boreal forests by industrial logging operations?

• There will be an increase in atmospheric oxygen concentration, which will improve air quality.

• There will be an increase in farming on the cleared areas of land, which will reduce incidences of flooding.

• There will be an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, which will contribute to climate change.

• There will be a decrease in the temperature of soil and nearby bodies of water, which will increase biodiversity.

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Which of the following best describes environmental damage caused by slash-and-burn farming in tropical rain forests?

• Nitrogen and phosphorus enter streams and reduce the growth of algae.

• The bare soil is exposed and becomes dried out, killing valuable soil bacteria.

• The soil loses fertility after a short period of time and will be ineffective for farming use.

• There is an increase in biodiversity as areas that were previously forested areas are converted to agricultural fields.

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Which of the following would decrease with the manufacture, application, and use of synthetic fertilizers rather than organic fertilizers?

• Recycling of organic matter

• Groundwater pollution

• Cultural eutrophication

• Use of fossil fuels

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Which of the following describes an unintended consequence that results from large-scale agricultural use of water from an aquifer?

• The water table level rises too high, leading to excessive flooding.

• Much of the water becomes too salty for human consumption because of saltwater intrusion.

• Agricultural areas contribute to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, leading to global climate change.

• The rate of water use likely exceeds the rate of recharge, leading to lowering the water table.

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Which of the following best describes the advantages and disadvantages of drip irrigation?

• This method most efficiently delivers water directly to plant roots compared with other methods, and wastes less water, but it may be too costly for farmers in developing countries to use.

• This method is suitable for a range of topographies and is easy to operate, but it requires a high initial investment in machinery.

• This method delivers water to the field by pipes and water flows directly over the soil, but there is a large amount of runoff.

• This method applies water directly to trenches dug in soil and is cost effective, but water is often lost to evaporation.

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Which of the following methods of meat production would provide the most likely explanation for the information represented in the graph above?

• Individual transferable quotas

• Concentrated animal feeding operations

• Free-range grazing

• Organic meat production

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A cost-benefit analysis done to investigate a proposed mine site would likely take which of the following into account?

I. The medical costs of mine worker injuries II. The cost of environmental restoration of the site when it is shut down III.The value of the ore to be extracted from the mine

• II only

• I, II, and III

• I and II only

• I and III only

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An insect population in an agricultural field is affected by monthly applications of a pesticide, as shown in the graph below. A likely cause of the overall increase in the insect population over time is...

• a decrease in the moisture content of the soil

• an increase in soil salinity

• the survival of increasing numbers of resistant insects

• an increase in the population of insect predators

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A sustainable society would emphasize…

• maintaining the current rates of energy flow and resource use

• using energy efficiently and reusing and recycling matter

• recycling both matter and high-quality energy

• converting the world’s high-quality energy resources to low-quality heat

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