APES Unit 5 Part 1 Quiz Allyson

The tragedy of the commons is best demonstrated through which of the following examples?

• clear-cutting on logging company land

• atmospheric pollution from a power plant

• overgrazing causing soil erosion on a farmers land

• a mining operation causing acid drainage on private property

• overhunting on commercial property

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Which of the following strategies would help ensure that we can provide food for a growing human population?

• Increase ethanol production in industrialized nations

• encourage parents to have more offspring to increase available farm labor

• increase palm oil production in poor countries

• reduce the amount of meat consumption worldwide

• reduce the production of nitrogen fertilizers

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Figure 1 shows the occurrence of several different forest pests in western Montana identified by aerial surveys from 2000 to 2015.

Figure 2 shows the average temperature in July in Montana from 1950 to 2015.

Question 1: Identify the year when leaf spots were found in the highest percent of the surveyed area.

Question 2: Describe the trend for the occurrence of caterpillars in forests in western Montana from 2010 to 2013

Question 3: Explain what the data in both graphs imply about the relationship between temperature and beetle survival.

Question 4: Identify a negative effect of increasing pest populations in forests or agricultural areas.

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