Unit 5 APES

How does clear-cutting of forests change the water cycle?

• there will be an increase in transpiration

• there will be an increase in evaporation

• there will be a decrease in run-off

• there will be a decrease in sedimentation

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Industrial logging in a deciduous forest can cause...

• an increase in atmospheric CO2

• a decrease in flooding

• an increase in atmospheric O2

• an increase in ecological services

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Which of the following logging methods would be the least sustainable?

• selectively remove only the high-value trees

• remove all but the healthiest trees from the forest

• cut down all trees that do not tolerate shade

• remove all of the trees in the forest in one operation

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Which of the following type of tree harvesting is the most detrimental to the environment?

• Strip Cutting

• Selective Cutting

• Clear Cutting

• Partial Harvest

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The Green Revolution was

• a dramatic increase in crop yields in developing countries

• change to more sustainable agriculture

• way of fighting soil erosion

• power grab by the Green party in the 1980s

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Monocropping has a number of disadvantages. These include all of the following EXCEPT

• Erosion due to exposure of large areas of soil during planting.

• Nutrition and pesticide needs should be similar throughout a single crop.

• Pests are likely to attack a monocrop due to the high concentration.

• Loss of habitat for natural pest predators.

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An organism whose DNA has been modified in the laboratory in order to favor the expression of desired physiological traits or the production of desired biological products.

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One of the advantages to using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is

• reduce the need for pesticides

• they are not regulated by the government

• the concern about safety to consume

• they can cause food allergies

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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Which of the following is the leading use of water globally?

• Domestic/Residential

• Industry

• Business/Commercial

• Agriculture