APES Unit 1 Quiz (M-1-3)

Impacts of fracking include

I. contamination of ground water

II. increased use of coal

III. lower natural gas prices

• I only

• I and II

• II and III

• I and III

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Which is an abiotic component?

• an eagle

• a rock

• a tree

• a human

Which is NOT true about ecosystems?

• They include biotic components.

• They can be a wide ranges of sizes.

• They include no human components.

• Many interactions among species occur in them.

Each of the following is an example of how humans have negatively affected the environment EXEPT

• hunting large mammals

• conversion of arid land to agriculture use

• they use of fire to create the Great Plains

• slash-and-burn forest clearning

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Common global-scale environmental indicators include all of the following EXCEPT

• atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations

• human population

• natural resource depletion

• pollution in a local stream

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How many hectares of land is a 500-acre park? (1 acre= 0.40 ha)

• 200 ha

• 250 ha

• 500 ha

• 750 ha

In 2015, 640,000 ha of the Amazon rainforest were cleared. Approximately how many hectares is that each hour?

• 1.2 ha

• 29 ha

• 74 ha

• 178 ha

A person's ecological footprint is

• the land that a person lives on.

• he amount of carbon dioxide a person contributes to climate change

• the land required to produce a person's food

• the land needed to support all of a person's activities

The first step in the scientific process is

• collecting data

• observations and questions

• forming a hypothesis

• forming a theory

Challenges in the study of environmental science include all of the following EXCEPT

• dangers of studying natural systems

• lack of baseline data

• subjectivity of environmental impacts

• complexity of natural systems

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