Unit 8 CANVAS APES Sustainability Quiz

The presence of which of the following contaminants would be the strongest reason for judging municipal sewage sludge unfit for use as fertilizer?

• Heavy metals

• Human feces

• Ammonia

• Nitrates

• Phosphates

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Which of the following is the most likely route for mercury to enter the food web?

• Coal-burning emissions — deposition — ocean — plankton — fishes

• Mining waste — acid deposition — surface runoff — plants and vegetation

• Municipal waste — landfill — groundwater — plants and vegetation

• Organic fertilizers — soil — groundwater — lake — trout

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Which of the following is a measure of the amount of suspended material in water?

• Turbidity

• Salinity

• Trace-metal concentration

• Leachate concentration

• pH

Overuse of groundwater in coastal areas would most likely result in which of the following?

• Saltwater intrusion

• Rise in water table

• Increase in stream flow

• Bacterial contamination of surface water

• Decrease in eutrophication

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As urbanization increases and natural soil surfaces are covered, the groundwater supply is reduced due to

• loss of recharge area

• capping of artesian wells

• increased evaporation and transpiration

• decreased surface runoff

• confinement of aquifers

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Which of the following best describes an advantage of constructing habitat corridors?

• Corridors connect habitats separated by fragmentation and connect wildlife populations.

• Corridors prevent invasive species from traveling between protected habitats.

• Corridors provide a safe passage for vehicles and allow humans to travel within wildlife preserves.

• Corridors increase the amount of protected area that is not affected by humans.

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Of the following, the greatest threat to populations of migratory North American songbirds is

• clearing of tropical forests

• predation by raptors

• disease from polluted waters

• sport hunting

• international trade in pets

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Of the following, which is the best example of reclamation of disturbed lands?

• Restoring vegetation to an area that has been mined

• Constructing a new wetland to compensate for the loss of wetlands

• Growing crops on land formerly used for grazing

• Reintroducing an endangered species into an area from which it has disappeared

• Regulating the use of a natural resource in order for it to renew itself

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Which of the following identifies the two factors thought to be the most harmful to biodiversity?

• Desctruction of habitat and invasion by nonnative species

• Acid deposition and increased use of fertilizers for agriculture

• Depletion of ozone layer and oil drilling

• changes in climate and proliferation of endenmic species

• Global warming and decline of fisheries

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Which of the following solutions would help decrease flood frequencies and flood sizes that are caused by urbanization?

• Using new, more permeable materials for roads and sidewalks

• Filling nearby wetlands to reduce the amount of water in an area

• Encouraging construction of housing developments outward into nearby suburban and rural areas

• Installing new, more energy-efficient appliances in existing apartment buildings

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