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Question 1

Renewable resources include soil, fresh water, wild animals, and

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C. Timber, Wood

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A. Fossil Fuels

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B. Coal

Question 2

Which approach to resource management aims to harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystem and processes that provide the resource?

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A.  ecosystem-based management

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B. watershed management

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C. Maximum sustainable yield

Question 3

The populations of many fishes have decreased because the fishing industry has become highly mechanized.

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A. True

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B. False

Question 4

Which management approach can be considered a cyclical process in which practices are constantly being adjusted based on new information?

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B. Adaptive management

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A. Resource management

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C. Ecosystem based management

Question 5

Resources are either renewable, such as _______, or nonrenewable, such as _______.

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C. soil, fossil fuels

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A. gasoline, timber

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B. fossil fuels, soil

Question 6

Goal is __________- resource use that occurs only as fast as it can naturally be replaced.

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A. Sustainability

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B. Resource management

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C. Maximum sustainable yield

Question 7

Ecologically sensitive areas are carefully monitored and protected; resources are harvest selectively.

Which of the following is an example of an "Ecologically sensitive area".

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B. An Island

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A. The United States

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C. Mr. Shugart's backyard

Question 8

Ecosystems are complex, so choosing which areas to protect and which to harvest is a challenge.

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A. True

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B. False

Question 9

_________: to gather data from areas managed in different ways, and develop a customized management plan based on the results.

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C. Adaptive forest management

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A. Maximum sustainable yield

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B. Resource management

Question 10

The largest amount of a resource that can be used without long term damage to the resource.

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B. Maximum sustainable yield

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A. Renewable resource

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C. Adaptive management

Question 11

Resource management: The managing of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted.

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A. True

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B. False

Question 12

A renewable resource is harvested sustainably if...

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B. the amount of replacement is equal to the amount harvested.

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A. the amount of replacement is less than the amount harvested.

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C. soil erosion is prevented.

Question 13

Most of Earth's fresh water is used for

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A. watering crops.

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B. drinking.

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C. washing clothes and dishes.

Question 14

What is a drawback from adaptive forest management?

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C. It can be time consuming and very expensive

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A. It is cheap and doe not help very much

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B. It is an easy process and inexpensive

Question 15

What are three main resource management approaches?

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A. Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem based management, and adaptive management

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B. Renewable resources, nonrenewable resources, burning fossil fuels

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C. Biological, Chemical, and Social Hazards

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