Topic 1 Review

Which reduction of natural capital is influenced by human activities?

• Forest fires in the Amazon rainforest

• The depletion of groundwater stores

• The loss of top soil due to erosion

• All of these

An example of a transformation is

• sediment eroded by runoff and deposited in a lake

• a volcanic eruption forming a new island in the ocean

• wind erosion breaking down rock into sand.

• large rocks being moved kilometers by ice sheets (glaciers)

Which of the following lists only includes examples of natural capital?

• Lumber, fish and energy from wind

• Trees, fish and sunshine

• Forests preventing erosion, employment due to fishing and electricity from solar panels

• Trees, fishing and mining coal

Lichen grow on trees are an indicator species of air quality in a forest near an airport.

• This is a indirect measurement of point source pollutant

• This is a direct measurement of non-point source pollutant

• This is a indirect measurement of non-point source pollutant

• This is a direct measurement of point source pollutant

What did the industrial revolution not cause?

• human population growth

• clean air

• build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• epidemics of cholera and typhoid

The earth and its atmosphere are considered

• an open system because occasionally meteorites hit our planet's surface.

• a closed system because occasionally meteorites hit our planet's surface.

• an open system because sunlight and heat cross its boundary

• a closed system as only sunlight and heat cross its boundary

The Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) , funded by the UN reported in 2005 that _____ % of the world's ecosystems were degraded?

• 60

• 20

• 80

• 40

Choose the statement that best describes the first law of thermodynamics.

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• Energy can only be transferred within systems.

• An increase in entropy arising from energy transformations reduces the energy available to do work

• Entropy of a system increases over time.

The secondary pollutant in this list is

• sulfur dioxide from burning coal

• hot water released from a factory

• acid deposition

• nitrogen dioxide from vehicle emissions

What is the purpose of a baseline assessment in an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?

• To present mitigation strategies that minimize the environmental impact of the development

• To collect data on ecosystem quality before project development

• How to reclaim the development when it is not needed and decommission it

• To monitor the the environmental impact of the development