Final Exam Semester 2_Environmental Science

What term is used to describe land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads?

• Infrastructure

• Heat island

• Urban area

• Rural area

The shift of a population from the countryside to cities is known as what?

• Urbanization

• Infrastructure

• Land preservation

• Ecological footprint

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What contributed to urban sprawl in the United States?

• More affordable automobiles

• Less expensive land

• All of the above

• None of the above

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An example of ecological restoration is .

• Removing trees
• Green building
• Zoning
• Planting native prairie grasses

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Which method could city planners use to balance environmental and economic concerns effectively?

• Holding open town meetings with all interested parties

• Having a private meeting with environmental activist groups

• Launching an advertising campaign funded by developers

• Basing decisions on projected tax revenue

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Which of the following is one way a person could conserve water?

• Take a long bath instead of a shower.

• Wash laundry in small, partial loads.

• Use a low-flow showerhead and take short showers.

• Water your lawn daily and at mid-day.

Which of the following might occur as a result of plastic trash accumulating in the ocean?

• Turtles mistake clear plastic bags for jellyfish, ingest them, and die of intestinal blockage.

• Sea birds are strangled by plastic six-pack rings.

• Sea mammals, such as seals, become tangled in clear plastic fishing lines and drown.

• All of the above.

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What are porous water-saturated layers of underground rock known as?

• Aquifers

• Recharge areas

• Watersheds

• Runoff areas

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What can cause increased flooding?

• Heavy rainfall

• Rapid snowmelt

• Removal of vegetation

• All of these answers

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When water changes state from a gas to a liquid, the process is called?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evapotranspiration

• Runoff

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