Apes Unit 5 Review

Based on the data, which of the following policies would most likely make the greatest reduction in the ecological

footprint for all of the cities shown in the graph?

• Setting higher fuel efficiency standards for vehicles

• Increasing the cost to use public transportation

• Offering tax incentives to individuals who recycle clothing and home goods

• Subsidizing the cost of solar panel installation for homeowners

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An ecological footprint is

• The amount of wilderness available on the earth

• The amount of biologically productive land and water a person uses

• A measure of the earth's biological capacity

• A measure of a person's contribution to creating a sustainable environment

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Which of the following scenarios best explains the concept of the tragedy of the commons?

• Fish farming, a type of aquaculture, produces fish through selective breeding to produce a cheap source of protein, reducing the fishing pressure on wild stock fish.

• A collapse of the fishing industry leads to a loss of fishing-related jobs, which will have negative consequences on the economy.

• Declines in the fish population lead to a decline in the population of fish predators, affecting the entire food chain.

• Fish are shared resources, and as the fishing industry competes for the fish, the resource extraction is no longer sustainable.

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The practice of planting a nitrogen-using plant with a nitrogen-fixing plant is called:

• intercropping

• contour farming

• agroforestry

• monoculture

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Overuse of farmland can cause a depletion in soil nutrients and can lead to

• waterlogging

• desertification

• irrigation

• intercropping

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When irrigation water evaporates, salts are left behind on the soil surface and can cause plant death or lead to

• soil salinization

• desertification

• waterlogging

• monocropping

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One of the advantages to using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is

• reduce the need for pesticides

• they are not regulated by the government

• the concern about safety to consume

• they can cause food allergies

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Use of this method of control requires concentrations to be increased often because pest develop resistance

• GMOs

• Pestsides

• plant removal

• control burning

The Green Revolution was

• a dramatic increase in crop yields in developing countries

• change to more sustainable agriculture

• way of fighting soil erosion

• power grab by the Green party in the 1980s

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of slash and burn agriculture?

• Limits CO2 emissions

• Emits CO2

• It leaves the soil too moist

• Leads to poor soil over time

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