Chapter 10 - 11 Environmental Science

Which element accumulates in the environment due to use of fertilizers?

• oxygen
• hydrogen
• nitrogen
• carbon

Which has the least negative impact on wildlife habitat?

• agriculture
• development
• deforestation
• recreation

Which is true of urban sprawl?

• it occurred in the 1800s
• it lasted 20 years in the 1990s
• it began in 1950 and continues until today
• it began in the 1990s and continues to today

The large scale removal of trees by cutting or burning is called _______________.

• urbanization
• deforestation
• desertification
• overpopulation

The movement of people from rural areas to big cities is called ________.

• urbanization
• deforestation
• desertification
• excommunication

What are some bad things attributed to population growth?

• autism & genetic diseases
• religious conflict
• low wages & unemployment
• burning fossil fuels & increased CO2 production

What are some reasons deforestation occurs?

• clearing land for agriculture, ranching, and mining
• just wanting to destroy things
• Population moving from rural areas to cities
• to make room for infrastructure

Which crops provide more than half of the caloric human nutritional needs. 

• Rice, Barley
• Rice, Wheat
• Rice, Soybean
• Rice, Maize

Which is not a Global Common

• Seas
• Air
• Genetically Modified Plants
• Minerals 

This author helped change the pesticide policy in the United States.

• Rachel Carson
• Aldo Leopold
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Henry David Thoreau