AP Environmental Science Mining Overfishing Forestry

Which of the following would be an environmental impact of high density animal farming?

• bad smells

• livestock can escape

• water pollution due to runoff

• improvement of feeding efficiency

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Because global fisheries have dramatically seen a reduction in fish numbers, this technique has been used recently to supplement that loss.

• monocropping

• IPM

• contour farming

• aquaculture

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Which of the following is NOT a problem with suburban sprawl?

• destruction of habitats

• loss of wetlands

• noise pollution

• air and water pollution

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The systematic removal of rock or other substance for financial gain.

• smelting

• mining

• urban farming

• forestry

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Overgrazing of grasslands can lead to reduced range quality. Two of the major effects of overgrazing are

• erosion and desertification

• eutrophication and increased methane production

• higher fire potential and increased productivity

• higher primary productivity and ammonification

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Which of the following is an example of a solution to the tragedy of the commons?

• Improving literacy among urban populations

• Raising tax rates for large corporations

• Inventing stronger antibiotics

• Passing a law to set limits for fishermen

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Externality

• The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service

• Land that a community shares

• The maximum number of plants that one can harvest

• Resources managed by the government or an organization

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Minerals are

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• pretty

• scarce and expensive

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CAFOs make meat more economical, but may have some negative environmental impacts.  These include all of the following EXCEPT

• high concentrations of animal waste.
• increase in nutrients in stormwater runoff.
• increase in sediments in stormwater runoff.
• increased use of land area over other types of animal farming.

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One way a local community might regulate a shared and limited resource and reduce the tragedy of the commons is to ....

• eliminate ownership of the resources and make them available to all

• divide the resources into parcels and assign them to individuals

• offer subsides to users of the resources in the form of tax breaks

• reduce the cost of access to the resources

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