Unit 5 Review Questions

Suburban areas are characterized as:

• High density populated areas

• Areas that surround metropolitan centers and have low population density compared with urban areas

• Areas that aren't connected to any big city

• None of the above

Removes single trees or a relatively small number of trees from the larger forest

• Tree specialization

• Selective cutting

• Forest consumption

• Selective trees

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A community of people sharing a pond and everyone is fishing as many fish as possible for their own benefit (short-term) is an example of=

• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Externality

• National Parks

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Suburban areas are characterized as:

• High density populated areas

• Areas that surround metropolitan centers and have low population density compared with urban areas

• Areas that aren't connected to any big city

• None of the above

All of the following are benefits of pesticide use EXCEPT

• disease control
• crop protection
• genetic resistance
• lower food costs for consumers

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Which areas of the world are most susceptible to desertification?

• Humid Equitorial Regions
• Temporal Chaparral
• Areas adjacent to the Poles.
• Areas adjacent to Existing Deserts.

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IPM is likely to use all of the following techniques EXCEPT

• intercropping.
• planting herbicide-resistant crops.
• habitat creation for pest predators.
• increased use of traditional pesticides.

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Which of the following is likely to minimize soil erosion?

• No till agriculture
• Herbicide use
• High Yield crops
• Deforestation

When roots become saturated with water due to over-irrigation, it causes death in plant roots. This is called:

• salinization

• desertification

• agroforestry

• waterlogging

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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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