WorksheetsAPES Land Use
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Golden Rice is a GMO which contains which key nutrient to help stop blindness.
a)
Chitin
b)
Beta-Carotene
c)
Amylase
d)
Vitamin C
2.
1/3 of all fish harvested are used for what purpose?
a)
Food for humans
b)
Feeding Whales in captivity
c)
Fish Oils and other uses such as feeding fish and whales.
d)
Sushi
3.
Growing more than one crop in a field, especially in alternating rows.
a)
Alley Cropping
b)
PolyCulture
c)
Interplanting
d)
Intercropping
4.
Which three crops would be best suited for intercropping?
a)
oats, soybean, Maize
b)
Bananas, Rice, Wheat
c)
Wheat, Rice, oats
d)
All three are correct
5.
Which crops provide more than half of the caloric human nutritional needs.
a)
Rice, Barley
b)
Rice, Wheat
c)
Rice, Soybean
d)
Rice, Maize
6.
This is a protein deficiency in which victims become so emaciated that they may be less than 80% of their normal weight for their height.
a)
Autoimmune
b)
Blindness
c)
Marasmus
d)
Chronic nourishment
7.
One problem associated with DDT
a)
Thinning of egg shells of birds like the bald eagle
b)
It is expensive
c)
It did not kill the mositoes
d)
There are no problems
8.
This mining health problem is associated with lung disease from coal dust.
a)
asphyxiation
b)
asbestosis
c)
silicosis
d)
pneumoconiosis
9.
Which is not an environmental concern from mining?
a)
Arsenic contamination
b)
mercury poisoning
c)
sulfuric acid leaching into the water
d)
dihydrogen monoxide poisoning
10.
Silicate dust from rocks like Quartz and from sand cannot scar lung tissue.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
This type of fishing uses long nets that hang down in the water. These nets unintentionally trap turtles, sharks, dolphins and birds.
a)
Long line
b)
Thrawling
c)
Purse Seine
d)
Drift Net
12.
A major problem with farmed salmon
a)
high levels of PCB's
b)
They have more fat than wild caught salmon
c)
There are no problems with farmed salmon
d)
both higher levels of PCB's and they are more fatty.
13.
Which is not a Global Common
a)
Seas
b)
Air
c)
Genetically Modified Plants
d)
Minerals
14.
This author helped change the pesticide policy in the United States.
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Aldo Leopold
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Henry David Thoreau
15.
This fire burns undergrowth and leaf litter. It kills seedling and small trees. It can protect the forest from pathogens.
a)
Crown
b)
Ground
c)
Surface
16.
Cutting and removing only the largest and best trees.
a)
Even-aged Management
b)
Uneven-aged Management
c)
High Grading
d)
Seed Tree Cutting
17.
A majority of trees are removed with the exception of a few scattered seed producing trees.
a)
Selective Cutting
b)
High Grading
c)
Shelterwood Cutting
d)
Seed Tree Cutting
18.
A hectare (ha) is an area equal to a square that is 100 meters on each side. If the plot of land is 300 m x 300 m, how many hectares is the plot?
a)
9
b)
90
c)
900
d)
9000
19.
If a rectangular piece of aluminum has a base of 1 m a length of 20 m and a depth of 10 m, what is the volume of the Al?
a)
2000
b)
0.5
c)
200
d)
1,000,000
20.
(review question)
What sparked the sudden increase in the human population?
What sparked the sudden increase in the human population?
a)
The Industrial Era
b)
The Agricultural Era
c)
The Green Revolution
d)
The Hunter-gatherer Era
21.
Which is NOT prohibited in national parks?
a)
Picking up objects that you don't own
b)
Feeding the wildlife
c)
Camping
d)
Going off-trail
22.
Tropical forests in the Amazon Basin and other South American countries are primarily being cleared or burned for
a)
cattle grazing and soybean plantations
b)
biodiesel for motor vehicles
c)
coffee and spice plantations
d)
oil palm and paper pulp plantations
23.
Which of the following type of tree harvesting is the most detrimental to the environment?
a)
Strip Cutting
b)
Selective Cutting
c)
Clear Cutting
d)
Partial Harvest
24.
Which of the following is NOT an ecosystem service provided by forests?
a)
Provide habitat
b)
Aid in nutrient cycling
c)
Sequester Carbon
d)
Recreational opportunities
25.
All of the following are ecological benefits of surface fires EXCEPT
a)
Aid in seed dispersal in certain species, such as lodgepole pines
b)
Return key nutrients back in to the soil
c)
Stimulate germination in some trees
d)
Destroys the wildlife and vegetation in an area
26.
Which of the following is a threat to forest ecosystems?
a)
climate change
b)
unsustainable logging
c)
invasive species
d)
All of these
27.
The best example of a surface fire is
a)
the type of fire that burns seedlings, small trees, and leaf litter, but not mature trees and most animals
b)
fire that is deliberately set, frequently in the tropical rainforest, after the trees have been cut down
c)
fires that occur along newly exposed edges of forest after fragmentation has occurred
d)
fire that allows dead wood, leaves, and other flammable ground litter to accumulate
28.
All the following are advantages of clear-cutting EXCEPT
a)
high profits in the short-term
b)
increased water pollution
c)
high timber yields
d)
can reforest with fast-growing trees
29.
Which of the following is a primary reason for deforestation?
a)
to graze cattle
b)
to grow crops
c)
to provide fuelwood
d)
all of these
30.
Which of the following is a negative effect of deforestation?
I. Increased flooding
II. Increased biodiversity
III. Increased soil erosion
I. Increased flooding
II. Increased biodiversity
III. Increased soil erosion
a)
I only
b)
I and II only
c)
I and III only
d)
I, II, and III
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