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Unit 1

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What  is this?
a)
forestry
b)
ranching
2.
What is this?
a)
forestry
b)
ranching
3.
What is this?
a)
Mining
b)
Fishing
c)
Aquaculture
d)
Logging
4.
What is this?
a)
Mining
b)
Fishing
c)
Aquaculture
d)
Logging
5.
What is this?
a)
Mining
b)
Fishing
c)
Aquaculture
d)
Logging
6.
What is this?
a)
Mining
b)
Fishing
c)
Aquaculture
d)
Logging
7.
What is this?
a)
Water use
b)
Runoff
c)
Eutrophication
d)
Clear cutting
8.
What is this?
a)
Water use
b)
Runoff
c)
Eutrophication
d)
Clear cutting
9.
What is this?
a)
Water use
b)
Runoff
c)
Eutrophication
d)
Clear cutting
10.
What is this?
a)
Water use
b)
Runoff
c)
Eutrophication
d)
Clear cutting
11.
What is this?
a)
Algal bloom
b)
Ecotourism
c)
Reclamation
d)
fracking
12.
What is this?
a)
Algal bloom
b)
Ecotourism
c)
Reclamation
d)
fracking
13.
What is this?
a)
Algal bloom
b)
Ecotourism
c)
Reclamation
d)
fracking
14.
What is this?
a)
Algal bloom
b)
Ecotourism
c)
Reclamation
d)
fracking
15.
What is this?
a)
Subterranean mining
b)
Open pit mining
c)
Wastewater treatment
d)
Slash and burn agriculture 
16.
What is this?
a)
Subterranean mining
b)
Open pit mining
c)
Wastewater treatment
d)
Slash and burn agriculture 
17.
What is this?
a)
Subterranean mining
b)
Open pit mining
c)
Wastewater treatment
d)
Slash and burn agriculture 
18.
What is this?
a)
Subterranean mining
b)
Open pit mining
c)
Wastewater treatment
d)
Slash and burn agriculture 
19.
The waste from a mining operation is known as
a)
Tailings
b)
overburden
c)
tacos
d)
fishing
20.
The material that has to be removed to reach a resource is 
a)
Tailings
b)
overburden
c)
tacos
d)
fishing
21.
When one type of crop is repeated grown on the same plot. 
a)
monoculture
b)
dicotomus
c)
eutrophication
d)
ocean acidification
22.
When mankind is careless and allows for runoff that then allows nutrients to build up and causes this. 
a)
monoculture
b)
dicotomus
c)
eutrophication
d)
ocean acidification
23.
The areas of land between the city and the country. 
a)
suburbs
b)
the outlands
c)
the badlands
d)
Disneyland
24.
When cities are hotter than the country
a)
Thermonuclear meltdown
b)
heat island effect
c)
blizzard
d)
the reason tomatoes grow in the country
25.
Which of these is not a type of society we study
a)
Hunter gatherers
b)
Agricultural revolution
c)
Industrial revolution
d)
Plutonian porcine pickle eating princes 
26.
When American agriculturalist and scientists created GMOs and helped other countries around the world plant crops to try and feed there people it was called the
a)
Green revolution
b)
Agricultural revolution
c)
Industrial revolution
d)
French revolution
27.
Crops that have been crossbred to exhibit better traits and produce more yield.
a)
GMOs or hybrids
b)
EPA
c)
BPA
d)
DMV
28.
When land that is already semi-arid becomes more desertlike. 
a)
desalinization
b)
desertification
c)
ocean acidification
d)
ozone depletion 
29.
The removing of salt from seawater to create drinking water. 
a)
desalinization
b)
desertification
c)
ocean acidification
d)
ozone depletion 
30.
When ocean water absorbs too much COcausing the pH to decrease and organisms to not develop proper shells and bones. 
a)
desalinization
b)
desertification
c)
ocean acidification
d)
ozone depletion 
31.
When O3 is broken down chemically in the atmosphere causing a hole to develop and increasing our chances of developing skin cancer. 
a)
desalinization
b)
desertification
c)
ocean acidification
d)
ozone depletion 
32.
This type of pollution usually hangs over cities that are heavily populated
a)
bogg
b)
smog
c)
Dairy air
d)
smurfs
33.
A layer of Oin the lower Stratosphere that helps protect us from the sun.
a)
ozone layer
b)
nuclear layer
c)
sunburn layer
d)
SPF 100 layer
34.
Renewable energy resources make up only a small portion of the energy used in the united states, why? 
a)
Its hip to use oil
b)
they are very expensive to install and operate
c)
the dinosaurs wanted us to burn fossil fuels
d)
Foreign countries use most of it before we can get it. 
35.
Which of the following is not a flow resources
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
solar energy
c)
wind energy
d)
nuclear
36.
Iceland, being the only continent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge uses heat from the earth's interior for its one and only energy resource.  We call it 
a)
hydroelectric
b)
geothermal
c)
solar
d)
coal
37.
What do we call an energy resource derived from living organisms? 
a)
biofeul
b)
hydro
c)
geothermal
d)
tidal
38.
Water and the earth's systems give us all the following resources except. 
a)
tidal
b)
hydroelectric
c)
OTEC
d)
nuclear
39.
Nonrenewable resources include all of the following except. 
a)
nuclear
b)
coal, oil, & natural gas
c)
metals
d)
hydroelectric
40.
Which of the following problems is not true of nonrenewable resources. 
a)
They put off large amounts of pollution. 
b)
They contribute CO2 to the atmosphere
c)
They add chemicals like Nitrogen, Sulfur, and Methane to the atmosphere causing acid rain.
d)
They are only available when the sun is out.
41.
Which type of renewable energy resource is the cleanest burning but is so expensive it cost more than we gain for it. 
a)
hydrogen
b)
plutonium
c)
hydroelectric
d)
manpower
42.
What governmental agency protects American citizens  by passing laws and lobbying for legislation.  
a)
AAA
b)
EPA
c)
PETA
d)
YMCA
43.
How easy a resource is to find, mine, transport, process, transport again, and distribute to the public. 
a)
availability of resource
b)
allocation of resource
c)
sustainability of resource 
d)
sustainability potential
44.
How a resource is distributed around the world. 
a)
availability of resource
b)
allocation of resource
c)
sustainability of resource 
d)
sustainability potential
45.
A way of planning and using a resource that will allow the human race to always have enough of that resource. 
a)
availability of resource
b)
allocation of resource
c)
sustainability of resource 
d)
sustainability potential
46.
The possibility, probability or potential that a given resource can be managed well enough to last forever. 
a)
availability of resource
b)
allocation of resource
c)
sustainability of resource 
d)
sustainability potential
47.
What type of countries use the most resources (75%) but only contain 25% of the world's population. (Japan, Canada)
a)
Developed countries
b)
Developing countries
c)
Least developed countries
d)
Narnia
48.
What type of country has high population growth, agricultural economies and low incomes (China, India)
a)
Developed countries
b)
Developing countries
c)
Least developed countries
d)
Narnia
49.
What type of countries have extremely high birth rates, high death rates, and extreme poverty. (Haiti) 
a)
Developed countries
b)
Developing countries
c)
Least developed countries
d)
Narnia
50.
What type of country has the largest Carbon/ Human Footprint?
a)
Developed countries
b)
Developing countries
c)
Least developed countries
d)
Narnia
51.
Coal
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
52.
Solar
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
53.
Tidal
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
54.
Geothermal
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
55.
Natural Gas
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
56.
Biofuel
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
57.
Hydroelectric 
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
58.
Nuclear
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
59.
Wind
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
60.
Oil
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
61.
OTEC
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource
62.
Hydrogen
a)
Renewable energy resource
b)
Nonrenewable energy resource