Environmental Biology Exam
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Course Introduction
Environmental Biology explores the interactions between living organisms and their physical surroundings, focusing on how biological processes shape and are shaped by the environment. The course examines key principles such as ecology, population dynamics, biodiversity, and the impact of human activity on ecosystems. Students will analyze current environmental challenges including climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, and conservation efforts while developing practical skills for assessing ecological health and sustainability. This foundation prepares students to understand and address the complex biological factors influencing environmental issues on a local and global scale.
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Principles of Environmental Science Inquiry and Applications 7th Edition by William P Cunningham
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Chapter 1: Understanding Our Environment
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Q1) Proponents of sustainable development argue that
A) all development has environmental costs.
B) development is less important than the environment.
C) development can proceed with minimal costs to the environment.
D) the environment is less important than development.
E) development does not cause environmental damage.
Answer: C
Q2) Utilitarian conservationists, including Gifford Pinchot and Theodore Roosevelt, supported forest conservation in order to provide
A) wildlife habitats in forested areas.
B) untouched, unvisited wilderness areas.
C) homes, jobs, and recreation for people.
D) the scenic beauty found in natural areas.
E) resources, such as natural habitats, for future generations.
Answer: C
Q3) Places in the world where indigenous people live tend to have high biodiversity. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Environmental Systems: Matter and Energy of Life
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Q1) Organisms that live in deep sea ocean vents use chemicals rather than sunlight to drive the energy producing reactions. These organisms undergo what process?
A) Chemosynthesis
B) Biosynthesis
C) Accumulation
D) Photosynthesis
Answer: A
Q2) The length and complexity of a food web in the Arctic would be ____________ when compared to one in the tropical rainforest.
A) short and less complex
B) short and more complex
C) long and less complex
D) long and more complex
E) about the same
Answer: A
Q3) Nitrogen is an essential component of amino acids and proteins.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Evolution, Species Interactions, and Biological Communities
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Q1) In a biological community where diversity is great, such as a tropical rainforest, the abundance of any one species is likely to be
A) great.
B) small.
C) widely variable from year to year.
D) the same from year to year.
E) unrelated to diversity.
Answer: B
Q2) Regular lawn mowing selects for dandelions with short heads rather than dandelions with tall heads because
A) tall flowers spread their seeds farther.
B) tall flowers cannot reproduce.
C) short flowers can reproduce.
D) short flowers spread their seeds farther.
E) short flowers have less competition when the lawn is mowed often.
Answer: B
Q3) In general species diversity is higher near the poles than near the equator.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Human Populations
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Q1) According to Joel Cohen, the maximum human population that Earth can support is
A) 7-8 billion.
B) 10-12 billion.
C) 15-18 billion.
D) 20-22 billion.
E) more than 26 billion.
Q2) Which of the following is a mechanical barrier to conception?
A) abortion
B) condoms
C) birth control pills
D) vasectomies
E) IUD
Q3) A demographic transition is expected to accompany
A) colonization, as in Africa and Asia.
B) economic development and stabilization.
C) the development of capitalism.
D) the introduction of modern medicine.
E) All of these.
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Chapter 5: Biomes and Biodiversity
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Q1) Which of the following is true?
A) Humans may have been causing extinctions thousands of years ago, but our impact has recently increased.
B) Humans are responsible for many of the mass extinctions in the geologic record.
C) Humans only began causing extinctions in the past 150 years.
D) Humans have never had significant impact on species extinctions until the past four decades.
E) Humans have been causing extinctions for thousands of years and we are still causing extinctions at about the same rate.
Q2) Tuna and great white sharks would be found within the A) benthic zone.
B) littoral zone.
C) pelagic zone.
D) hadal zone.
Q3) Zebra mussels are a mussel species from Japan that was introduced without negative consequences into the United States to improve water quality.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Environmental Conservation: Forests,
Grasslands, Parks, and Nature
Preserves
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Q1) Most commercial loggers prefer "clear-cut" harvesting because it
A) is the most environmentally sustainable type of harvest.
B) is the most efficient way to get valuable small timber without disturbing the larger early successional trees.
C) is the most efficient, cheapest harvest method using large, fast machinery instead of costly labor.
D) is the most effective way to refresh soil with sun and rain.
E) does not waste any trees.
Q2) The IUCN world conservation strategy is directed at protecting A) resources from human use.
B) endangered species.
C) wildlife from poaching.
D) world climate stability.
E) ecosystems and biodiversity.
Q3) In general, the global range of world deserts are
A) decreasing as world climate becomes wetter.
B) increasing because of the increase in global carbon dioxide.
C) increasing because of logging and grazing.
D) decreasing because of massive reforestation.
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E) about the same in area but have many threatened species of plants.
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Chapter 7: Food and Agriculture
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Q1) High responder crops of the green revolution produce tremendous yields
A) even in severe drought conditions.
B) with primitive farming techniques and no chemical use.
C) in response to fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation.
D) in all conditions where standard crops fail.
E) in response to fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation and only "good" yields in less than ideal situations.
Q2) Vitamin A deficiencies are associated with A) anemia.
B) weak bones.
C) a lack of energy, or listlessness.
D) poorly developed neural systems in embryos.
E) dry eyes and retinal degeneration.
Q3) A natural form of fertilizer would be A) manure.
B) phosphorous application.
C) nitrogen.
D) corn plantings.
E) genetically modified crop plantings.
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Chapter 8: Environmental Health and Toxicology
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Q1) When comparing the toxicity of natural and synthetic chemicals, natural chemicals are ________ synthetic chemicals.
A) nearly always less toxic than B) nearly always more toxic than C) on average, just as toxic
D) much safer
E) more difficult to detect
Q2) Hazardous substances ______________ while toxins are ______________.
A) react with specific cell components to kill cells; poisonous substances
B) are dangerous substances; poisonous substances
C) are usually of concern at all concentrations; are dangerous substances
D) All of these are true.
Q3) Toxic substances are dangerous because they
A) react or interfere with specific cell functions.
B) can physically remove or tear tissues.
C) are usually synthetic.
D) cause debilitating, parasitic diseases.
E) cause excessive water accumulation in tissues.
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Chapter 9: Climate
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Q1) Paying to plant trees because you use carbon in your daily life would be an example of
A) carbon reduction.
B) cap and trade.
C) carbon offsets.
D) carbon production [ambiguous].
E) going carbon neutral.
Q2) An increase in albedo would mean there would be
A) an increase in reflectivity.
B) an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
C) an increase in the amount of ultraviolet light absorbed by the atmosphere.
D) an increase in heat absorption.
Q3) The atmospheric zone where most weather events occur is the A) stratosphere.
B) thermosphere.
C) troposphere.
D) mesosphere.
E) stratopause.
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Chapter 10: Air Pollution
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Q1) Wind currents
A) send air pollution from one continent to the next.
B) keep CFCs from reaching the ozone hole.
C) eliminate the movement of dust particles from watershed to watershed.
D) circulate global carbon dioxide to regions with more vegetation for photosynthesis.
Q2) The phenomenon where cool, dense air sits under a layer of lighter warmer air is known as a ____________________.
A) heat sink
B) heat island
C) temperature inversion
D) Milankovitch cycle
E) thermocline
Q3) The structure on an automobile that removes nitrogen oxides is a(n)
A) catalytic converter.
B) scrubber.
C) air filter.
D) electrostatic precipitator.
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Chapter 11: Water: Resources and Pollution
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Q1) Most water in the atmosphere has evaporated from the ocean, and ______ rain falls back into the sea. About ________ % of the earth's total rain falls on land.
A) most; 10
B) most; 20
C) less; 55
D) less; 70
Q2) Raw sewage would contribute to the biochemical oxygen demand of a stream and cause fewer organisms to be present.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Factories, sewage treatment plants, and oil wells are __________ sources of water pollution.
A) point
B) primary
C) nonpoint
D) tertiary pollutant
E) secondary
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Chapter 12: Environmental Geology and Earth Resources
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Q1) ________ in the mantle and core make tectonic plates move.
A) Conduction movements
B) Earthquakes
C) Radioactive decay
D) Convection currents
E) Conduction currents
Q2) The continental crust of the earth is _____________ while the oceanic crust is
A) similar in composition to the outer core; thicker and lighter than the continental crust
B) thicker and lighter than the oceanic crust; similar in composition to the mantle
C) similar in composition to the mantle; thicker and lighter than the continental crust
D) similar in composition to the outer core; similar in composition to the mantle
E) thicker and lighter than the oceanic crust; similar in composition to the inner core
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Chapter 13: Energy
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Q1) _____________________ can easily be moved across land in pipelines, but must be transported in special refrigerated ships to move across oceans.
A) Natural gas
B) Anthracite
C) Light oil
D) Methanol
E) Heavy crude
Q2) The US Department of Energy plans to deposit high-level nuclear waste at _________________ for long term storage.
A) Las Cruces, New Mexico
B) Carson City, Nevada
C) Yucca Mountain, Nevada
D) Tempe, Arizona
E) Death Valley, California
Q3) Cogeneration is the combined production of methane and coal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Solid and Hazardous Waste
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Q1) Recycling aluminum is most important for A) saving raw materials (the ore).
B) saving energy.
C) saving landfill space.
D) reducing pollutants in the air and water.
E) All of these are correct.
Q2) Toxic landfills are frequently located in ________ areas.
A) wilderness
B) urban
C) rural
D) nonpopulated
E) suburban
Q3) Landfills differ from open dumps in that A) landfills are smaller.
B) dumps are cleaner and smell less.
C) landfilled waste is compacted and covered.
D) landfills are cheaper to operate.
E) Landfills and dumps are the same thing.
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Chapter 15: Economics and Urbanization
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Q1) According to the principle of new urbanism what is the ideal size of a city?
A) less than 15,000 people
B) 15,000-30,000
C) 30,000-50,000
D) 50,000-100,000
E) up to 150,000
Q2) In 1950 only ____ percent of the world's population lived in cities.
A) 16
B) 22
C) 31
D) 38
E) 43
Q3) In 2000 what continent had the highest percentage of people living in urban areas?
A) North America
B) Europe
C) Asia
D) South America
E) Africa
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Chapter 16: Environmental Policy and Sustainability
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Q1) CERCLA is also known as
A) the Superfund Act.
B) the Clean Water Act.
C) the Toxic Substances Control Act.
D) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Q2) The local high school in your hometown has a project where students are collecting water samples in collaboration with the local university. This project is an example of a(n)
A) attempt to get high school students involved in environmental careers.
B) attempt to recruit students to the university.
C) early careers project.
D) environmental literacy project.
E) citizen science project.
Q3) NEPA requires the government to take the least environmentally harmful option in any decision.
A)True
B)False
Q4) CITES is an international agreement to restrict trade in hazardous chemicals.
A)True
B)False
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