Environmental Policy Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Environmental Policy examines the development, implementation, and effects of policies designed to address environmental issues at local, national, and global levels. The course explores the roles of government, industry, non-governmental organizations, and international bodies in shaping legislation and regulatory frameworks related to air and water quality, climate change, biodiversity, and resource management. Through analysis of case studies and policy instruments, students will assess the effectiveness of various approaches and consider economic, social, and ethical perspectives in environmental decision-making.
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Environmental Science 13th Edition by G. Tyler Miller
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Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
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Q1) When we exceed a renewable resource's natural replacement rate, the available supply begins to shrink through a process known as ____________________.
Answer: environmental degradation
Q2) An environmentally sustainable society must be based on policies that provide for economic growth and development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Nonpoint sources of pollution
A)enter ecosystems from single identifiable sources
B)are more difficult to control than point sources
C)include smokestacks and automobile exhaust pipes
D)are cheaper and easier to identify than point sources
E)are always found in rural areas
Answer: B
Q4) Perpetual resources exist in a fixed quantity or stock in the Earth's crust.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Science, Matter, and Energy
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Q1) Matter that is near the Earth's surface, that is highly concentrated, and that has great potential for use as a resource is referred to as ____________________.
Answer: high quality
Q2) When energy changes from one form to another
A)It goes from a less useful to a more useful form.
B)It goes from a more useful to a less useful form.
C)It maintains the same degree of usefulness.
D)It could become more or less useful, depending on the original type of energy.
E)The usefulness of energy is not altered when it changes from one form to another.
Answer: B
Q3) Curiosity and skepticism are important features of the scientific process.
a.Explain how these two attributes in a scientist come into play during a late phase of scientific investigation called accept or reject the hypothesis.
Answer: A skeptical and curious scientist will want to know the real reason for why nature works in a certain way.
a.He/she would not be satisfied until reaching the appropriate conclusion about the investigation being conducted.
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Chapter 3: Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They
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Q1) A(n) ____________________ consists of members of the same species living in the same area.
Answer: population
Q2) Energy and nutrients both cycle.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The process by which water is evaporated from the surface of plants is called
Answer: transpiration
Q4) Ammonia (NH +) is a form of nitrogen that is readily accessible and useable by plants.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) A type of acid rain is produced because of sulfur dioxide in the air.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution
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Q1) Which of the following organisms would best be described as a specialist species?
A)flies
B)cockroaches
C)white-tailed deer
D)panda bears
E)humans
Q2) If a species of frogs becomes threatened because they can only live in a narrow range of temperatures, they would be classified as a(n) ____________________.
Q3) Deserts, tropical forests, prairie grasslands, and coniferous forests are all examples of
A)different species
B)ecosystems with the highest biodiversity
C)ecosystems with low genetic biodiversity
D)biomes
E)populations
Q4) Look at all of the bird species shown in the diagram above.
a.What can be said about the birds?
Q5) Clearly describe in what ways living organisms impact the climate of the planet.
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Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
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Q1) A logistic growth curve depicting a population that is limited by a definite carrying capacity is shaped like the letter ____.
A)J
B)L
C)M
D)S
E)U
Q2) As indicated in this image, when different species of warblers inhabit the same area, is food competition reduced?
Q3) On the ecological succession figure, choose the letter that represents the step in which perennial weeds and grasses are plentiful.
Q4) ____________________ starts slowly but then accelerates as the population increases.
Q5) A population's growth rate will increase as the population reaches its carrying capacity.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Mistletoe is an example of a(n) _____________________.
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Q7) There are ____________________ limits to population growth in nature.
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Chapter 6: The Human Population and Urbanization
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Q1) The demographic transition model helps to explain why
A)Death rates rise in industrializing nations.
B)Industrialization leads to population growth.
C)Development requires large populations.
D)Birth rates fall before death rates.
E)Death rates fall before birth rates.
Q2) Women who live in rural areas have a lower total fertility rate than those in urban areas.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A city can be described as a
A)cool pocket
B)dust bowl
C)heat island
D)wind tunnel
E)all of these answers
Q4) In areas with a low ____________________, people usually have fewer children because of the increased life expectancy.
Q5) ____________________ pollution in the air can affect various plant and animal species such as sea turtles.
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Chapter 7: Climate and Biodiversity
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Q1) phytoplankton carry out about 40% of the world's photosynthesis here
A)euphotic zone
B)coral reef
C)lake
D)tropical grassland
E)cold forest
F)temperate desert
Q2) Deciduous forests are typically located at higher altitudes than coniferous forests.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Approximately one-tenth of the global fish catch is produced in the A)coral reefs
B)open ocean
C)estuaries
D)intertidal zone
E)none of these answers
Q4) On the temperate-zone lake figure, choose the zone primarily inhabited by invertebrates, such as decomposers, which can live in the low oxygen.
Q5) List any five of the major human impacts on terrestrial ecosystems.
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Chapter 8: Sustaining Biodiversity: the Species Approach
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Q1) National parks can be viewed as habitat islands surrounded by A)logging
B)industrial activity
C)mining
D)agriculture
E)all of these answers
Q2) swallowtail butterfly
A)endangered species
B)plant species that are sources of drugs for humans
C)deliberately introduced invasive species
D)accidentally introduced invasive species
Q3) Wild species' instrumental value includes their use as
A)food crops
B)fuelwood and lumber
C)sources of medicine we take for granted
D)all of these
E)food crops and sources of medicine we take for granted
Q4) The United States currently has about ____________________ invasive species that were accidentally or deliberately introduced.
Q5) ____________________ is the best way to reduce threats from invasive species.
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Chapter 9: Sustaining Biodiversity: the Ecosystem Approach
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Q1) Recreation and jobs are two ____________________ services that forests provide.
Q2) What point on the graph represents the fish catch after the use of bottom trawlers was established?
Q3) The majority of deforestation on the planet that has been caused by human activities has occurred since ____________________.
Q4) A tree harvesting method that involves cutting intermediate-aged or mature trees singly or in small groups is called
A)clear-cutting
B)strip cutting
C)selective cutting
D)patch cutting
E)landscape cutting
Q5) Scientists estimate that coastal habitats may be disappearing up to 10 times faster than tropical forests.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Wilderness serves as a(n) ____________________ bank. Page 11
Q6) Using the above pictured chart, explain which country would gain the most from adopting a debt-for-nature swap?
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Chapter 10: Food, Soil, and Pest Management
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Q1) Globally, only about half of all manure is returned to the land as nutrient-rich fertilizer.
a.This is a violation of the ____________________ sustainability principle.
Q2) Sharply reducing ____________________ is the single most important component of more sustainable agriculture.
Q3) The process of ____________________ allows for the raising of marine and freshwater fish in ponds and underwater cages.
Q4) produces about 80% of the world's food
A)industrialized agriculture
B)organic agriculture
Q5) A drawback of traditional crossbreeding of plants for major food crops that is not a problem in genetically engineered food crops is the fact that
A)they never produce very high yields
B)it takes 15 years or more to produce a commercially valuable crop variety
C)only genetically similar species can be crossbred
D)all of these answers are correct
E)they never produce very high yields and only genetically similar species can be crossbred
Q6) Clearly explain the relationship between irrigation and salinization of soils.
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Chapter 11: Water Resources and Water Pollution
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Q1) ____________________ keep the price of water so low that users do not worry about wasting water.
Q2) Which of the following is true of flood irrigation?
A)It relies solely on water that falls directly on the crop fields in the form of precipitation.
B)It results in 40% inefficient loss of the water applied.
C)It is the primary form of irrigation used in China.
D)Both it results in 40% inefficient loss of the water applied and it is the primary form of irrigation used in China are true.
E)All of these answers are true.
Q3) Which of the following is a nonpoint source of water pollution?
A)sewage treatment plant
B)electric power plant
C)active and inactive coal mines
D)logged forest
E)factories
Q4) The blue revolution is focused around ____________________ water waste and ____________________ water pollution.
Q5) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of large dams and reservoirs.
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Chapter 12: Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
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Q1) As nonrenewable mineral resources are depleted, experts are particularly concerned about manganese, cobalt, chromium, and platinum, which are
A)trace metal resources
B)strategic metal resources.
C)biogenic metal resources
D)magma metal resources
E)trace metal resources.
Q2) Tsunamis are best described as
A)a series of large waves generated when the ocean floor moves up or down as the result of an underground earthquake
B)a series of waves caused by an underground volcano
C)a series of powerful waves generated by lunar eclipses that occur only once every several hundred years
D)Tsunamis can actually be caused by any one of the processes listed.
E)none of these answers
Q3) The ____________________ concentrates the Earth's mineral resources into three types of rock.
Q4) Granite is a type of ____________________ rock.
Q5) Which area on the graphic represents an extinct volcano?
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Chapter 13: Energy
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Q1) Some scientists call for replacing today's uranium-based reactors with new ones based on the element ____________________.
Q2) It has been estimated that capturing the wind's energy at the world's best sites would only produce about 50% of the electricity currently being used worldwide.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Bituminous coal has a high heat content, but a low sulfur content.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The usable amount of high-quality energy from a given quantity of an energy resource is its____________________.
Q5) The leading renewable energy source that is used to produce electricity today is A)solar energy
B)hydropower
C)wind power
D)biomass
E)geothermal
Q6) Which area of the plant is susceptible to a meltdown?
Q7) Steam is generated to produce electricity in which compartment?
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Chapter 14: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
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Q1) The U.S. a.Environmental Protection Agency currently recommends that regulators assume children face a risk ____ times that of adults when exposed to carcinogenic chemicals.
A)5
B)10
C)25
D)50
E)100
Q2) Some chemicals, radiation, and certain ____________________ are carcinogens.
Q3) Research has indicated that long-term exposure to some chemicals at low doses may disrupt the body's immune, nervous, and endocrine systems.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Genetic resistance to antibiotics has
A)increased the spread of AIDS
B)been a factor in the development of MRSA
C)been favored by overuse of antibiotics
D)two of these answers are correct
E)all of these answers
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Q5) List the reasons that we tend to evaluate risks inappropriately.
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Chapter 15: Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone
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Q1) The United States, China, and Russia-three of the world's major emitters-agreed in 2001 to participate in a cap-and-trade program to slow global warming.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Formaldehyde is used in
A)particle board
B)paneling
C)furniture stuffing
D)foam insulation
E)all of these answers
Q3) Chlorofluorocarbons are
A)nontoxic
B)corrosive
C)odorous
D)flammable
E)expensive
Q4) The most dangerous type of skin cancer is ____________________.
Q5) On the acid deposition figure, choose the letter that represents the transformation to sulfuric acid and nitric acid.
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Chapter 16: Solid and Hazardous Waste
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Q1) Repair an old bicycle and donate it to a children's group.
A)first priority
B)second priority
C)third priority
Q2) In the United States, enough ____________________ are used each year so that, if linked end to end, they would reach to the moon and back seven times.
Q3) The banning of TV set and computer disposal in landfills by 35 states in the U.S. a.is expected to
A)cause interstate smuggling of e-waste
B)be regulated by the federal government
C)be voted down by consumers during the next general election
D)set the stage for an emerging highly profitable e-recycling industry
E)none of these answers
Q4) Bioremediation
A)involves training bacteria to eat new foods
B)results in the production of low-level hazardous wastes
C)involves the use of bacteria and enzymes to destroy hazardous substances
D)is widely accepted as the best way to cut hazardous wastes
E)does not exist
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Chapter 17: Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews
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Q1) eco-labeling
A)protects waterfowl
B)CEO of eco-industrial company
C)Green Seal
D)Superfund passed
E)oil extraction permitted
F)hunting allowed
G)Clean Air Act passed
H)Clean Water Act passed
I)limits pollution
J)no oil extraction
Q2) Understanding and evaluating our environmental worldviews should be a(n) ____________________ process.
Q3) Proponents of a tax shift that transfers taxes from income and wealth to pollution and environmental degradation point out that:
A)It should be enacted immediately in order to do any good.
B)It should only apply to developed countries.
C)It should include tax breaks.
D)In some cases both pollution and income/wealth should be taxed.
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E)It should be phased in over about 15 to 20 years.
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