Natural Resource Management Exam Review
Course Introduction
Natural Resource Management explores the principles and practices involved in the sustainable utilization and conservation of the worlds natural resources, including land, water, air, minerals, forests, and wildlife. The course examines the ecological, economic, and social dimensions of resource management, emphasizing strategies to balance human needs with environmental health. Students will analyze current issues such as resource depletion, habitat loss, climate change, and policy development, and learn about tools and techniques used in resource assessment, planning, and restoration. Through case studies and practical assignments, the course aims to develop skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making essential for managing natural resources in a rapidly changing world.
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Environmental Science 12th Edition by Wright
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Chapter 1: Science and the Environment
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Q1) Which of the following best illustrates sound science?
A)asking voters to determine if windmills should be placed in their community
B)measuring wind velocities to determine the cost-effectiveness of windmills in a region
C)selecting a source of energy based upon profitability and yield of tax dollars
D)lobbying government officials to increase drilling for offshore oil
Answer: B
Q2) All instruments used in scientific investigations must be
A)tested for accuracy.
B)available to the public.
C)composed of all new materials.
D)designed for one particular function.
Answer: A
Q3) The statement,"The Earth was not given to you by your parents,it was lent to you from your children" best reflects A)junk science.
B)higher rates of consumption of non-renewable materials. C)stewardship.
D)the need for a strong central or military government.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Economics, Politics, and Public Policy
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Q1) Which of the following is part of natural capital but not ecosystem capital?
A)solar energy used to drive photosynthesis throughout the biosphere
B)coal and oil reserves
C)the production of electrical energy from wind turbines and dams
D)the genetic diversity of all plants and animals used in modern agriculture
Answer: B
Q2) Which part of the government is responsible for passing public-policy laws?
A)executive branch
B)judicial branch
C)legislative branch
D)EPA
Answer: C
Q3) Environmental government policies and regulations are applied at the A)federal level only.
B)state and federal levels.
C)local,state,and federal levels.
D)local level only.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Basic Needs of Living Things
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Q1) The Haber-Bosch process creates nitrogenous fertilizers by
A)extracting reactive nitrogen from soils.
B)converting nitrogen gas and hydrogen to ammonia.
C)extracting nitrogen oxides from the gases produced when fossil fuels are burned.
D)allowing vegetative detritus to break down under anaerobic conditions.
Answer: B
Q2) After a winter storm,bright sunlight returns and the snow and ice on the road melts into liquid water.This is an example of
A)light energy converted to heat energy changing the state of water.
B)movement changing the position of snow and ice.
C)matter changing the heat of the atmosphere.
D)movement generating heat that changes the position of ice and snow.
Answer: A
Q3) In which form are water molecules most closely bonded to each other?
A)water vapor
B)liquid water
C)solid ice
D)water vapor and ice have the same,closest bonds
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Populations and Communities
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Q1) Flea beetles alone are unlikely to eliminate all of the leafy spurge in a region.Instead,the number of leafy spurge plants and the number of flea beetles in a particular community may stabilize.At this point,the leafy spurge and flea beetle populations
A)have exhibited exponential growth followed by a crash.
B)have experienced constant growth.
C)are still experiencing exponential growth.
D)are experiencing environmental resistance.
Q2) Territoriality
A)reduces intraspecific fighting and ensures adequate resources for some members of a species.
B)encourages interspecific fighting and helps share density-independent resources.
C)encourages predation and reduces intraspecific competition.
D)is more likely in r-selected species with short life spans and many offspring.
Q3) The risk of introducing a natural enemy to control an invasive species is that
A)it might drive the invasive species to extinction.
B)the natural enemy might also become a pest.
C)the natural enemy might evolve into a new species.
D)the natural enemy may introduce genetic diversity into the invasive species.
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Chapter 5: Ecosystems: Energy, Patterns, and Disturbance
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Q1) The changes in this field,from grasses to shrubs to trees,represent
A)ecological succession.
B)climax production.
C)biological evolution.
D)ecological adaptation.
Q2) Bison grazing on grasses growing in a meadow represent
A)a consumer eating a producer.
B)a predator eating a consumer.
C)anaerobic metabolism.
D)two producers exchanging energy.
Q3) Why are there so few ecosystems with more than four levels of consumers?
A)because biomass decreases by about 90% at each trophic level moving up
B)because top consumers compete with and kill each other with increasing population size
C)because consumers at these highest trophic levels typically form social groups that stop reproducing at high densities
D)because predators at the highest trophic levels simply are not intelligent enough to hunt other top predators
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Chapter 6: Wild Species and Biodiversity
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Q1) Which of the following ecosystems might be considered as a bank of biodiversity?
A)boreal forests
B)tropical forests
C)large lakes,such as the Great Lakes in North America
D)Antarctica
Q2) According to the Global Biodiversity Outlook in 2010,groups showing highest extinction risk are
A)cycads and conifers
B)birds,amphibians and freshwater fish
C)corals and freshwater crabs
D)invasive species in general
Q3) In the United States today,
A)some game animals are still being hunted to extinction.
B)most people do not need permission or licenses to hunt common game animals.
C)property owners do not own the wildlife on their lands.
D)turkey populations are threatened with extinction due to overhunting.
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Chapter 7: The Use and Restoration of Ecosystems
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Q1) In general,coral reef ecosystems globally
A)provide very little ecosystem capital.
B)are in critical condition in the Caribbean,but healthy elsewhere.
C)are recovering quickly from human-caused damage because corals grow quickly.
D)are sensitive to pollution,physical breakage and invasive species.
Q2) In preparation for the construction of a new,large subdivision,over 500 acres of hilly forest are cleared.In this cleared region,we will expect that
A)more species of birds and insects will inhabit the region.
B)a drainage system will be built to limit erosion.
C)the overall productivity of the region will increase.
D)the levels of carbon dioxide in the air will decline.
Q3) Most coral reefs are located in shallow water that is no more than 75 meters deep because below this depth,
A)water temperatures are too cold.
B)water currents are too fast.
C)sunlight levels are too low.
D)there is not enough oxygen.
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Chapter 8: The Human Population
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Q1) When people in developing countries cannot produce enough food to eat,they commonly
A)start poaching.
B)start raising drug-related crops.
C)move to cities.
D)begin raising large herds of cattle.
Q2) Which of the following demonstrates the best application of justice and good stewardship?
A)Only countries with water shortages should develop policies of water management.
B)Restrictions on the use of fossil fuels should be proportional to the carbon footprint.
C)Wealthy countries have no obligation to provide fuel and food to developing countries.
D)Countries that mine coal in other countries should be exempt from the environmental damage they cause as long as they provide coal to the nation where it is mined.
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Chapter 9: Population and Development
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Q1) In general,as a country goes through the demographic transition,it experiences a
A)rising dependency ratio that increases the demographic dividend.
B)rising dependency ratio that decreases the demographic dividend.
C)falling dependency ratio that increases the demographic dividend.
D)falling dependency ratio that decreases the demographic dividend.
Q2) Why is the green line lower in Latin America than it is in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A)Latin American communities have better use of modern medicine.
B)Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa have not undergone a Neolithic revolution.
C)Fertility rates are higher in Latin American communities.
D)Sub-Saharan communities are generally more urban than communities in Latin America.
Q3) Compared to a person in a developed country,a person in a developing country is about eight times more likely to die from A)cancer.
B)injuries.
C)cardiovascular disease.
D)communicable diseases.
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Chapter 10: Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use
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Q1) The kinetic energy of water is at its lowest when
A)rain forms.
B)water evaporates.
C)ice forms.
D)water percolates through soil.
Q2) As cities in the United States grow,they are finding that the increased water demands are best addressed by addressing the water footprint,including especially
A)building more reservoirs.
B)drilling more wells.
C)building desalination plants.
D)conservation measures.
Q3) Which of the following are processes that generally reverse each other?
A)evaporation and precipitation
B)transpiration and evaporation
C)precipitation and infiltration
D)condensation and infiltration
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Chapter 11: Soil: Foundation for Land Ecosystems
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Q1) Children learning the process of good home gardening decide to help as best they can.Every day they walk along rows of bean plants,carefully inspecting each plant for insects,and removing any that they find.However,the bean plants do not grow well,and few beans form.Their parents notice the poor beans,inspect the plants and soil,and tell the children that walking around the plants every day has hurt the plants by A)compacting the soil,decreasing aeration and infiltration.
B)increasing soil aeration and killing soil microorganisms.
C)reducing the nutrient minerals out of the soil.
D)converting the topsoil into clay.
Q2) Over the last one hundred years in the United States,
A)soil erosion has steadily increased while wind erosion has steadily decreased. B)estimates and actual measurements indicate that soil erosion has decreased.
C)the increased reliance on plowing and technology has increased soil and wind erosion.
D)measurements of the amount of soil in major rivers indicate great increases in soil erosion.
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Chapter 12: The Production and Distribution of Food
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Q1) Food safety issues of transgenic crops include
A)a decreased production of allergens in crops.
B)the promotion of antibiotic resistance in pathogens.
C)the ability to immunize people against pathogens by eating foods.
D)the development of herbicide resistance in humans.
Q2) In the past 40 years,pesticide use has tripled yet pests still cause extensive damage to crops.Why has this increased use of pesticides not been more effective?
A)The pesticides in use today are much less powerful due to government regulations.
B)The pesticides available are no longer suited for the most common types of pests.
C)Increases in ultraviolet radiation and global warming break down pesticides faster.
D)The widespread use of pesticides has resulted in the evolution of pesticide resistant pests.
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Chapter 13: Pests and Pest Control
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Q1) Pesticide resistance against one pesticide
A)is permanently restricted to that one kind of pesticide.
B)can become resistance to many if many are used.
C)can provide protection against herbivores.
D)often harms insects by decreasing their ability to reproduce.
Q2) Struggling with various pests attacking the garden every year,a neighbor suggests that next year they might plant a row of marigold flowers completely around the outside edge of the garden.Sure enough,the next year they did this and had fewer pests and better crops.This strategy represents
A)cultural control.
B)natural enemies control.
C)genetic control.
D)natural chemical control.
Q3) DDT quickly became widely used because it
A)was toxic to many types of insects.
B)seemed nontoxic to humans.
C)was inexpensive.
D)All of the choices are correct.
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Chapter 14: Energy From Fossil Fuels
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Q1) Examine the changes in electrical demand in the United States.The daily drop in electrical consumption is most closely associated with
A)people heading off to work.
B)people sleeping.
C)home heating and cooling systems.
D)daytime activities that consume little energy.
Q2) Recent U.S.energy policies,such as the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act and the 2009 Recovery Act generally
A)discourage continued exploration for fossil fuels.
B)discourage the construction of new nuclear power plants.
C)keep CAFE mileage standards for motor vehicles the same.
D)encourage efficiency in lights,appliances,and buildings.
Q3) Which one of the following energy sources is most likely to lead to thermal pollution?
A)a coal-fired power plant
B)a large field of windmills
C)a hydroelectric plant
D)a large field of solar cells
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Chapter 15: Nuclear Power
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Q1) What event occurred in 1986 that caused a general public shift in interest in nuclear energy?
A)earthquakes impacting Japan's nuclear power plants
B)the Chernobyl nuclear accident
C)Global climate change due to burning fossil fuels was first well documented.
D)Solar and wind technologies were revealed that could replace nuclear technologies.
Q2) The two reactions indicated in this figure represent
A)fusion at the top and fission at the bottom.
B)fission at the top and fusion at the bottom.
C)two types of fission reactions.
D)two types of fusion reactions.
Q3) Which one of the following energy sources can generate the greatest additional power without contributing significantly to global climate change?
A)solar technologies
B)hydroelectric power
C)nuclear energy
D)geothermal energy
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Chapter 16: Renewable Energy
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Q1) In passive solar units that heat water,the water moves because
A)flat-plate collectors are facing the sun.
B)heated water rises up from low-positioned flat-plate collectors to the water tank.
C)wind-powered pumps move the water through the system.
D)an electric water pump moves the water through the system.
Q2) As of 2011 in the United States,about 8% of electrical power came from
A)burning biomass.
B)hydropower.
C)solar energy.
D)wind.
Q3) Unlike solar and wind facilities,coal-burning and nuclear power plants
A)can be constructed more quickly.
B)can be added gradually as demand grows.
C)can consistently generate electricity at night.
D)do not pose as great a security risk.
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Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
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Q1) The people in this photograph are using
A)a bed net for mosquito vector control.
B)antibiotic-treated white sheets to kill the parasite the causes malaria.
C)a bed raised off the ground to prevent malarial infection by ticks.
D)a DDT-treated tent and sheets strategy that kills the parasite that causes malaria.
Q2) According to the WHO,the greatest global root cause of risk of disease is
A)infectious disease.
B)cancer.
C)heart disease.
D)poverty.
Q3) Which of the following industries would profit the most by providing financial support for a disaster risk reduction task force?
A)clothing industry
B)automobile industry
C)insurance industry
D)entertainment industry
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Chapter 18: Global Climate Change
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Q1) Which of the following would most likely have the greatest impact on the ocean conveyor system in the Atlantic Ocean?
A)doubling the size of the Panama Canal
B)increased volcanic activities in the Pacific Ocean
C)complete melting of the polar ice cap
D)doubling the number of ships that cross from North America to Europe using fossil fuels
Q2) A university in Florida wishes to investigate the feasibility of using a large wind turbine on campus to power several buildings.Wind speeds throughout the year and potential storms and hurricanes must be considered to determine if and where a wind turbine might be installed.To consider these many factors,the university would most benefit from the work of
A)a physicist to measure changes in the stratosphere.
B)an environmental biologist to measure the biotic and abiotic factors in the region.
C)a meteorologist to study the regional climate.
D)a meteorologist to predict changes in the stratosphere.
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Chapter 19: Atmospheric Pollution
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Q1) Rain with a pH of 4.6 is
A)about 10 times more basic than rain from non-polluted regions.
B)typical of regions with very low pollution.
C)about 10 times more acidic than rain from non-polluted regions.
D)about 100 times more acidic than rain from non-polluted regions.
Q2) Which of the following illustrates an anthropogenic form of pollution?
A)a large plume of ash from an erupting volcano
B)large clouds of smoke from a forest fire caused by lightning
C)sulfur dioxide released from a coal burning power plant
D)sea salt aerosols in the air above an ocean
Q3) Which of the following is a major anthropogenic source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)?
A)coal-fired electrical generating plants
B)agricultural fertilizers
C)incompletely combusted fossil fuels from vehicle exhaust
D)nuclear power plants
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Chapter 20: Water Pollution and Its Prevention
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Q1) Which one of the following represents a way to reduce point-source pollution contributing to cultural eutrophication?
A)increase the use of vegetated waterways
B)increase the use of contour farming and crop rotation
C)remove nutrients from sewage-treatment effluents
D)include runoff detention ponds in subdivisions
Q2) The EPA's efforts to enforce the Clean Water Act for CAFOs,mountaintop removal mining,and storm water discharges have been opposed by A)political interests supporting the industries affected by regulation.
B)fishing organizations.
C)supporters of the Endangered Species Act.
D)the CDC on the grounds that regulation will increase water-borne diseases.
Q3) These fires on the Cuyahoga River raised concerns that contributed to
A)the formation of the U.S.Food and Drug Administration.
B)the passage of the Clean Water Act of 1972.
C)laws requiring the separation of sewage and storm water in cities.
D)the passage of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
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Chapter 21: Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery
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Q1) Biogas in mostly produced in landfills
A)by the anaerobic decomposition of organic materials.
B)by the release of compressed gases from aerosol containers.
C)by the evaporation of the liquids draining from the buried waste.
D)when solid materials melt into fluids and evaporate.
Q2) As of 2012,the fastest growing component of street and beach litter in the United States is
A)aluminum cans.
B)plastic water bottles.
C)vegetation waste from yards and businesses.
D)sheetrock,lumber scraps and other construction site waste.
Q3) Water seeping through a landfill
A)stops the production of biogas.
B)promotes the decomposition of paper and other biodegradable organics.
C)helps petroleum-based plastics decompose.
D)reduces the amount of groundwater contamination.
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Chapter 22: Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention
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Q1) One of the most influential forces encouraging the passage of laws regulating the safety and use of toxic chemicals has been
A)international organizations.
B)consumer advocacy groups.
C)social clubs such as the Rotary and Lions groups.
D)international laws.
Q2) Which of the following methods would be most effective at the cleanup of soils at hazardous waste sites eligible for LUST funds?
A)phytoremediation
B)bioremediation
C)reverse osmosis refinement
D)hydroponic intervention
Q3) By design,the molecules that resist biodegradation and include some of the most problematic persistent organic pollutants are the
A)synthetic organic compounds.
B)inorganic compounds.
C)recycled organic compounds.
D)chlorinated heavy metals.
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Chapter 23: Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles
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Q1) Which one of the following principles of smart-growth will most likely result in less commuting for all residents?
A)have states purchase open spaces
B)set physical boundaries on urban sprawl
C)build new homes and stores on existing abandoned or brownfield urban properties
D)promote the integration of homes,stores,light industry,and professional offices
Q2) Responsible and sustainable actions and policies regarding environmental issues function at the
A)individual level.
B)community level.
C)national level.
D)all levels of society
Q3) Cities that move toward sustainability will have to do all of these,except
A)promote social justice.
B)manage growth.
C)fight environmental degradation.
D)greatly expand highways and parking facilities.
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