ES Mid Term Test Bank environmental science (International University - VNU-HCM)

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ES Mid Term Test Bank




environmental science (International University - VNU-HCM)

, CHAPTER 1—ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THEIR CAUSES, AND
SUSTAINABILITY

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A fictional vision of a more environmentally healthy planet in the future uses which of the following fuels
and renewable energy resources?
a. underground heat only
b. algae only
c. sun and wind only
d. flowing water only
e. underground heat, algae, sun and wind and flowing water


ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
TOP: CORE CASE STUDY-CHAPTER 1
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: APPLICATION

2. Which of the following best describes the areas of study that are important in the discipline of
environmental science?
a. Biology.
b. Chemistry and geology
c. Economics and biology
d. Economics and chemistry
e. Biology, chemistry, geology and economics


ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: KNOWLEDGE

3. Which of the following is a goal of environmental science?
a. Learn how life on earth has thrived and survived.
b. Understand how we interact with the environment.
c. Live more sustainably and find ways to deal with environmental problems.
d. Learn how life on earth has thrived and survived and understand how we interact with the
environment.
e. Learn how life on earth has thrived and survived, understand how we interact with the environment,
and live more sustainably and find ways to deal with environmental problems.


ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: KNOWLEDGE

4. Which of the following is a social movement dedicated to the protection of the Earth's natural capital?
a. Ecology
b. environmental science
c. Environmentalism

, d. natural science
e. Sustainability


ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: KNOWLEDGE

5. Which of the following terms encompasses all of the others?
a. natural capital
b. natural resources
c. natural services
d. renewable resources
e. nonrenewable resources


ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: COMPREHENSION

6. Which of the following is a form of natural capital gained directly or indirectly as a result of solar energy?
a. Forests
b. flowing water and wind energy
c. wind energy only
d. coal and oil
e. forests, flowing water, wind energy, coal and oil.


ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: KNOWLEDGE

7. You have decided to install solar collectors on the roof of your home that will cut your use of propane gas
to heat both your hot water tank and the living spaces in your home. In doing so, you are using a
______________resource rather than a ______________resource.
a. renewable; nonrenewable
b perpetual; renewable
.
c. renewable; perpetual
d nonrenewable; renewable
.
e. perpetual; nonrenewable


ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: APPLICATION

8. One of the reasons biodiversity is such an important aspect of sustainability is the fact that
a. cycling chemicals maintains a ready supply of new materials for water, soil and food

, b. it is the ultimate source of energy for plants
c. interactions among species provide population controls that limits ultimate population sizes of many
species
d. it provides water purification and topsoil renewable
e. two of these answers are correct


ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
TOP: 1-1WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: COMPREHENSION




9. Which of the following is best categorized as an example of a natural service?
a. renewable energy
b. nonrenewable energy
c. water purification
d. Oil
e. Soil


ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: KNOWLEDGE

10. When we speak of protecting the environment, we are referring to
a. all living things on the planet
b all non-living things such as air, fresh water, and energy
.
c. all living and non-living things
d humans and the living and non-living things that affect them only
.
e. humans and the living things that affect them only


ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
TOP: 1-1 WHAT ARE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY?
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY: KNOWLEDGE

11. A group of organisms with a unique set of characteristics that distinguishes them from other organisms, is
called a
a. Species
b. Ecosystem
c. sustainable
society
d. natural resource
e. Population