ENVS 1126 Edward Laws Quiz 1 – 7
Exam Questions and Answers
chapter 1 : Which one of the following statements is not one of the four basic
assumptions of the scientific method? - Answer- Energy can neither be created nor
destroyed
chapter 2 : Which of the following countries have centrally planned economies? -
Answer- Cuba and North Korea
chapter 1 : Which one of the following is not one of the vital concepts that move
societies toward a sustainable future? - Answer- Security
chapter 1 : The figure below shows concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere from
the late 1950s to the present time. In addition to the long term trend of increasing
CO2 concentrations, the concentrations also oscillate up and down by several parts
per million on an annual basis. At what time of the year would you expect the
concentrations to be lowest? - Answer- At the end of summer
chapter 2 : Most national wealth is ___________. - Answer- Intangible capital
chapter 3 : Consider the following statements: (I) In any energy conversion, some of
the usable energy is always lost (II) Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but it
may be converted from one form to another, (III) Systems will go spontaneously in
one direction only, toward increasing entropy. Which of these are statements of the
second law of thermodynamics? - Answer- I and III
chapter 2 : Temperatures are projected to rise more at high latitudes in the northern
hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere by the end of this century because
________________ . - Answer- melting the ice on the Arctic Ocean will decrease the
albedo of the Arctic Ocean
chapter 3 : A bag of fertilizer is labeled 12-20-15. This label tells you that the
percentage of organic matter in the fertilizer is - Answer- cannot tell
chapter 2 : Taxol, which is used to treat lung, ovarian, and breast cancer, head and
neck cancer, and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma, was originally isolated from
_____________________ . - Answer- the bark of the Pacific yew tree
chapter 3 : Which one of the following accounts for the fact that the abundance of
mangroves along the Louisiana coast has increased dramatically in the last 20
years? - Answer- warmer winters
If the relationship between species A and B is mutualistic, __________ . - Answer-
both A and B benefit from the relationship
Exam Questions and Answers
chapter 1 : Which one of the following statements is not one of the four basic
assumptions of the scientific method? - Answer- Energy can neither be created nor
destroyed
chapter 2 : Which of the following countries have centrally planned economies? -
Answer- Cuba and North Korea
chapter 1 : Which one of the following is not one of the vital concepts that move
societies toward a sustainable future? - Answer- Security
chapter 1 : The figure below shows concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere from
the late 1950s to the present time. In addition to the long term trend of increasing
CO2 concentrations, the concentrations also oscillate up and down by several parts
per million on an annual basis. At what time of the year would you expect the
concentrations to be lowest? - Answer- At the end of summer
chapter 2 : Most national wealth is ___________. - Answer- Intangible capital
chapter 3 : Consider the following statements: (I) In any energy conversion, some of
the usable energy is always lost (II) Energy is neither created nor destroyed, but it
may be converted from one form to another, (III) Systems will go spontaneously in
one direction only, toward increasing entropy. Which of these are statements of the
second law of thermodynamics? - Answer- I and III
chapter 2 : Temperatures are projected to rise more at high latitudes in the northern
hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere by the end of this century because
________________ . - Answer- melting the ice on the Arctic Ocean will decrease the
albedo of the Arctic Ocean
chapter 3 : A bag of fertilizer is labeled 12-20-15. This label tells you that the
percentage of organic matter in the fertilizer is - Answer- cannot tell
chapter 2 : Taxol, which is used to treat lung, ovarian, and breast cancer, head and
neck cancer, and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma, was originally isolated from
_____________________ . - Answer- the bark of the Pacific yew tree
chapter 3 : Which one of the following accounts for the fact that the abundance of
mangroves along the Louisiana coast has increased dramatically in the last 20
years? - Answer- warmer winters
If the relationship between species A and B is mutualistic, __________ . - Answer-
both A and B benefit from the relationship
