PLSC180 MENTI REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RATED 100% CORRECT.
Previously developed sites that do have known or probable contamination that
pose threats to human or environmental health Answer - Brownfield
Previously developed sites that do not have known or probable contamination
that pose threats to human or environmental health Answer - Grayfield
The processes and material flows - inputs, outputs and feedback loops - that
sustain systems operation Answer - Metabolism
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the industrial city of the 18th -
mid 20th centuries? Answer - Decentralized and mobile workforce due to
automobile ownership and highway infrastructure
Which of the following are challenges posed to communities and the
environment by post-industrial landscapes Answer - All of the above (Lost
economic production of former industry and supporting businesses, Lost social
structure that was formerly provided for workers, Threats to human and
environmental health, particularly groundwater contamination, Expensive costs
for site cleanup or traditional site redevelopment)
Which of the following projects is an example of the 'industrial sublime?
Answer - Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord
, A reclamation of an abandoned surface quarry in Florida that affords golfers
the opportunity to play amidst successional piles of limestone tailings Answer -
Streamsong
Detroit Future City is a framework that uses abandoned lots in a post industrial
city as strategy for new social, economic and ecological production Answer -
True
The use of living plants to clean soil, air and water contaminated with
hazardous materials to reduce or eliminate harm to human + environment
health Answer - Phytoremediation
The region of the soil around plant roots in which soil chemistry and
microbiology is influenced by root growth, respiration and nutrient exchange is
Answer - Rhizosphere
Materials released by plant roots, such as enzymes, proteins, sugars and other
compounds that support healthy populations of microorganisms Answer -
Exudates
An ecosystem is a stable, yet dynamic network of biotic and abiotic elements
that interact with one another Answer - True
Plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert sunlight into biomass
represent the foundational trophic level in an ecosystem's food web Answer -
Primary Producers
The many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural
environment and properly-functioning ecosystems Answer - Ecosystem
Services
RATED 100% CORRECT.
Previously developed sites that do have known or probable contamination that
pose threats to human or environmental health Answer - Brownfield
Previously developed sites that do not have known or probable contamination
that pose threats to human or environmental health Answer - Grayfield
The processes and material flows - inputs, outputs and feedback loops - that
sustain systems operation Answer - Metabolism
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the industrial city of the 18th -
mid 20th centuries? Answer - Decentralized and mobile workforce due to
automobile ownership and highway infrastructure
Which of the following are challenges posed to communities and the
environment by post-industrial landscapes Answer - All of the above (Lost
economic production of former industry and supporting businesses, Lost social
structure that was formerly provided for workers, Threats to human and
environmental health, particularly groundwater contamination, Expensive costs
for site cleanup or traditional site redevelopment)
Which of the following projects is an example of the 'industrial sublime?
Answer - Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord
, A reclamation of an abandoned surface quarry in Florida that affords golfers
the opportunity to play amidst successional piles of limestone tailings Answer -
Streamsong
Detroit Future City is a framework that uses abandoned lots in a post industrial
city as strategy for new social, economic and ecological production Answer -
True
The use of living plants to clean soil, air and water contaminated with
hazardous materials to reduce or eliminate harm to human + environment
health Answer - Phytoremediation
The region of the soil around plant roots in which soil chemistry and
microbiology is influenced by root growth, respiration and nutrient exchange is
Answer - Rhizosphere
Materials released by plant roots, such as enzymes, proteins, sugars and other
compounds that support healthy populations of microorganisms Answer -
Exudates
An ecosystem is a stable, yet dynamic network of biotic and abiotic elements
that interact with one another Answer - True
Plants and other photosynthetic organisms that convert sunlight into biomass
represent the foundational trophic level in an ecosystem's food web Answer -
Primary Producers
The many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural
environment and properly-functioning ecosystems Answer - Ecosystem
Services
