TEST BANK for Loose Leaf for Environmental Scie
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nce: A Global Concern 16th Edition by William P. Cu
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nningham
Complete Chapters 1-25 With Verified Questions & Accurate Answers| A+ PASS
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All Answers at the Back of Each Chapter
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, CH.01..Understanding.Our.Environment.
1) To.say.that.environmental.science.is.mission.oriented.means.it.is
A) a.highly.organized.endeavor.
B) essentially.an.information.gathering.endeavor.
C) oriented.toward.solving.problems.
D) designed.to.understand.relationships.
2) If.everyone.in.the.world.lived.a.lifestyle.similar.to.the.average.U.S..citizen.we.would.need.more.
planets.to.support.everyone.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
3) About
of.the.world's.people.currently.lack.access.to.clean.water,.adequate.diet,.basic.sanitation,.and.other.essential.
needs.
A) 100.million
B) 300.million
C) 700.million
D) 1.4.billion
4) Sustainable.development.means
A) improving.people's.lives.in.the.present.in.a.way.that.can.continue.far.into.the.future.
B) providing.ever-increasing.amounts.of.adequate.housing.
C) continued.growth.indefinitely.as.long.as.it.can.be.paid.off.
D) utilizing.an.ever-increasing.quantity.of.natural.resources.
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,5) The.earliest.documented.recognition.that.misuse.of.the.natural.environment.can.have.nasty.con
sequences.was
A) George.Perkins.Marsh's.1864.publication.of.Man.and.Nature.
B) Rachel.Carson's.Silent.Spring,.alerting.the.public.to.the.dangers.of.pollution.in.1962.
C) Roosevelt's.warnings.about.overuse.a.century.ago.
D) Plato's.writings.2500.years.ago.
6) Which.of.the.following.presently.provides.80.percent.of.the.energy.used.in.industrialized.countries?
A) fossil.fuels
B) wind
C) hydroelectric.power
D) solar
7) The.position.that.nature.deserves.to.be.protected.in.its.own.right.is.called
A) biocentric.preservation.
B) utilitarian.conservation.
C) environmentalism.
D) global.environmentalism.
8) constitutes.4.6.percent.of.the.world's.people.yet.produces.about.50.percent.of.all.toxic.waste.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The.United.States
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, 9) The.text.suggests.there.is.not.a.strong.connection.between.poverty.and.environmental.degradation.
⊚.true
⊚.false
10) Most.people.agree.that.global.climate.change.is.not.a.real.environmental.threat.
⊚.true
⊚.false
11) By.2050,.the.earth.is.projected.to.have.a.population.between
A) 8.and.10.billion.
B) 7.and.8.billion.
C) 8.and.9.billion.
D) 10.and.12.billion.
12) Loss.of.indigenous.cultures.is.accompanied.by.loss.of.unique.understanding.of.nature.
⊚.true
⊚.false
13) An.important.reason.for.determining.the.size.of.a.society's.ecological.footprint.is.to.determine.the.susta
inability.of.its.lifestyle.
⊚.true
⊚.false
14) One.of.the.earliest.models.for.conservation.in.the.United.States.was.based.on.utilitarian.conservation,.for.w
hich.nature.was.conserved.not.to.protect.biodiversity,.but.to.provide.jobs.and.resources.
⊚.true
⊚.false
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. . . . . . .
nce: A Global Concern 16th Edition by William P. Cu
. . . . . . . . .
nningham
Complete Chapters 1-25 With Verified Questions & Accurate Answers| A+ PASS
. . . . . . . . . .
All Answers at the Back of Each Chapter
. . . . . . .
Page.|.1
, CH.01..Understanding.Our.Environment.
1) To.say.that.environmental.science.is.mission.oriented.means.it.is
A) a.highly.organized.endeavor.
B) essentially.an.information.gathering.endeavor.
C) oriented.toward.solving.problems.
D) designed.to.understand.relationships.
2) If.everyone.in.the.world.lived.a.lifestyle.similar.to.the.average.U.S..citizen.we.would.need.more.
planets.to.support.everyone.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
3) About
of.the.world's.people.currently.lack.access.to.clean.water,.adequate.diet,.basic.sanitation,.and.other.essential.
needs.
A) 100.million
B) 300.million
C) 700.million
D) 1.4.billion
4) Sustainable.development.means
A) improving.people's.lives.in.the.present.in.a.way.that.can.continue.far.into.the.future.
B) providing.ever-increasing.amounts.of.adequate.housing.
C) continued.growth.indefinitely.as.long.as.it.can.be.paid.off.
D) utilizing.an.ever-increasing.quantity.of.natural.resources.
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,5) The.earliest.documented.recognition.that.misuse.of.the.natural.environment.can.have.nasty.con
sequences.was
A) George.Perkins.Marsh's.1864.publication.of.Man.and.Nature.
B) Rachel.Carson's.Silent.Spring,.alerting.the.public.to.the.dangers.of.pollution.in.1962.
C) Roosevelt's.warnings.about.overuse.a.century.ago.
D) Plato's.writings.2500.years.ago.
6) Which.of.the.following.presently.provides.80.percent.of.the.energy.used.in.industrialized.countries?
A) fossil.fuels
B) wind
C) hydroelectric.power
D) solar
7) The.position.that.nature.deserves.to.be.protected.in.its.own.right.is.called
A) biocentric.preservation.
B) utilitarian.conservation.
C) environmentalism.
D) global.environmentalism.
8) constitutes.4.6.percent.of.the.world's.people.yet.produces.about.50.percent.of.all.toxic.waste.
A) China
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) The.United.States
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, 9) The.text.suggests.there.is.not.a.strong.connection.between.poverty.and.environmental.degradation.
⊚.true
⊚.false
10) Most.people.agree.that.global.climate.change.is.not.a.real.environmental.threat.
⊚.true
⊚.false
11) By.2050,.the.earth.is.projected.to.have.a.population.between
A) 8.and.10.billion.
B) 7.and.8.billion.
C) 8.and.9.billion.
D) 10.and.12.billion.
12) Loss.of.indigenous.cultures.is.accompanied.by.loss.of.unique.understanding.of.nature.
⊚.true
⊚.false
13) An.important.reason.for.determining.the.size.of.a.society's.ecological.footprint.is.to.determine.the.susta
inability.of.its.lifestyle.
⊚.true
⊚.false
14) One.of.the.earliest.models.for.conservation.in.the.United.States.was.based.on.utilitarian.conservation,.for.w
hich.nature.was.conserved.not.to.protect.biodiversity,.but.to.provide.jobs.and.resources.
⊚.true
⊚.false
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