Practice Quiz Chapter 12

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. _________ is a process whereby a plant is modified in order to fulfil a specific human desire.

a) Labelling correct incorrect

b) Deforestation correct incorrect

c) Grazing correct incorrect

d) Domestication correct incorrect

e) Captive breeding correct incorrect

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. The principle culprit for _________ was chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

a) acid rain correct incorrect

b) the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica correct incorrect

c) increased salinity of soil correct incorrect

d) melting sea ice correct incorrect

e) deforestation correct incorrect

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. The significance of desertification lies in _________.

a) the clearing of vegetation correct incorrect

b) alterations in the water cycle correct incorrect

c) soil erosion by wind and water correct incorrect

d) both A and B correct incorrect

e) all of the above correct incorrect

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. A stock resource includes _________.

a) all minerals and land that take a long time to form correct incorrect

b) fossil fuels correct incorrect

c) resources that are fixed in supply correct incorrect

e) both A and B correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The _________ view regards humans as the central fact of the world, stressing the centrality of humans to the detriment of the rest of the world.

a) ecocentric correct incorrect

b) anthropocentric correct incorrect

c) desertification correct incorrect

d) biodiversity correct incorrect

e) origins correct incorrect

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. _________ is the study of relationships between organisms and their environments.

a) Environmentalism correct incorrect

b) Ecosystem correct incorrect

c) Ecosphere correct incorrect

d) Ecology correct incorrect

e) Biodiversity correct incorrect

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. The _________ was designed to address the reduction and eventual elimination of chlorofluorocarbons.

a) Kyoto Protocol correct incorrect

b) Brundtland Report correct incorrect

c) Montreal Protocol correct incorrect

d) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development correct incorrect

e) Biosafety Policy correct incorrect

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. The principal response to the fact of global warming and its probable consequence has been _________.

a) an effort to implement policies that will reduce the emission of greenhouse gases correct incorrect

b) to limit the impacts of the urban heat island correct incorrect

c) to adapt to rising temperatures and new land uses correct incorrect

d) to conserve of stock energy resources correct incorrect

e) prohibiting use of cars in all urban centres correct incorrect

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. Humans impact vegetation through _________.

a) plant domestication correct incorrect

b) fire correct incorrect

c) tropical rainforest removal correct incorrect

e) both B and C correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The following statement is TRUE about biodiversity loss: _________.

a) It is caused by the removal or destabilization of the environment of various species correct incorrect

b) 16,000 species are under thread of extinction correct incorrect

c) Biodiversity has lowered by one-third between 1920 and 2005 correct incorrect

d) The loss of species is difficult to quantify and often contested, but is likely abundant correct incorrect

e) Both A and D correct incorrect