Human Geography, Practice Quiz: Chapter 04

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. ________ is a process whereby a plant is modified in order to fulfill a specific human desire.

a) Labelling correct incorrect

b) Deforestation correct incorrect

c) Grazing correct incorrect

d) Domestication correct incorrect

e) All of the above 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) Both A and C correct incorrect

e) Both A and B correct incorrect

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. Desertification is provoked by ________.

a) the clearing of vegetation correct incorrect

b) alterations in the water cycle correct incorrect

c) over-grazing, fuel-gathering, intensive cultivation, and salinization of irrigated land correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) Both A and B 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

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) Both A and B 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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. Humans impact ecosystems through ________.

a) the simplification of the ecosystem correct incorrect

b) global climate change correct incorrect

c) loss of biodiversity correct incorrect

d) the natural greenhouse effect correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The _________ policy 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 correct incorrect

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. The principal response to the fact of global warming and its probable consequences 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) All of the above 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

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) Both B and C 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 environments 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 great correct incorrect

e) Both A and D correct incorrect