Sustainability — Unit test Answers

Which of the following theories concerning global climate change is the most widely accepted?a.Changes in the global climate will lead to an increase in extreme weather and flooding.b.Global climate is changing due to burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.c.Global climate change will happen rapidly.d.Extra carbon dioxide and global warming will be beneficial.

Which of the following practices will lead to sustainability?a.increased groundwater pumpingb.fossil fuel usec.conservation tillaged.increased pesticide use

Which of the following predictions about global climate change is directly related to an increase in the burning of fossil fuels?a.increased extreme weatherb.decreased food supplyc.global warmingd.falling sea levels

In a food chain, consumers gather energy by _______.a.consuming organisms at a lower trophic levelb.consuming organisms at a higher trophic levelc.decomposing dead organic matterd.absorbing sunlight directly

The goal of the world resource simulation center is best described as _______.a.solving current problems regarding world resource useb.predicting the future impacts of resource use in the U.S.c.determining how to manage global resources for all humanityd.providing education tools for describing global resource use

Most of the costs associated with using renewable resources are due to _______.a.overuse of resourcesb.atmospheric pollutionc.lack of availabilityd.global warming

Which of the following is not a consequence of the onset of early spring events?a.floweringb.acidic ocean waterc.fruit ripeningd.hatching eggs

What is the main advantage to using satellites to measure climate change?a.They can measure aspects of climate globally.b.They are unaffected by the weather conditions they measure.c.They are a universal tool for measuring all factors of climate.d.They can measure the amount of rainfall a specific area receives.

Which of the following alternative energy technologies is most likely to be used to power a car?a.windb.geothermalc.biofueld.hydropower

Which of the following is an environmental consequence of importing resources into the United States?a.air pollutionb.habitat lossc.oil spillsd.all of the above

How are the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles similar?a.They are all biogeochemical cycles.b.They all involve an interaction between living and nonliving elements.c.They are all part of the Earth system.d.All of the above.

Manmade global warming is caused by _______.a.pollutionb.water vaporc.farmsd.species extinction