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A #outdoor #recreation quiz to teach #university #recreation #students about the #environment
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Climate change is commonly used interchangeably with
greenhouse effect
global warming
all of these
none of these
2
Invasive species began >1,500 years ago when Polynesian seafarers trans. rats in dugout canoes
False
True
3
___________ means that a species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future
Threatened
Endangered Species Act
Habitat protection
Endangered
4
Found in humid climates, feature trees that form a canopy over the ground
Desert
Forest
Savanah
Tundra
5
___________ play the most vital role in regulating the global climate
Grasslands
Coral reefs
Forests
Deserts
6
Most of the glacial ice in the Alps has melted in the past century
False
True
7
Terrestrial ecosystems are the earth’s most dominate feature.
True
False
8
A(n) ____ is a community of living organisms that function together in a particular environment
Harmonic Convergence
Commune
Ecosystem
Mesosystem
9
The federal law that regs air emissions from area, stationary, and mobile sources is called the
Climate Action Plan
Environmental Protection Agency Standard
Kyoto Protocol
Clean Air Act
10
Dominated by grass and found in semiarid climatic zones
Desert
Forest
Tundra
Grasslands
11
_____’s 1962 book
Silent Spring
served as a mandate for a cause that was waiting to happen
Jane Addams
John Muir
Olivia Newton John
Rachel Carson
12
Ozone can be good as well as bad
True
False
13
Consists of a mixture of forest and grassland associated with a tropical climate
Tundra
Grasslands
Forest
Savanna
14
Poor water quality has vastly affected recreational pursuits
True
False
15
Tidal waters provide communities of plants & animals & are among the most productive on earth
True
False
16
An action at any level in the food chain has a potential effect on every occupant of the system
False
True
17
Estuaries are defined as a body of water with no salinity
False
True
18
Limited to herbs and shrubs and located in cold climates
Tundra
Grasslands
Savanna
Desert
19
Originates in arid regions where generally low herbs and shrubs form a disconnected cover
Desert
Grassland
Tundra
Forest
20
The anthropocentric orientation views humans
above or outside of nature
against nature
in harmony with nature
as a part of nature
21
Earth Day 2000 attracted ~ ____ million people, 25X the number of the first Earth Day in 1970
100
350
500
300
22
Which is NOT an ingredient of the interaction of people at leisure with the environment?
Good wi-fi signal
Ethics
Cognition
Direct Experience
23
Wilderness skills by recreationists tend to stimulate sensitivity to the protection of nature
True
False
24
Humans are NOT part of the ecosystem
True
False
