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APES Test 1: Ch 1 & Ch 20
APES Test 1: Ch 1 & Ch 20
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high school ap environmental science
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1
Factors that are responsible for grain production not keeping up with worldwide population:
crop diseases
use of food crops for fuel
all of these
soil degradation
2
Situation where prices don't account for all costs
market failure
price gouging
market volatility
equilibrium
3
Which is not a non-renewable resource
timber
copper
oil
aluminum
4
Which of these incorporates externalities into the cost of a service
sales tax
changes in oil price
paying for utilities
cap and trade of emission allowances
5
The point where the supply and demand curves intersect is known as--
the real cost
the market equilibrium
an externality
the transaction cost
6
A society that is able to address environmental degradation would prolly not see an increase in
rate of population growth
life span
well-being
health care access
7
If I wanted to study the effect of a toxin on a human population--
compare a population that had been exposed to another pop
I could experiment on humans
I should do my experiment overseas where they won't care
only experiment on young, healthy people
8
Which would not be included in GDP
exports minus imports
resource depletion
consumer spending
government spending
9
One square km is equal to___square meters
20,000,000
200,000,000
1,000,000
100,000
10
As GDP increases, __will also increase until the nation becomes wealthy enough to address it.
crime
school dropout rate
per capita pollution
population growth
11
Ecosystem services are the....
are valued for their beauty
indicate the current state of the environment
processes that humans use to address environmental problems
processes by which life supporting resources are produced
12
A power plant is fined for going over it's quota of carbon emissions. This is
an adverse-conditioning approach
a command-and-control approach
an incentive-based approach
a litigation approach
13
Why did sulfur emissions (from burning coal) decrease between 1970 and 1990?
Earth day was established in 1970
the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972
Silent Spring was published in the 1960's
the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970
14
The graph that depicts the relationship between environmental degradation and GDP is
human development index
genuine progress index
gross domestic product
Kuznets curve
15
The number of species on Earth that are yet to be identified is between
5-100 million
1-2 million
5-10 billion
50-100 billion
16
The triple bottom line is an approach to sustainable development that considers
social factors
the economy
all of these
the environment
17
Which is an example of a sustainable practice?
Replanting a logged forest
all of these
Developing substitutes for nonrenewable resources
banning the use of all fossil fuels
18
The environment is....
all of the conditions on Earth
species interactions that affect human life
interactions that harm the atmosphere
the sum of all conditions surrounding us that influence life
19
Human population to day is closest to
7 billion
12 billion
3 billion
5 billion
20
The cost of an impact that is not part of an economic price is
transaction cost
price gouging
an externality
a supply anomaly
21
An ecological footprint considers
how much an individual consumes in terms of land area
average annual consumption of resources
resources a nation consumes in an average year
per capita resource use of a nation
