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Environmental Change and Challenge, Second Edition - Quiz 01

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Question 1:

What do the Lubicon First Nations in Alberta and Yellowknife, NWT have in common?
a) a history of gold mining
b) a history of oil drilling
c) a history of industrial pollution
d) all of the above
e) b and c

Question 2:

As a result of environmental degradation, production of crops has been reduced by 13 per cent over the last:
a) 10 years
b) 30 years
c) 50 years
d) 70 years
e) 100 years

Question 3:

When specialists from various disciplines examine an issue from their own perspective, such as management of the Sydney Tar Ponds, it is best described as a way of creating and applying knowledge that is:
a) cross-disciplinary
b) multidisciplinary
c) interdisciplinary
d) transdisciplinary

Question 4:

The toxic waste known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs):
a) led to the closure of the lobster fishery in Sydney, Nova Scotia
b) can only be destroyed by incineration at temperatures higher than that needed to destroy polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
c) could not be conclusively determined as originating from the Sydney tar ponds
d) all of the above
e) a and c

Question 5:

Overall cancer rates in Sydney, Nova Scotia are:
a) far above the national average
b) equivalent to rates in the nearby communities of Glace Bay and New Waterford
c) 134 percent above the provincial rate
d) all of the above
e) a and c

Question 6:

The United Nations forecasts that the world population will reach ___________ by the year 2050.
a) 8.3 billion
b) 8.9 billion
c) 9.3 billion
d) 9.9 billion

Question 7:

Global energy consumption increased more than twelve-fold between 1850 and 1970, while population tripled.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Canada is considered one of the most privileged countries. Which of the following statements fails to support this argument?
a) it has a vast land area of 13 million square kilometres
b) there is currently little danger of overpopulation with some 32 million people
c) Canada's low population density reduces its ecological footprint
d) Canadian residents have access to some of the highest per capita water and energy consumption levels in the world

Question 9:

Among 20 municipalities in a 2004 study undertaken for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the ecological footprint is:
a) highest in York, Ontario because of suburban development and car transporation
b) lowest in Sudbury, Ontario because of innovative energy programs
c) an average of 7.25 hectares, third in world rankings
d) all of the above
e) e) a and b only

Question 10:

The largest generation in history, 1.2 billion people, is now between the ages of:
a) 12 and 19
b) 10 and 21
c) 10 and 19
d) 12 and 16
e) 9 and 19

Question 11:

The largest generation in history, 1.2 billion people, is now between the ages of:
a) 12 and 19
b) 10 and 21
c) 10 and 19
d) 12 and 16
e) 9 and 19