Norton, Ninth Edition: Quiz Chapter 04

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Question 1:

________ is a process whereby a plant is modified in order to fulfill a specific human desire.
a) Labelling
b) Deforestation
c) Grazing
d) Domestication
e) All of the above

Question 2:

The principle culprit for ________ was chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
a) acid rain
b) the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica
c) increased salinity of soil
d) Both A and C
e) Both A and B

Question 3:

Desertification is provoked by ________.
a) the clearing of vegetation
b) alterations in the water cycle
c) over-grazing, fuel-gathering, intensive cultivation, and salinization of irrigated land
d) All of the above
e) Both A and B

Question 4:

A stock resource includes ________.
a) all minerals and land that take a long time to form
b) fossil fuels
c) resources that are fixed in supply
d) All of the above
e) Both A and B

Question 5:

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
b) anthropocentric
c) desertification
d) biodiversity
e) origins

Question 6:

Humans impact ecosystems through ________.
a) the simplification of the ecosystem
b) global climate change
c) loss of biodiversity
d) the natural greenhouse effect
e) All of the above

Question 7:

The _________ policy was designed to address the reduction and eventual elimination of chlorofluorocarbons.
a) Kyoto Protocol
b) Brundtland Report
c) Montreal Protocol
d) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
e) Biosafety

Question 8:

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
b) to limit the impacts of the urban heat island
c) to adapt to rising temperatures and new land uses
d) to conserve of stock energy-resources
e) All of the above

Question 9:

Humans impact vegetation through ________.
a) plant domestication
b) fire
c) tropical rainforest removal
d) All of the above
e) Both B and C

Question 10:

The following statement is TRUE about biodiversity loss: ________.
a) It is caused by the removal or destabilization of the environments of various species
b) 16,000 species are under thread of extinction
c) Biodiversity has lowered by one-third between 1920 and 2005
d) The loss of species is difficult to quantify and often contested, but is likely great
e) Both A and D

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Norton, Ninth Edition: Chapter 04