8. The difference(s) between highly developed countries and less developed countries include
a) income levels
b) industrialization levels
c) fertility rates
d) infant mortality
e) All of these choices are correct
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.2 Describe how population growth and our choice of resources affect the environment. TERMINAL LO
Learning Objective 2: LO 1.2.2 Explain the impacts of population and affluence on consumption. ENABLING LO
Section Reference 1: 1,2 Population, Resources, and Environment
9. In 1950, the largest city in the world, with 12.3 million inhabitants, was __(1)___. By 2010 city (1) was surpassed by ______(2)_____ as the largest city in the world with 35.2 million inhabitants.
a) (1) Bombay, India; (2) Mexico City, Mexico
b) (1) Madrid, Spain; (2) Calcutta, India
c) (1) New York City, United States; (2) Tokyo, Japan
d) (1) Shanghai, P.R. China; (2) Bombay, India
e) (1) London, England; (2) New York City, United States
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Explain how human activities and development affect global systems. TERMINAL LO
Learning Objective 2: LO 1.1.2 Describe the factors that characterize human development and how they impact environment and sustainability. ENABLING LO
Section Reference 1: 1.1 Human Impacts on Environment
10. Poverty is associated with all of the following EXCEPT:
a) low life expectancy
b) illiteracy
c) inadequate access to health services
d) balanced nutrition
e) unsafe drinking water
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Explain how human activities and development affect global systems. TERMINAL LO
Learning Objective 2: LO 1.1.2 Describe the factors that characterize human development and how they impact environment and sustainability. ENABLING LO
Section Reference 1: 1.1 Human Impacts on the Environment
11. What activity/activities contribute(s) to making the human species the most significant agent of environmental change on Earth?
a) continued population growth
b) consuming non-renewable resources
c) eradicating unique species
d) ignoring the environment
e) All of these choices are correct
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Explain how human activities and development affect global systems. TERMINAL LO
Learning Objective 2: LO 1.1.2 Describe the factors that characterize human development and how they impact environment and sustainability. ENABLING LO
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Section Reference 1: 1.1 Human Impacts on the Environment
12. The one central problem of environmental science that links all other problems together is that:
a) we are using up our supplies of fossil fuels
b) we are polluting the environment
c) we are using too much fresh water
d) we are continually increasing the number of humans
e) we are depleting needed resources
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.1 Explain how human activities and development affect the environment. TERMINAL LO
Learning Objective 2: LO 1.1.2 Explain how human activities affect global systems. ENABLING LO
Section Reference 1: 1.1 Human Impacts on Environment
13. I = P x A x T model can be used to calculate which of the following?
a) urbanization
b) people overpopulation
c) industrialization
d) international fertility rates
e) human impact on the environment
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
Bloomcode: Knowledge
Learning Objective 1: LO 1.2 Describe how population growth and our choice of resources affect the environment. TERMINAL LO
Learning Objective 2: LO 1.2.4 Describe the three most important factors that determine human impact on the environment. ENABLING LO
Section Reference 1: 1.2 Population, Resources, and the Environment
14. A warmer atmosphere is likely to cause:
a) increased melting of glaciers and ice caps
b) changes in precipitation patterns
c) negative feedback between melting of ice sheets and atmospheric temperature.
d) increased melting of glaciers and ice caps and changes in precipitation patterns
e) all of these