Chapter 09 Check My Learning Quiz

The treaty regulating ozone layer-destroying chemicals was signed in the

1930s.

1980s.

1890s.

1960s.

The Montreal Protocol deals with

Global trade issues.

The depletion of the ozone layer.

Fishing rights.

Oil spill cleanup.

The largest air pollution source is

Automobiles.

Coal.

Volcanic activity.

Agriculture.

If deforestation, urban development, tourism, mining, and commercial hunting and fishing continue unabatedly, between ______ of species will disappear by 2050.

35 and 45 percent.

3 and 6 percent.

15 and 37 percent.

72 and 85 percent.

If the world's population continues to grow, then agriculture's demand for water will ____ by 2050 compared to 2000.

Double.

Be dived by three.

Be six times as high.

None of the above.

Of the following countries, which has the biggest problem with unclean drinking water?

Australia.

France.

China.

Canada.

Because of changes in weather patterns, the Mediterranean region will likely see a drop in precipitation of about ____ by the middle of the twenty-first century.

25-30 percent.

6-10 percent.

50-70 percent.

18-22 percent.

Bhopal, India, is primarily known for

A chemical accident that occurred in 1983.

Being the site of a major tsunami.

Its devastation by a volcanic eruption.

The world's largest oil spill.

Where did the largest oil spill occur?

Alaska.

Kuwait.

Gulf of Mexico.

North Sea.

Which legal act is the BEST example of regulation and restriction" environmental policies?"

Treaty of Westphalia.

1949 Geneva Accords.

1900 Lacey Act.

Montreal Protocol.

By treaty, economic exploration and military activities are prohibited here:

Antarctica.

Greenland.

Australia.

Northern Canada.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, the second-worst environmental offenders" are the inhabitants of this country: "

Great Britain.

Saudi Arabia.

China.

United States.

Which president showed the LEAST concern for the environment?

Barack Obama.

Jimmy Carter.

George W. Bush.

Bill Clinton.

Currently, the cheapest source of energy is

Wind energy.

Nuclear energy.

Oil and coal energy.

Solar energy.

Who wrote Silent Spring, the book warning about the perils of pesticide use in agriculture?

Al Gore.

Rachel Carson.

James Lovelock

Bjoern Lomborg

Environmental policies are primarily concerned with which general types of environmental problems?

Surplus and exhaustion.

Contamination and depletion.

Insufficiency and abundance.

Social and political.

Contamination affects all of the following, EXCEPT

Air.

Water.

Soil.

Space.

Depletion is the ______of essential elements of an ecosystem.

Serious reduction.

Harmful contamination.

Negligible removal.

Excessive augmentation.

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Nitrogen.

CO2.

CH4.

Ozone.

Consequences of global warming include, in particular,

Deforestation.

Depletion of oil resources.

Rising sea levels.

Increasing glacier size.

Skeptics argue that global warming is caused by

Humans only.

Internal heat in the earth.

Human activities and natural processes.

Processes that take place only in space.

The massive removal or disappearance, thinning, changing, and elimination of trees, bushes, and other vegetation is called

Deforestation.

Pruning.

Depletion.

Modern agriculture.

Business ventures in which companies are involved in activities reducing contamination and depletion are called

Green businesses.

Green investments.

Green trade.

Green governance.

Seeking technological solutions to environmental problems is known as

Environmental problem solving.

Geoengineering.

Green thought.

Environmental geostrategy.

Sustainable development is a comprehensive policy stimulating economic growth and ____at the same time.

A smaller trade deficit.

Welfare.

Economic protectionism.

Environmental protection.

What is the main obstacle facing countries in trying to combat climate change?

Developing technology for alternative energy.

Convincing the United Nations that climate change is real.

Understanding the science underlying climate change.

Resisting domestic and economic pressures.

Who or what organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for environmental efforts?

Tony Blair.

Al Gore.

The European Union.

Greenpeace.

Which environmental approach challenges the Gaia theory?

Dependency theory.

The geoengineering approach.

Constructivism.

Environmental skepticism.

Overall, which type of political party is MOST likely to support environmental protection measures?

Agricultural.

Social democratic.

Conservative.

Green.

Greenpeace

Formed in the 1990s in New York City.

Often makes use of nonviolent protest.

Does not have any formal organization or headquarters.

Got its start by protesting global warming.

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