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1Which type of forest managment is best if you want to plan for the long-term future and have the time and rescources for a pay off
- AAdaptive Management
- BMaximum Sustainabile yeild
- CShelter wood harvesting
- Decosystem based management
2Which type of timber management would be best if your only concern is short term timber production?
- AShelterwood harvesting
- BSelection
- CClear cutting
- DSeed tree harvesting
3 which type of timber management would be best if you wanted a quick harvest, but also wanted to catalyze regeneration of the forest?
- Aselection
- Bclear-cutting
- Cshelterwood harvesting
4Which of the following best describes urban sprawl?
- Athe urban plus suburban area of a city
- Bthe spread of low-density urban or suburban development outward from a city
- Ca population shift from rural to urban or suburban areas
5Which of the following problems associated with urban sprawl, feeds back to make sprawl even worse?
- Aa. diversion of money from the city center to the suburbs
- Bincreased pollution from vehicle use
- Cincreased traffic accidents and commute times
- Dconsumption of natural areas and resources
6Approximately how much of the world's energy production is still in fossilfuels?
- A33
- B20
- C55
- D80
7Approximately how much more land and feed does it take to produce the same ar of beef as chicken?
- A50%
- B2 times
- C10 times
- D100 times
8 Which of the following is NOT a drawback (con) of organic farming?
- A) lower income
- Bmore pests on crops
- Cdifficult transition from conventional farming
9Which kind of farming plants crops on a series of level platforms to reduce erosion i mountainous areas?
- Acontour farming
- Bo-till farming
- Ccrop rotation
- Dterracing
10which kind of farming plants rows of trees to serve as windbreaks to reduce wind erosion?
- Ano-till farming
- Bcontour farming
- Crop rotation
- Dshelterbelts
11Which kind of farming helps return nutrients to the soil by mixing in crops like soyben?
- Acontour farming
- Bcrop rotation
- Cshelterbelts
- Dterracing
12The soil horizon closest to the bedrock?
- Aa horizon
- Bb horizon
- CE horizon
- DC horizon
13Which soil horizon is equivalent to what we call the topsoil?
- AO horizon
- BA horizon
- CE horizon
- DC horizon
14 Which greenhouse gas has the greatest heat-trapping ability?
- ACH4
- BCO2
- CHCFCs
- DN2O
15 El Nino events are driven by shifts in.....
- Aocean circulation
- Btectonic activity
- Csolar output
- Dcarbon emissions
16Glaciers around the world have lost mass equivalent to approximately how much vertical thickness?
- A2 feet
- B10 feet
- C1 meter
- D15 meters
17How long has it been since carbon dioxide,Nitrous oxide, and methane were at the levels as high as they are currently?
- Asince the start of the industrial revolution
- Bat least 800,000 years
- Capproximately 2000 years
- Dprobably sonce the last ice age
18Which of the following causes of natural variation in climate also causes glaciations?
- Asolar output
- Bocean circulation
- Ctectonic activity
- DMilankovitch cycles
19All of the following contribute to acid deposition except
- ASo2 gas
- Blight
- Ch20
- DNO2 gases
20 the ozone layer is found in which layer of the atmosphere?
- ATroposphere
- BMesosphere
- CStratosphere
- DThermosphere
21Which layer atmosphere would you expect to have the highest air density?
- ATroposhere
- BMesosphere
- CThermosphere
- DStratosphere
22What is probably the most severe environmental concern in the ocean?
- Aexcess nutrients
- Boil pollution
- Cplastic debris
- Doverfishing
23Which of the following marine/coastal ecosystems would you expect to have a mix of fresh water and salt water?
- Acoral reefs
- Bmangrove forest
- Csalt marsh
- Destuaries
24Which of the follwoing has the longest residence time in the atmoshere?
- ANo3
- BCO
- CCH4
- Dc02
25Globally, which category of human water-use consumes the most fresh water?
- Aagriculture
- Bresidential/municipal water
- Cindustry
26if you were a species of freshwater algae, which lake zone would you need to live in to survive?
- Abenthic
- Bprofundal
- Climnetic
- Dpelagic
27Which of the following classes of water pollution is probably a non-point source?
- Athermal pollution
- Bnutrients
- Ctoxic chemicals
28What percent of Earth's water is accessible and usable for human purposes?
- A0.1
- B1.0
- C10
- D0.01
29Which level of protection on the Endangered Species Act is the highest level of concern?
- Acandidate
- Bthreatened
- Cendangered
- Dcritical
30 Which level of diversity would you probably be most interested in if you were responsible for the protection of the Amur leopard?
- Aspecies diversity
- Becosystem diversity
- Cgenetic diversity
31Giardia is an example of what class of water pollution?
- Atoxic chemicals
- Bbiodegradable waste
- Cnutrients
- Dpathogens and disease
32Red tides are caused by algal blooms from what kind of pollution?
- AFertilizer and detergent
- Bmercury
- Csediment
- Doil spills
33Which of the following types of plate boundaries is most likely to be responsible for uplift?
- Atransform
- Bdivergent
- Cconvergent
34Of the following, which biome is dominated by deciduous trees?
- Atropical rain forest
- Bchaparral
- Cforest
- Dtropical dry forest
35Which of the following biome has the highest net primary productivity?
- Atropical rain forest
- Btemperate deciduous forest
- Cboreal forest
- Ddesert
36 Based on assumptions of energy efficiency in food chains, how many calories should you have in the secondary consumers if you start with 10,000 calories in the primary producers?
- A1
- B10
- C100
- D1000
37Which kind of keystone species changes the physical structure of its habitat?
- Ahost
- Bpredator
- Cmutualist
- Dmodifier
38 Most of the potential energy in a molecule is held in its
- Aelectrons
- Bbonds
- Cnucleus
- Dprotons
39Which of the following organisms probably exhibits a good example of a type l survivorship curve?
- Ashrimp
- Bsnake
- Crabbit
- Dgorilla
40of those below, which layer of the Earth do mans interact with most?
- Aouter core
- Bupper mantle
- Clower mantle
- Dinner core
41Which form of nitrogen is the form found in the atmosphere?
- AN2
- BNO2
- CNH3
- DNH4
42of the following species interactions is usually negative for both species?
- Apredation
- Bmutualism
- Camensalism
- Dcompetition
43Which of the following levels of ecology is broadest in scope?
- Aorganismal ecology
- Becosystem ecology
- Cpopulation ecology
- Dcommunity ecology
44Which nutrient cycle has virtually no atmospheric component?
- ANitrogen
- BCarbon
- Cwater
- DPhosphorus
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- Quiz sobre Problem solving , criado por Zackary Ghalayin em 20-05-2016.
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