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BISC003 Environmental Science (Midterm)

Paper A- Key

Student Id# ________________ Student Name _______________

Please answer all of the following multiple choice questions, and put your answer on the computer answer sheet. Chose one best answer for each question.

1. Earths capital includes all of the following EXCEPT
a.
wildlife.


b.
sunlight. *


c.
water.


d.
soil.


e.
air.




2. Earths life-support system includes all of the following EXCEPT
a. air.
b. water.
c.
soil and rocks.


d.
life.


e.
human socioculture.*




3. Environmental impact of population depends on the following EXCEPT
a. size of population.
b. consumption per person.
c. environmental degradation and pollution produced for each unit of resource used.
d. capital gain. *

4. Human Culture Sphere includes all of the following EXCEPT
a.
Population.


b.
Air and water.*


c.
Technology.


d.
Politics.


e.
Economics.




5. Environmental science integrates knowledge from the disciplines of
a.
chemistry and physics.


b.
ecology and demography.


c.
economics and politics.


d.
all of these answers. *




6. Exponential growth over time is characteristic of
a. human population growth.
b.
resource consumption.


c.
energy use per capita.


d.
all of these answers. *




7. Which of the following is not important in determining the damage produced by a pollutant?
a. concentration.
b.
Persistence.


c.
origin. *


d.
chemical nature.




8. If the worlds population grows by 2% annually, how long would it take the earths population to double?
a.
20 years.


b.
25 years.


c.
30 years.


d.
35 years. *




9. Increases in ultraviolet radiation will cause an increase in all but which one of the following?
a.
skin cancers.


b.
yields of food crops. *


c.
eye cataracts.


d.
suppression of the human immune system.




10. The most common economic system is
a.
the pure market economic system.


b.
the pure central controlled economic system.


c.
socialism.


d.
the mixed economic system. *




11. A sustainable society
a.
Manages its economy and population size without doing irreparable environmental harm.


b.
Satisfies the needs of its people without depleting Earth capital.


c.
Protects the prospects of future generations of humans and other species.


a.
All of these answers.*




12. The term Greenhouse effect
a.
describes occupational diseases of florists.


b.
describes the trapping of heat energy in the troposphere by certain gaseous molecules. *


c.
describes the trapping of heat energy in the stratosphere by nitrogen.


d.
Describes efforts being made by the governments to support environmenta