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BISC003 Environmental Science (Midterm) - Fall 2010

Paper A


Student Id# ________________ Student Name _______________


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

1. The most pressing global environmental issues include all of the following, EXCEPT
a. overpopulation.

b. air pollution.

c. civil wars. *

d. water pollution.

e. global warming.




2. The atmospheric gas that filters out harmful ultraviolet radiation is
a. oxygen.

b. ozone. *

c. nitrogen.

d. carbon dioxide.



3. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Rio De Janeiro Summit was held in 1992.

b. The major theme of Rio De Janeiro Summit was Sustainable Development.*

c. Convention on Biodiversity was one of the frameworks of Rio De Janeiro Summit.

d. The major theme of Rio De Janeiro Summit was Environment and Development.



4. What does GEF refer to?
a. Global Environmental Fund

b. Global Environmental Facility*

c. Global Environmental Foundation

d. Global Environmental Finance



5. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Among three earth summits, Rio De Janeiro Summit is the most successful.

b. Among three summits, Stockholm Conference was the smallest.

c. Among three summits, Johannesburg Summit was rather unsuccessful.

d. The major theme of Johannesburg Summit was on global climate changes.*



6. If the worlds population grows by 2.0% annually, how long would it take the Earths population to double?
a. 20 years.

b. 35 years.*

c. 25 years.

d. 30 years.



7. Increases in wave length of light beam will lead to
a. increase in beams energy.

b. increase in penetration power of light beam.

c. decrease in beams energy. *

d. increase in harmfulness to a living cell.



8. The matter and energy laws tell us that we can recycle
a. both matter and energy.
b. matter but not energy.*
c. neither matter nor energy.
d. energy but not matter.

9. The energy lost by a system is
a. usually found.

b. equal to the energy the system creates.

c. converted to lower-quality energy.*

d. returned to the system eventually.



10. Which of the following is NOT true about using nuclear power to produce electricity?
a. Spreads knowledge and technology for building nuclear weapons.

b. Low cost.*

c. Releases much less carbon dioxide than coal.

d. None of these answers.



11. The population size of a species is determined by
a. birth rate.

b. mortality rate.

c. immigration/emigration rate.

d. all of these answers.*



12. A group of individuals of the same species occupying a given area at the same time is called a
a. species.

b. population. *

c. community.

d. ecosystem.



13. Humans