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Quiz 1

   
 

Description:

This quiz covers Chapters 1, 3, and part of 4, some of which we've covered in class, and some of which we will cover on Sep 5. Take the quiz after Sep 1 and before class on Sep 5, 2002

 
 
 

Instructions:

This quiz covers Chapters 1 and 3, some of which we've covered in class, and some of which we will cover on Sep 5

 
 
 

Question

Short Answer/Essay

2 Points

 

Question: Define "environmental science" and provide one goal of environmental science.

Answer:

An interdisciplinary science that uses concepts and info from natural and social sciences to help understand how earth works, learn how we are affecting life-support systems, and devise solutions to environmental problems.

  

Question

Multiple Choice

1 Points

 

Question: A perpetual resource is

Answer:

nonrenewable, but will never run out.
continually renewable, and fertile soil is a good example.
continually renewable, and solar energy is an example.
discontinuously renewable, renewing itself seasonally, like trees.

 

Question

Multiple Choice

1 Points

 

Question: The tragedy of the commons is

Answer:

the food served at Vail.
the degradation of renewable free-access resources.
the degradation of nonrenewable free-access resources.
ultimately sustainable, as resources are renewed faster than degradation.

 

Question

Short Answer/Essay

1 Points

 

Question: Define and give one example of a type of pollution.

Answer:

Pollution is any addition to the environment that threatens health, survival, or activities of living organisms. Many examples of types are possible.

  

Question

Short Answer/Essay

1 Points

 

Question: Give an example of high quality energy and how that type of energy, specifically, can be used to do work.

Answer:

Example: gasoline can be oxidized to move your car.

  

Question

Multiple Choice

1 Points

 

Question: Which of the following is a conclusion drawn from the second law of thermodynamics?

Answer:

When work is done, high quality energy is degraded to a lower quality form of energy.
Heat flows from hot to cold.
We can never recycle or reuse high quality energy to perform work.
All of the above are conclusions from the 2nd law of TD.

 

Question

Short Answer/Essay

1 Points

 

Question: List one factor that sustains life on Earth.

Answer:

Energy from the sun, cycling of matter, gravity.

  

Question

Short Answer/Essay

2 Points

 

Question: Describe two characteristics of EITHER the Planetary Management or the Environmental Wisdom worldviews.

Answer:

many are possible

  

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