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Unit 5 MCQ Exam

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A farmer applies a pesticide monthly to his field. The results are shown above. What caused the number of insects to increase?
More resistant insects survived and reproduced
An increase in soil salinity
Average temperature over the summer increased
The population of insect predators increased
Using the graph, which of the following would most effectively slow the loss of arable land?
Improve the efficiency of desalination processes
Use more extensive irrigation systems
Improve the efficiency of erosion control
Decrease urban development
Becoming more sustainable would involve
Consuming energy efficiently and reusing and recycling matter
Changing the world’s high-quality energy resources to low-quality heat
Keeping the current rates of energy flow and resource use
Quickly expanding nuclear power, because it is a renewable resource
Using IPM to control pests highlights which of the following?
Decrease of crop damage to an economically acceptable level
Practice of plant monocultures to simplify spraying
Extermination of the pest population
Dependence on spraying broad-spectrum pesticides
The Antarctic has extensive availability of mining resources, but scientists warn against collecting these resources because
Presently known world reserves of important metals and oils are considered infinite
The presence of valuable mineral deposits in the Antarctic environment is doubtful
The Antarctic environment is delicate and susceptible to the disturbances that would go with development
The demand for minerals is expected to decrease as the world’s nations become more industrialized
Coal was surface mined from four sites, labeled 1 through 4, that had originally been covered by forest. Each site was planted with a mix of tree seedlings to reclaim the area to forest. Grass was also seeded over each site to prevent initial erosion and to provide forage. Ten years after planting, information was collected at the five sites and is given in the table below. Select the letter of the row that indicates the site with the most successful forest reclamation.
Site # 1 % Grass Cover - 35 # of Tree Species Surviving - 3 % Tree Cover - 65 Average height increase of seedlings (cm/yr) - 20
Site # 2 % Grass Cover - 50 # of Tree Species Surviving - 3 % Tree Cover - 40 Average height increase of seedlings (cm/yr) - 10
Site # 3 % Grass Cover - 70 # of Tree Species Surviving - 4 % Tree Cover - 25 Average height increase of seedlings (cm/yr) - 8
Site # 4 % Grass Cover - 80 # of Tree Species Surviving - 4 % Tree Cover - 10 Average height increase of seedlings (cm/yr) - 5
Industrial agriculture often uses synthetic fertilizers that do not add organic material to the soil, therefore damaging soil composition. Which of the following best shows this relationship?
A new 450-unit housing development will replace several small farms on the outskirts of Cypress. The development will be comprised of ¼-hectare lots with nearly identical footprints, as shown below.

Due to the new construction from the housing development, water from rain will runoff into nearby Cypress Creek. What will likely happen?
Contamination of drinking water supplies by ozone
Better recreational opportunities for swimmers and boaters
Damage to habitats of aquatic organisms by high levels of sedimentation
More incidence of waterborne diseases such as malaria
A new 450-unit housing development will replace several small farms on the outskirts of Cypress. The development will be comprised of ¼-hectare lots with nearly identical footprints, as shown below.

Due to the new construction from the housing development, the local water supply will be most impacted because
There will be less erosion in local streams
There will be less replenishment of groundwater
There will be more humidity in the suburb
There will be less runoff to fill reservoirs
A new 450-unit housing development will replace several small farms on the outskirts of Cypress. The development will be comprised of ¼-hectare lots with nearly identical footprints, as shown below.

A way that homeowners in the new development can protect water quality in Cypress Creek would be to
Channelize Cypress Creek to improve water flow during storm events
Apply lawn fertilizers immediately before storm events
Use only persistent organic pesticides to control weed species in their lawns
Use rain gardens to capture water before it becomes runoff in the creek
Overgrazing of grasslands can lead to diminished range quality. Two of the major effects on the range are
Erosion and desertification
Eutrophication and increased methane production
Higher primary productivity and ammonification
Soil compaction and subsidence
The release of particulate matter pollution from power plants into our atmosphere is an example of the
Principle of manifest destiny
Right of eminent domain
Tragedy of the commons
Rule of seventy
Aquaculture farming threatens the health of wild fish because
Farmed fish compete with wild fish for spawning sites
Aquaculture prevents commercial fishing fleets from overharvesting wild fish
Aquaculture prevents interbreeding between domesticated varieties of fish and their wild counterparts
Farmed fish can spread parasites and disease to wild fish
The United State government can encourage sustainable forestry by
Clear-cutting old-growth forests to allow for secondary succession
Allowing road building in wilderness areas so that older, clear-cut forests have time to regenerate
Logging on steep slopes in designated wilderness areas
Cutting small groups of medium and large sized trees in uneven-aged forests
Based on the information shown in the graph, which of the following statements is most likely to be true?
Streams in watershed I experience substantially more algal blooms than those in watershed IV
When precipitation varies, streams in watershed II experience the greatest fluctuations in water volume
Watershed III has the highest percentage of impervious surfaces
The water quality of streams in watershed IV is excellent because of their abundance of nutrients available to aquatic organisms
Changing from the usual methods of industrial agricultural practices to which of the following is most likely to decrease the contact of people to toxic chemicals?
Integrated pest management
Use of cover crops
Contour plowing
No-till cultivation
The land on a 100-acre farm is equally suited for grazing cattle and growing corn. Of the following ways of distributing land use, which would produce the greatest number of calories of human consumption?
Acres for Grazing Cattle - 75 Acres for Growing Corn - 25
Acres for Grazing Cattle - 90 Acres for Growing Corn - 10
Acres for Grazing Cattle - 25 Acres for Growing Corn - 75
Acres for Grazing Cattle - 50 Acres for Growing Corn - 50
What is the major cause of the decline in seen in the graph above?
Overfishing
Acid deposition
Competition from aquaculture
Decline in market price
The local amount of CO2 rises when a rain forest is slashed and burned. This is primarily due to
Heavy fertilizers added to the soil
Erosion of exposed soil
Carbon dioxide being released by anaerobic organisms
Combustion of carbon compounds
Which of the following is likely to minimize soil erosion?
No-till agriculture
High-yield crops
Annual plowing
Herbicide use
Nutrient levels and bacterial content will increase in nearby streams with the addition of which of the following?
Percolation of the water through soil to groundwater
Acidification of the lake water by acid deposition
Runoff from a nearby hog farm
Thermal pollution from a nearby power plant
Which of the following is most likely to occur in a forested region that has been recently clear-cut?
The average depth of topsoil will increase
Volume of runoff after rains will decrease
The water temperature in streams running through the region will increase
The concentration of sediments in streams running through the region will decrease
The best example of the pesticide treadmill is a
Decreased use of pesticides to eradicate genetically resistant pests
Biomagnification of pesticides in the fatty tissue of primary consumers
Movement of pesticides following their percolation into the groundwater
System of several pesticides used by farmers to maximize effectiveness
This method of agricultural irrigation loses the lowest amount of water through evaporation
Conventional center-pivot irrigation
Drip irrigation
Flood irrigation
Furrow irrigation
Contour plowing best addresses this problem
Soil erosion
Eutrophication
Soil salinization
The pesticide treadmill