APES FINAL EXAM CLASS # 1

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What greenhouse gas has the greatest heat-trapping ability per molecule?

Chlorofluorocarbon

The dangers of disposing of toxic chemicals underground came to public attention here?

Love Canal, NY

Example of environmental remediation?

PCB-consuming bacteria\ are sprayed on an area that has soil contaminated with PCB'S

What country has the largest proven reserves of strategic metals such as manganese, Chromium, platinum?

South Africa

Stratosphere

beneficial ozone layer in this region of atmosphere

Carbon as it cycles in Nature

carbon sink include forests and oceans

An advantage of using natural gas, rather than oil, as a fuel is that natural gas is?

clearer because it burns completely

Global warming is most likely to directly cause?

coastal flooding and submersion of low lying areas

What best exemplifies population?

continued growth of a pop after fertility drops to replacement level

What is least likely to be an effect of global warming?

decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation

What would encourage recycling?

decreasing tax on recycled materials

The clean air act

established a cap-and-trade program for SO2 in 1990

Resource conservation and recovery act

establishes cradle to grave tracking of hazardous waste

Possible effects of a warmer atmosphere include:

expanded ranges of tropical diseases;more intense hurricane and typhoons; increased crop damage from pests and diseases

What term applies to the economic approach of including external costs in the price of goods and services?

full-cost pricing

Disposal of refrigerators and air conditioners

human activities - most closely associated w/depletion of stratospheric ozone layers

What is a common characteristic of lakes undergoing cultural eutrophication?

increased levels of plant nutrients

Pesticide treadmill

increased use of pesticides to eradicate genetically resistant pests

Rachel Carsons contributions to the environmental movement

increasing public awareness of the risks of using pesticides

What 2 main factors would best indicate the quality of life of a countries population ?

life expectancy and infant mortality rate

The cities treaty has been helpful in protecting endangered animals and plants by

listing those species and products whose international trade is controlled

Best Illustrates an abiotic opponent of the environment affecting a biotic component of the government

low phosphorus content in soil limits the growth of vegetation

Most energy efficient to decrease landfill volume of packaging material from food and other consumer products?

promoting use of reusable containers for consumer goods

What is most typically associated with the transition from a rural to urbanized society?

reduced birth rates

Acid deposition would result in?

release of aluminum ions from soil

What best illustrates point-source pollution?

smokestack emissions from a large smelting company

What is true of noise pollution?

sudden or persistent noise may lead to permanent hearing loss

Pollution is considered an external cost when ?

the cost to the environment is not reflected in the price of the products that produce the pollutions

Troposphere

the phenomenon causing global warming occurs primarily in this region of the atmosphere

What best explains why the maximum sustainable yield for ocean fisheries has been exceeded?

to many fish of reproductive age are harvested

What is a measure of the amount of suspended material in water?

turbidity


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