Environmental Science Mid Term

In reference to urban blight, what part of a city's population typically migrates away and into the suburbs?

Affluent

Automobile exhaust is the major contributor to which environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Air pollution

Which of the following is not an environmental impact of urban sprawl?

Climate change

Power plants generate electricity. Which of the following displays the correct order of electricity production based on most used resource to least used resource?

Coal, natural gas, atomic energy, hydroelectric, other

What is not an indicator of global environmental stress?

Decrease in toxic chemical abundance

What is a tool that is used to assess consumption of individuals and estimate the area requirement needed to support this amount of consumption?

Ecological Footprint

The voluntary effort called LEED (Leadership and Energy and Environmental Design), which promotes green building, recognizes efforts and achievements in all of the following areas except:

Exterior design

_____________ is necessary to support restaurants and shopping centers, and it also provides means of employment to a vast number of city dwellers. This is found in many urban centers in the United States

High population density

Which material(s) listed below is an example of a persistent organic pollutant? (*select all that apply)

PCBs DDT Mercury Arsenic

Urban agriculture serves the following purpose(s):

Providing a use for vacant land,Providing a clean up strategy for contamination,Providing options for healthy fresh food.

This reservoir of water contains only about 0.01% of the the world's water?

Rivers and lakes

Which method is not utilized to dispose of sludge after the removal from wastewater?

Shipped into space

Sustainable Cities are expected to have which of the following characteristics in order to be "successful":

Social equity practices, Technology resources, Walkability for transportation

Who is consuming the majority of the Earth's resources?

The highest income countries

What is the purpose of a fishbone diagram?

To outline causes of a problem

In a scientific experiment, a control is

a test that duplicates an experimental test except for one variable. a way to study the effects of just one experimental variable

A form of logical thinking that uses related observations to derive conclusions can be described as

deductive reasoning

In areas that have increased water nutrients, what occurs as response to this nutrient overload?

eutrophication

In science, a suggested explanation is a

hypothesis.

According to the text, which category has the largest global usage of water?

irrigation

The notion that land should not be treated as property, but instead should be considered part of the larger community is known as

land ethic

What types of actions can cause water stress? (*select all that apply)

large populations,low precipitation

In science, facts

may change.

Lifestyle changes that support a more sustainable way of life and more sustainable communities include _____.

more fuel-efficient cars and carpooling.,less dependence on automobiles.,the use of solar energy.,recycling paper, cans, and bottles.

During water treatment, treatment with chlorine or ozone accomplishes which of the following?

removes possible pathogens

Treating the earth and environment like the resources contained within it are limited and humans should conserve resources for continued use is a

sustainability ethic

Water loss by plants is called ________.

transpiration

When a large amount of groundwater is extracted, what type of effects can occur due to this large amount of water extraction? (*select all that apply)

water table decrease,salt water intrusion,sinkholes