APES Exam Unit 5: Water and Land Use

Which of the following statements best identifies the author's assumptions in terms of a new green revolution?

Current agricultural practices and strategies need to be evaluated in order to meet the demand for increased food production

Based on the data in the graph, which of the following fishing practices solutions would best promote the sustainability of the orange roughly population?

Establishment of quotas on the number of orange roughly caught

Switching from customary large-scale agricultural practices to which of the following is most likely to reduce the exposure of farm workers and nearby residents to toxic chemicals?

Integrated pest management

Which of the following strategies could be used to reduce soil erosion during surface mining of coal?

Replanting vegetation

Which of the following best describes legislation that could be used to address problems with overfishing?

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Which of the following data would be needed to calculate the total amount of a pollutant leaving the roof during and following a rainstorm?

Total volume of rainfall

The major cause for the decline in the worldwide catch of fish since 1990 is

overfishing

An integrated pest-management approach to pest control emphasizes which of the following?

reduction of crop damage to an economically tolerable level

A sustainable society would emphasize

using energy efficiently and reusing and recycling matter