Environmental Quiz
Which of the following would have the biggest impact on achieving global sustainability?
Reducing human population size
Prior to the 1650s, the wood bison population in North America remained close to the carrying capacity of its habitat. The generalized growth curve and the reproductive strategy of the wood bison were, respectively
an S-curve and K selection
Region that contains the majority of molecules in the atmosphere
Troposphere
Most of the nitrogen in forest soil normally comes from
Bacteria that carry out nitrogen fixation
A greenhouse gas that is exclusively anthropogenic
CCl2F2
In which biome would you find plants that are deep, dark green growing in relatively rich soil?
Coniferous forest
Nitrogen is one of the most important components of fertilizer. The other two major components of
K and P
Toxins in the food chain are magnified as you go to higher and higher trophic levels. This is because...
Many toxins are not cleared from tissues, so each animal that eats another retains a relatively
Region where the majority of the protective ozone layer is located
Stratosphere
Which of the following will occur if the trend of global temperature increase continues?
The troposphere will contain more water vapor.
In which biome would you find epiphytes, lianas(vines) and understory plants with large leaf surfaces?
Tropical rainforest
If excessive amounts of hot water are discharged into a lake, the immediate result will most likely be
a decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the lake