ENVS exam 2 REV.
chapter 12 Irrigated acreage currently accounts for
less than half of all cropland and produces less than half of the world's food
chapter 10 : If Earth rotated in the opposite direction, the Trade Winds in the northern hemisphere would blow from the
northwest
chapter 14 The United States has extensive deposits of ________________ in Colorado, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming that, if exploited, could yield the equivalent of an estimated 800 billion barrels of oil.
oil shale
chapter 16 The forms of renewable energy that currently account for the greatest amount of renewable energy production in the United States are
Biomass and hydropower
chapter 11 Which one of the following soil horizons does not contain humus?
C
chapter 14 Which one of the following countries accounts for the most oil imported by the United States?
Canada
chapter 13 Pheromones have not been used to control which one of the following pests?
Cassava mealybug
chapter 16 The country with the greatest number of solar hot water heaters is
China
chapter 9 : Which one of the following is the major cause of mortality in the least developed countries of the world?
Communicable diseases
chapter 12 Which one of the following countries is the only country in the world with extensive government-supported urban agriculture?
Cuba
chapter 15 Which of the following countries generates the greatest percentage of its electricity from nuclear power plants?
France
chapter 14 The top three primary sources of energy in the United States are
Natural gas, coal, and oil
chapter 10 Global warming during the 21st century is expected to
Speed up the hydrologic cycle and slow the thermohaline circulation of the ocean
C 9 : Which one of the following statements is not true about the Grameen Bank?
The loans have been found to have the greatest social benefits when focused on men
chapter 15 The site recommended by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for long-term disposal of radioactive waste from the nuclear power industry in the United States is
Yucca Mountain, Nevada
chapter 15 In a nuclear power plant fueled with uranium-235, what is the purpose of the moderator?
slow neutrons
chapter 8 : In hypothetical country A, everyone dies when they reach the age of 60. In hypothetical country B, which has a better health care system, everyone dies when they reach the age of 80. If the total population of both countries is stable, what percentage of the total population would you expect to be in the age group 21-40 years inclusive?
33% in country A and 25% in country B
chapter 11 Which one of the following soil horizons is also called topsoil?
A
chapter 9 : Which one of the following was not part of China's one-child policy?
Additional food rations for same-sex couples
chapter 10 Which one of the following statements is true about a Hadley cell?
Air rises at the equator and sinks at 30 degrees latitude
chapter 16 Which one of the following regions of the world has the greatest installed PV panel electricity generating capacity?
Europe
chapter 8 : The fertility rate in Burkino Faso has exceeded the replacement rate for many years and is currently about 5.2. if the fertility rate were to suddenly drop to the replacement rate, why would the population of Burkino Faso continue to increase?
Population momentum
chapter 10 Which one of the following statements is not true?
Roughly 140,000 deaths each year are traced to waterborne diseases
chapter 9 : Which one of the following statements describes what happens when countries pass through the fertility transition?
The dependency ratio decreases and then increases
chapter 8 : Which one of the following statements is true?
The epidemiologic transition has preceded the fertility transition
chapter 13 Which of the following statements correctly characterizes the results of using pesticides in agriculture globally?
The quantity of crops lost to pests has increased and the percentage of crops lost to pests has increased
chapter 16 The forms of renewable energy that currently account for the greatest amount of electricity production in the world are
Wind and hydroelectric
chapter 15 Which one of the following is not one of the purposes of pumping water through the core of a nuclear reactor fueled with uranium-235?
control the rate of the chain reaction
chapter 12 The three principal greenhouse gases emitted as a result of agricultural activities are
methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide
chapter 14 Most electric power plants built in the United States since 2000 use which one of the following sources of energy?
natural gas
chapter 13 Which one of the following kinds of pesticides is responsible for most pesticide poisonings of humans?
organophosphates
chapter 11 Which one of the following soils would you expect to find in a tropical rain forest?
oxisol
chapter 12 Millennium Development Goal 1 was to reduce by 50% the proportion of children under age five who were moderately or severely underweight. Which one of the following regions had not achieved that goal by 2012?
sub-Saharan Africa
chapter 8 : The Neolithic Revolution began in
the Middle East about 12,000 years ago
chapter 11 The process by which water vapor passes through stomata from plants to the atmosphere is called
transpiration
