APES QoD #2
If a city of population 10,000 experiences 100 births, 40 deaths, 10 immigrants, & 30 emigrants in the course of a year, what is its net annual percentage growth rate?
A. 4%
An industry uses natural gas for manufacturing and uses the waste heat to produce electricity. This is an example of which of the following processes?
A. Cogeneration
Which of the following energy sources is not derived directly or indirectly from solar energy?
A. Geothermal
Negative environmental impacts associated with large-scale hydroelectric projects have been demonstrated in which of the following areas
A. James Bay, Quebec
A state highway was constructed over wetlands. The state obtained a permit to fill the existing wetland in accordance with the provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1972, and agreed to create another wetland. This tradeoff approach to addressing an environmental issues is known as:
A. Mitigation
Which of the following best exemplifies global collaboration for a sustainable environment?
A. Montreal Protocal
An advantage of recycling aluminum rather than disposing of it in landfills is that aluminum is:
A. Produced from recycled metal using much less energy than is required or its production from aluminum ore
Which of the following statements about genetic diversity is true?
B. Genetic resistance to pests and diseases can be increased by crossing a crop plant with ancestral varieties.
Information gathered by a scientist about the toxicity of chemical X and chemical Y showed that they had individual safe limits for fish at particular concentrations. But when they were used together at the safe concentrations, there were extensive fish kills. This is an example of:
B. Synergism
Which of the following factors is fundamentally responsible for seasons on Earth?
B. The tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation
The presence of fecal coliform bacteria in a sample of river water suggests which of the following?
B. The water is contaminated with animal waste
The polar regions radiate away more heat energy than they receive from the Sun in the course of a year. However they are prevented from becoming progressively colder each year primarily by the
B. Transport of heat through atmosphere and oceans
A country with an age distribution like that shown (a straight block with no variation) in the figure below is most likely a country that
B. is experiencing slow or no population growth
The current global human population is about 6.1 billion and is growing at an annual rate of 1.35%. If world population were to grow at this rate for the next year approximately how many people would be added?
C. 8X10 to the 7
If the waste water treatment plant effluent that contains nitrates and phosphates is allowed to flow into a body of water which of the following may result?
C. Eutrophication
As urbanization increases and natural soil surfaces are covered, the groundwater supply is reduced due to
C. Loss of recharge area
Which of the following best helps to explain why phosphorus is often a limiting factor in many ecosystems?
C. Under many conditions phosphorus forms stable insoluble compounds
Critics of incineration of municipal solid waste suggest that it may not be the best solution for the future, for which of the fllowing reasons?
D. Incineration requires large energy input
The water-holding capacity of soils is LEAST likely to be affected by the addition of which of the following?
D. Pesticide
Which of the following describes a fundamental characteristics of the green revolution in food resources?
D. The development of the new strains of crops with higher yields
Factors contributing to the rise in world hunger include all the following except
E. Increasing consumption of vegetable protein place of meat protein
The factor that likely poses the greatest threat of extinction of species worldwide is
E. Increasing loss of habitat
In the United States, must municipal waste is disposed of by
E. Landfilling
Which of the following is likely to minimize soil erosion?
E. No-till agriculture
Which of the following is an effective alternative to chlorine for disinfecting waste water in a municipal treatment plant?
E. Ozone