Unit 5 Review
APES - 2013
CITES
Clean Water Acts
Endangered Species Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
International Environmental Protection Act
Law of the Sea Convention
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
Lacey Act
Soil and Water Conservation Act
Sustainable Fisheries Act
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Wilderness Act
Which environment has the largest number
of exotic species in the Nordic countries?
a. Terrestrial
b. Freshwater
c. Marine
d. Subterranean
What was the approximate US
population in 2000?
a. 150 million
b. 180 million
c. 230 million
d. 280 million
e. 330 million
You are looking at two different houses. House #1
would have a daily 5-mile commute to work,
while house #2 would have a daily 20-mile
commute. How much more CO2 would you
produce annually if you buy house #2? (Hint:
driving 1 mile produces 1.1 lb of CO2 and you
work 240 days/year.)
a. 1320 lb
b. 3960 lb
c. 5280 lb
d. 9856 lb
e. 13590 lb
Rural populations decreased
approximately ____ % from 1950
to 2000.
a. 3
b. 8
c. 15
d. 28
e. 40
Land value can generally be quantified
in terms of dollars. One notable
exception is
a. Food value
b. Shelter value
c. Mineral value
d. Natural resource value
e. Intrinsic value
One example of the tragedy of the commons can
occur when several farmers share the same pasture
for feeding sheep. The root cause of this tragedy is
that
a. people are bad
b. sheep reproduce too quickly
c. the market cannot support too many farmers
d. the value to any farmer of adding one more sheep
is far greater than the cost to that farmer due to
the land being communal
e. the cost of the sheep is lessened by bulk purchase
power
Cave Swallows make nests out of saliva, which
some people then harvest to make expensive
soup. If too many nests are harvested then the
Swallows won’t be able to rear their young and
the population will crash. When evaluating how
many nests to harvest we should focus on
a. market forces such as the cost of bird’s nest
soup.
b. international policy.
c. maximum Sustainable Yield.
d. The Tragedy of the Commons.
e. Cave Swallow cave preference.
Most environmental law, policy,
and management plans in the
United States are based on
a. Remediating externalities
b. Ecological principles
c. Economic forces
d. The resource conservation ethic
e. Old English laws
The most common use of trees
worldwide is as
a. pulp in paper production.
b. lumber for building.
c. fuelwood.
d. raw material in the manufacture of
various synthetics.
e. medicines.
The removal of all trees from a given
area in a single cutting to establish a
new even-aged stand is called
a. selective cutting.
b. seed-tree cutting.
c. clear-cutting.
d. shelterwood cutting.
e. strip-cutting.
Burning of tropical forests in Latin
America, Africa, and Asia
a. increased biodiversity.
b. added greenhouse gases to the
atmosphere.
c. regenerated large areas of forests.
d. increased ecological integrity.
In approximately what year did the
population residing in rural settings
stop declining?
a. 1950
b. 1960
c. 1970
d. 1980
e. 1990
Widespread burning of tropical
rainforests in the Amazon changes
weather patterns, reduces rainfall,
and converts deforested areas into
a. temperate deciduous forest
b. tropical dry forest
c. savannah
d. boreal forest
e. tundra
Currently, the greatest danger to the
national parks is
a. human activities in nearby areas.
b. uncontrolled populations of prey
because of the decline in predators.
c. pollution.
d. lack of funding.
e. soil erosion.
Which of the following characteristics
would make a species less prone to
extinction?
a. nesting in large flocks
b. requiring large amounts of unfragmented
habitat
c. possessing a valuable skin
d. serving as a food source for humans
e. producing many offspring
Fruit-eating bats on many
tropical islands are
a. keystone species.
b. alien species.
c. indicator species.
d. generalists.
e. endangered.
What are cetaceans?
a. whales and porpoises
b. sea turtles
c. seals
d. penguins
e. walruses
Urban populations grew
approximately ____ % from
1970 to 1990.
a. 5
b. 23
c. 58
d. 82
e. 145
The best long-range strategy to reduce
beach erosion is
a. building structures to trap sand.
b. preventing development on beach
areas.
c. importing sand.
d. extensive building on barrier
beaches.
e. building seawalls.
What does mitigation banking accomplish?
a. provides lawyers fees in lawsuits over
wetlands development
b. allows wetland areas to be traded for
forest areas for development
c. requires all wetlands to me protected
from development
d. allows wetlands to be developed as long
as an equal area of wetland is created or
restored
Which of the following ecosystem types
has only recently gained attention in
the practice of conservation?
a. tropical rain forests
b. grasslands and prairies
c. marine habitats
d. red wood forests
e. wetlands
An inbreeding depression is likely to
lead to:
a. an increase in the expression of
harmful genetic mutations
b. a decrease in unviable offspring
c. an increase in gene flow
d. a decrease in species extinction
e. an increase in disease resistance
In 2000, the suburban population
was
approximately what percent of the
total population?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 35%
d. 50%
e. 85%
The facility known as the Svalbard
Global seed vault is designed to
preserve:
a. know seed pests
b. seed diversity
c. breeding secrets
d. emergency food stores
e. radioactive seeds too dangerous to
plant
The most severe effect resulting from
loss of insect species globally would
likely be:
a. increase in the disease vectors
b. reduction in the water quality
c. increase in soil erosion
d. loss of aesthetic value
e. decline in food crop pollination
Which of the following poses the greatest obstacle
to the protection of threatened or endangered
species?
I. too much regulation makes action slow
II. lack of international treaties to protect
species
III. enforcement of laws is lacking because of
poor funding or support
a. II
b. III
c. I and II
d. I and III
e. I, II, and III
Which setting showed the
greatest overall
growth rate?
a. Urban
b. Suburban
c. Rural
According to the principles of island
biogeography, which of the following
factors increases island biodiversity?
I. increased proximity to the mainland
II. increased island size
III. increased amount of edge habitat
a. I
b. III
c. I and II
d. II and III
e. I, II, and III
Currently, most of the US population
lives in ____ areas.
a. Rural
b. Suburban
c. Exurban
d. Urban
e. Superurban
Which of the following
statements about exotic
species in the Nordic
countries is true?
a. The overall number of
exotic species increased
until about 1950, then started to decrease.
b. In marine environments, the
majority of exotic species are vertebrates.
c. In freshwater environments, the majority of exotic
species are invertebrates.
d. Because marine environments have relatively few exotic
vertebrate species, we know that these species are not
causing any environmental problems.
e. In each environment, the number of exotic species has
increased over time.