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APES/Miller_16e Ch. 1 and 2 Sample Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Ecology is the study of
a) plants.
b) animals.
c) global climate change.
d) relationships between organisms and their
5. Scientists have identified several problems with
relying primarily on pollution cleanup. Which
of the following is not one of those problems?
a) It is only a temporary bandage as long as
the situation remains the same.
b) Elimination of pollution at the time of
production is expensive.
c) It often simply moves the pollutant from
one place to another.
d) Once pollutants are released it is too
expensive to remove them.
e) All of these are identified problems.
environment.
e) the chemistry of living things.
2. The amount of goods and services any
country's average citizen could buy in the
United States is called
a) per capita GDP PPP
b) per capita GNP
c) per capita
d) per capita GDP
e) P P P
6. The real prices of goods and services do not
include
a) the
b) the
c) the
d) the
e) the
3. Which of the following is not one of the types
of property or resource rights?
a) private property
b) unusable property
c) open access renewable
d) common property
e) none of these
cost of raw materials
cost of manufacturing
environmental costs of resource use
cost of distribution
cost of advertising
7. The set of assumptions and values reflecting
how you think the world works and what you
think your role in the world should be is called
a) environmental worldview
b) environmental justice
c) environmental ethics
d) environmental economics
e) environmental capital
4. According to the author, three of the following
are major cultural changes (revolutions) that
have occurred in human history, and one is not.
Choose the one that is not.
a) Information-Globalization
b) Transportation
c) Industrial-Medical
d) Agricultural
e) none of these
8. Which of the following would be representative
of an environmental wisdom worldview?
a) Continuous rapid economic growth
improves environmental conditions.
b) Energy and materials efficiency must be
continuously improved.
c) More money should be directed to research
for controlling the environment.
d) Human beings are the most important life
forms on earth.
e) There is always more.
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9. Scientists try to reduce errors in their
14. The measurement of the concentration of
observations and measurements by
a) reducing bias
b) using standard procedures
c) testing measuring devices against known
samples
d) repeating measurements several times and
taking the average value
e) all of these
hydrogen ions in a solution is called
a) ionization
b) pH
c) alkalinity
d) covalent bonding
e) synergism
10. Which of the following statements does not
describe the scientific enterprise?
a) Science is the acceptance of what works and
the rejection of what does not.
b) Established scientific theories are not
challenged and continue to hold true.
c) Advances in science are often based on
disagreement, speculation, and controversy.
d) Scientific laws and theories are based on
statistical probabilities, not certainties.
e) Science attempts to reduce the degree of
uncertainty and lack of objectivity.
11. When new information or ideas can disprove or
overthrow a well-accepted scientific theory, it
is called
a) a paradigm shift
b) consensus science
c) frontier science
d) a scientific law
e) a deductive conclusion
15. An example of an organic compound would be
a) H2 O
b) NaCl
c) H2 SO4
d) N2 O
e) CH4
16. Which of the following would not be organic
molecules?
a) lipids
b) nucleic acids
c) hydrocarbons
d) proteins
e) water
17. The monomer for the protein polymer is the
a) hydrocarbon
b) glycerol
c) amino acid
d) carbohydrate
e) nucleotide
18. Which of the following is not one of the
nuclear changes matter can undergo?
a) fission
b) evaporation
c) decay
d) fusion
e) All of these are nuclear changes.
12. Isotopes are forms of an element that differ
from one another by having different
a) atomic numbers
b) numbers of electrons
c) numbers of protons
d) mass numbers
e) electrical charges
19. Energy can be formally defined as
a) the random motion of molecules
b) the ability to do work and transfer heat
c) a force that is exerted over some distance
d) the movement of molecules
e) the loss of matter
13. An atom or group of atoms with one or more
net positive or negative charges is a(n)
a) base
b) isotope
c) ion
d) acid
e) none of these
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20. Which of the following does not represent
25. A positive feedback loop is illustrated by all of
kinetic energy?
a) the wind blowing
b) water in a stream
c) a steam
d) a car at the top of a hill
e) electricity
21. The first law of thermodynamics tells us that
a) Doing work always creates heat.
b) Altering matter is the best source of energy.
c) Energy cannot be recycled.
d) Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
e) Energy cannot be converted.
22. Which of the following statements does not
apply to the second law of energy?
a) Energy goes from useful to less useful
forms.
b) Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
c) Energy conversions results in
more-dispersed energy.
d) Heat is given off from energy conversions.
e) We can not recycle or reuse high-quality
energy.
23. Which of the following is not a key component
of a system?
a) flows
b) inputs
c) outputs
d) All are key components.
e) None are key components.
24. Which of the following is a property of a
system?
a) functions in a regular and predictable
manner
b) highly random in its function
c) cannot be accurately modeled
d) consists solely of inputs and outputs
e) none of these
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the following except
a) compound interest in a savings account
b) exponential population growth
c) a thermostat maintaining a certain
temperature in your house
d) the greenhouse effect
e) none of these
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APES/Miller_16e Ch. 1 and 2 Sample Test
Answer Section
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PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
What Is an Environmentally Sustainable Society?
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
How Can Environmentally Sustainable Societies Grow Economically?
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting the Earth?
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting the Earth?
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
What Is Pollution and What Can We Do About It?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
Why Do We Have Environmental Problems?
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
Why Do We Have Environmental Problems?
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
Why Do We Have Environmental Problems?
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
TOP: 2-1 What Is Science?
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
TOP: 2-1 What Is Science?
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DIF: Easy
TOP: 2-1 What Is Science?
PTS: 1
DIF: Moderate
TOP: 2-2 What Is Matter?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
TOP: 2-2 What Is Matter?
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DIF: Moderate
TOP: 2-2 What Is Matter?
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DIF: Moderate
TOP: 2-2 What Is Matter?
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DIF: Moderate
TOP: 2-2 What Is Matter?
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DIF: Moderate
TOP: 2-2 What Is Matter?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
TOP: 2-3 How Can Matter Change?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
What Is Energy and How Can It Change Its Form?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
What Is Energy and How Can It Change Its Form?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
What Is Energy and How Can It Change Its Form?
PTS: 1
DIF: Difficult
What Is Energy and How Can It Change Its Form?
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
What Are Systems and How Do They Respond to Change?
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24. ANS: A
PTS: 1
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TOP: 2-5 What Are Systems and How Do They Respond to Change?
25. ANS: C
PTS: 1
DIF: Easy
TOP: 2-5 What Are Systems and How Do They Respond to Change?
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