Environmental Science

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What is the growth rate of the human population?

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1.3%

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If this growth remains constant, how large will the human population be in 60 years?

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14 Billion

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The human population growth curve appears to be _____

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J-Shaped exponential

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What is demography?

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The study of birth rates and death rates

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The birth rate in Brazil from 1960 to 2010 has been ______

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Decreasing

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The population growth rate in 1960 was ______ and by 2010 was ______

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3,1

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Which stage represents Brazil in 1980?

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Stage 2

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In the demographic transition model figure, which stage shows the birth rates similar to death rates?

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Stage 1 and 4

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The most industrialized country listed is

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Country A

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Country "C" probably has ______ rate of female literacy when compared to the other 2 countries.

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The lowest

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Which figure is showing the age structure of a population that will decrease in size in the near future?

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C

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What proportion of the world's population is under the age of 15?

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26%

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At present and in the near future, human fertility rates...

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Are declining

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About 1/3 of the world's population lives in...

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China and India

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What factors have the most influence which the presence of a terrestrial biome?

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Temperature and Precipitation

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Which aquatic biome has the greatest biodiversity?

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Coral Reefs

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Which biome is common at 60 Degrees N (dark red)?

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Boreal forest

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Which biome is common at 30 degrees?

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Desert

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Desert biomes would fall in the area marked by what letter?

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A

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Which letter marks temperate forest biomes?

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B

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Which biome has been most transformed to human land uses?

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Grassland

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_____ are diverse tidal communites that exists where freshwater meets saltwater that provides a place for spawning and development of 2/3 of all marine fish.

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Estuaries and Saltmarshes

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In determining whether an area is a wetland, what is most important?

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Type of plants in the area

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Which is an ecosystem service of wetlands?

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All of the above

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Biodiversity refers to...

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All of the above

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What is the estimated total number of species on earth at present?

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3 to 50 million species

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Species richness is greatest in ______

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South America, Africa, Southeast Asia

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Which group of organisms is most diverse

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Insects

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What does the "H" stand for in HIPPO?

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Habitat Destruction

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Which types of the forest are most abundant?

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Tropical and Boreal

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Half of all wood used globally is for...

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Fuel

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The fastest growing use of wood products globally is for...

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Paper

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Which regions are experiencing a decrease in forest area?

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South America and Africa

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Which of the following does NOT result from replanting harvested forests into a monoculture?

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Increase in biodiversity

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To decide whether a forest should be classified as old growth forest, what is most important?

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Life cycles and ecological processes

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Of all the old growth forests that stood in the United States before European settlement, how much remains today?

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Less than 10%

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Habitat fragmentation leads to an increase in ______

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Edge effects

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Which is NOT TRUE about grasslands?

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They can not tolerate grazing animals

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Overgrazing can result in _____

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All of the above

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The "fishbone" pattern on the landscape is a characteristic of cutting down what type of forest?

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Rainforest