Chpt 14 Pretest

Front 1

Our environment is affected by

Back 1

All of these are correct.

Front 2

Greenhouse gases include all of the following EXCEPT

Back 2

neon

Front 3

Stable isotopes of oxygen can reveal information about

Back 3

temperature change.

Front 4

Approximately what fraction of the world’s population currently suffers from malnutrition?

Back 4

1/7

Front 5

The World Health Organization notes that human casualties of global warming will result from climate-sensitive health issues; these include all of the following EXCEPT

Back 5

lung cancer.

Front 6

More than __________ of the world’s population lives in cities, and ___________ of these people live in overcrowded slums, leaving them vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate.

Back 6

half ; one-quarter

Front 7

All adults over the age of 40 experience ________________, or age-related bone loss.

Back 7

osteoporosis

Front 8

About ______________ of American adults and ____________ of American children are overweight or obese.

Back 8

two-thirds; one-fifth

Front 9

What is contributing to the increasing trend in allergies in the United States?

Back 9

All of these are correct.

Front 10

Scientists predict that climate change will cause

Back 10

the sea level to rise over peninsular Florida.

Front 11

Human developments have made possible all of the following EXCEPT

Back 11

shorter life expectancy.

Front 12

The trend among American males in the past 150 years is for an increase in height as a result of ______________ and an increase in weight as a result of ______________.

Back 12

nutrition; overnourishment

Front 13

Being obese predisposes a person to

Back 13

diabetes.

Front 14

Mutation and selection for light skin, which is useful for absorbing ultraviolet rays and producing vitamin D in northern latitudes, likely occurred in the last

Back 14

10,000 yBP.

Front 15

Global warming

Back 15

All of these are correct.

Front 16

Your younger brother is writing a report on climate change and asks you what evidence there is that Earth is getting warmer. You reply that

Back 16

All of these are correct.

Front 17

You hear on the news that global warming is a recent phenomenon caused by the rise of motor vehicles in the last 100 years. You know this is not quite true, though, because

Back 17

the warming trend actually began with the agricultural revolution.

Front 18

Over winter break, your family is sitting around talking about how cold it is outside. Your grandmother says that global warming would be quite welcome right about now. You, however, tell your family that considerable problems could befall humans should global warming continue, such as

Back 18

All of these are correct.

Front 19

If you wanted to live in the most healthy environment possible, you may choose to move to

Back 19

rural Kansas.

Front 20

While babysitting your young cousin, you let her dig up part of your mom’s vegetable garden. Your mom complains that your cousin has destroyed part of her garden, but you insist that you are helping her because

Back 20

increased exposure to microbes in dirt may decrease her chance of having allergies.

Front 21

The Dust Bowl was caused in the 1930s by

Back 21

soil overuse.