Deck 12: Environment and Conservation

Question 1

Examples of structural failures from natural disasters would be

A)flooding and high winds.
B)high velocity updrafts in tornados, and liquefaction in earthquakes.
C)levee failures in floods and building damage in earthquakes.
D)loss of heart and depression among those experiencing disasters.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In Los Angeles, which of the following is best applied to smog?

A)methane gas production because of large gas seeping landfills
B)industrial waste pollution of water tables
C)chemical reaction of sunlight reacting to human ozone output
D)the fine sediment pollution from surface strip mining of coal

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Each green dot on the tornado map represents

A)a house destroyed by a tornado.
B)a yard (grass) damaged by a tornado.
C)millions of dollars of damage caused by a tornado.
D)where one tornado touched down in the United States.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

How children's stories portray nature could be indicative of

A)whether children are healthy or protected at different times.
B)infant mortality and its effect on society and geography.
C)how the environment has changed over time and how people perceive it.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 5

The most common reason for tsunamis is

A)extreme differences between high and low atmospheric pressure across wide areas.
B)extreme differences in high and low pressure in local areas.
C)extreme displacement of water caused by an underwater earthquake.
D)earthquake shaking causing loosening of soil, thus landslides.

Question 6

Studies on how human societies adapt to local habitat are

A)called 'cultural ecology'.
B)referred to as 'morphology of landscape'.
C)the central tenets of 'physical geography'.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 7

Great growth of cities, like Las Vegas and Phoenix in western dry environments epitomizes issues relating to

A)earthquake causation.
B)water diversion.
C)behavior modification.
D)landscape ignorance.

Question 8

In Sauer's 'morphology of landscape'

A)landscape change is continuous and has nothing to do with the physical environment.
B)biological (vegetation) changes are the most important actions upon the land.
C)the physical landscape is modified by culture to produce a cultural landscape.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 9

On the tornado map, 'tornado alley' is generally

A)found along the east coast of the United States.
B)found more in Colorado and Wyoming than in the US South.
C)more prevalent west of the Rocky Mountain range.
D)in the southern Great Plains.

Question 10

A main researcher who began studies of environmental perception was

A)Carl O.Sauer.
B)Gilbert White.
C)Torsten Hagerstrand.
D)Rachel Carson.

Question 11

Over thirty years the Aral Sea has

A)doubled in size because of increased regional snow meltoff.
B)stayed the same size despite great changes in water influx.
C)lost 90 percent of its water because of excessive irrigation 'theft'.
D)slightly decreased in size because governments have added water.

Question 12

In the cities of the U.S.and in other industrialized cities of the world a main cause of air pollution overall is from

A)trucks and automobiles.
B)warehouses.
C)port activities.
D)diesel engines from trains and barges.

Question 13

Lawn mowers

A)in a year individually pollute as much as 43 cars.
B)utilize over 800 million gallons of gasoline a year.
C)waste about 17 million gallons of spilled fuel annually.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 14

The creation of the Three Gorges Dam in China created a reservoir

A)375 miles long.
B)that is now vastly polluted.
C)about the size of Lake Michigan in the Great Lakes.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 15

Elevated levels of nitric or sulfuric acids in precipitation are called

A)the ring of fire.
B)acid rain.
C)natural hazards.
D)water diversion.

Question 16

The earthquake scale based on force of original quake is the ____________ while the scale that measures in terms of shaking is __________________.

A)moment magnitude scale;the Mercalli scale
B)Truman scale;the Richter scale
C)actuality scale;the cognitive movement scale
D)the 2012 scale;the perceptual gradient scale

Question 17

Natural hazards can be defined as

A)extreme environmental events.
B)mild alterations in the land by people.
C)human affects on landscape such as disease.
D)the study of geographical images in literature or temporal perceptions.

Question 18

What is a basic truth about landfills in the U.S.over the last 25 years?

A)more and more landfills have appeared to absorb the ever increasing sum of garbage
B)fewer landfills now exist, but they are larger
C)most landfills are found next to port facilities
D)they have gotten smaller, but their numbers have proliferated.

Question 19

Which might be included in behavioral geography?

A)statistical analyses to explain behavior
B)studies of attitudes or perceptions toward the land
C)how humans are risk takers when it comes to the environment
D)all of the above Scrambling: Locked

Question 20

The Ring of Fire is

A)a ceremony related to 'carnaval' festivities in Rio in Brazil.
B)related to the effects of fire ant stings becoming more prevalent in the southern U.S.
C)the tectonically active rim of the Pacific Ocean.
D)a traditional culture celebration of the Arawak natives of the Caribbean.

Question 21

Which is the most likely to be a hazardous waste?

A)acetate and polystyrene plastics
B)fluids and acids from toy and appliance batteries
C)iron from auto motors buried in the ground
D)millions of tons of waste tomatoes not sold to the public

Question 22

On the map of hazardous waste sites in the U.S.one generally sees a correlation between those sites and

A)mountainous areas.
B)coastal regions.
C)areas of greater population density.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 23

One important thing to remember about fossil fuels is that

A)once taken from the ground, they cannot be soon replenished.
B)they will be removed from daily use over the next decade.
C)the use of automobiles in the U.S.and Europe has little to do with their use.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 24

Fresh Kills

A)was the largest landfill in the world.
B)was reopened in 2001 to accommodate 9/11 debris.
C)will be a park larger than Manhattan's Central Park.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 25

Areas in the world with great problems with deforestation are found mainly

A)in higher latitudes.
B)in polar regions.
C)in Europe and North America, which are very industrialized.
D)in undeveloped rainforest regions.

Question 26

High amounts of deforestation

A)kill wildlife.
B)pollute the air.
C)cause increases in loss of topsoil.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 27

Which country has the greatest production of crude oil according to the map?

A)United States
B)Russia
C)Saudi Arabia
D)China

Question 28

According to the map of the routes of major oil shipping and chokepoints

A)most oil goes from the Middle East around Africa to North America.
B)most oil is transported from South Asia and China to Australia.
C)China is the origin for most oil shipments in the world.
D)South America produces the most oil of any country.

Question 29

Fresh Kills is

A)a fresh water aquaculture fishery in Louisiana.
B)a polluted river stream in eastern Pennsylvania.
C)the largest landfill in the world on Staten Island.
D)a series of over hunted state parks in southern Indiana.

Question 30

When looking at power use per person (capita) in Europe a question one might ask is

A)why is power use so low overall?
B)why might power use in France be so much higher than in the United Kingdom?
C)why have Spain and Italy increased usage so dramatically over the last three decades?
D)why has Eastern Europe decreased in usage so much in so little time?

Question 31

Over the next few decades the world's population is expected to increase by 2 billion.This means that

A)more people will be added to the earth than ever before.
B)stresses on that population will increase.
C)we must learn to manage resources wisely to accommodate that population.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 32

The greatest chokepoint in the world for oil passage according to the map is

A)the Danish Straits.
B)the Panama Canal.
C)the Strait of Hormuz.
D)the Mozambique Channel.

Question 33

Cancer clusters

A)are generally unexplainable.
B)can be identified as 'unusual' and not random through statistical methods.
C)are normally found applied to respiratory cancers only.
D)are located generally in the western United States where industry thrives.

Question 34

Minimata disease is related to

A)deaths from deep shaft coal mining.
B)sickness from mercury poisoning in coastal waters.
C)infirmity from leather processing and tanning in early England.
D)mental retardation and birth defects caused by thalidomide.

Question 35

According to the map, the highest per capita power use regions are

A)in Central and South America.
B)in North America, Europe, and Australia.
C)in the Middle East and North Africa.
D)in central African countries.

Question 36

In Kentucky, the Valley of the Drums

A)was a toxic waste site of hundreds of barrels of toxic fluids.
B)was a site producing more air pollution than seen in all of Los Angeles.
C)compared in size to the Staten Island 'Fresh Kills' landfill.
D)took up most of the territory of the west half of the state.

Question 37

According to the map of crude oil production which region of the world is dominant?

A)Europe
B)North America
C)The Middle East
D)Southeast Asia

Question 38

The problem with the NIMBY syndrome is that

A)no one wants undesirable industry or trash in their back yards.
B)most hot air balloons do not cause air pollution.
C)all of our back yards have some kind of pollution.
D)his relationship with BOBENDUM is highly questionable.

Question 39

Regarding the Middle East in terms of per capita power use

A)most areas are not remarkable in power use.
B)there are no low power use (per capita) countries.
C)high power use (per capita) is found in the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 40

Especially in the third world, urban populations

A)are generally declining.
B)are shifting locations to lower stream valleys.
C)are increasing fairly dramatically.
D)none of the above. Scrambling: Locked