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GED 108 Environmental Science Latest Exam Multiple Choice Questions 1) If atmospheric carbon dioxide was eliminated from our atmosphere, we would expect that the Earth would: A) cool considerably and photosynthesis would dramatically increase. B

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Multiple Choice Questions

1) If atmospheric carbon dioxide was eliminated from our atmosphere, we would expect that the

Earth would:

A) cool considerably and photosynthesis would dramatically increase.

B) cool considerably and photosynthesis would dramatically decrease.

C) heat up considerably and photosynthesis would dramatically increase.

D) heat up considerably and photosynthesis would dramatically decrease.

ANSWER IS D



2) Which of the following is a correlation that is causing widespread concern?

A) As atmospheric oxygen levels decline, the ozone layer is being destroyed.

B) As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels decline, the ozone layer is being destroyed.

C) As levels of methane decline, average global temperatures are increasing.

D) As levels of carbon dioxide increase, average global temperatures are increasing.

Answer is D



3) Which of the following is part of natural capital but not ecosystem capital?

A) solar energy used to drive photosynthesis throughout the biosphere

B) coal and oil reserves

C) the production of electrical energy from wind turbines and dams

D) the genetic diversity of all plants and animals used in modern agriculture

Answer is C

,4) From an ecological economist’s perspective, without sustainability, as economies grow:

A) gross national product grows too.

B) natural resources are renewed.

C) the natural world is depleted.

D) natural ecosystems are replenished.

Answer is C



5) Natural capital includes ecosystem capital plus:

A) natural forms of energy, such as solar, wind, and flowing water.

B) nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels.

C) money available to invest in growing industry.

D) all of the products of photosynthesis in the biosphere.

Answer is A



6) Which of the following is not an element of intangible capital?

A) produced capital

B) human capital

C) social capital

D) knowledge assets

Answer is A



7) Uncertain about the best way to keep his new lizard alive, Jerome places a heat lamp at one

end of the long lizard cage. Over several days, Jerome notices that the lizard tends to sit in a

certain place when the lamp is on. The lizard’s selection of a particular place to stay

represents its:

, A) range of tolerance.

B) temperature optimum.

C) biotic conditioning.

D) use of a limited resource.

Answer is B



8) ________________ are defined as two or more factors interacting in a way that causes an effect

much greater than one would anticipate from each of the two acting separately.

A) Synergisms

B) Habitats

C) Niches

D) none of the above

Answer is A



9) Energy is lost as it moves from one trophic level to the next because:

A) one trophic level does not consume the entire trophic level below it.

B) some of the calories consumed drive cellular activities and do not add mass.

C) some ingested materials are undigested and eliminated.

D) All of the above.

Answer is C



10) In general, biomes at higher latitudes are most like:

A) biomes at higher altitudes.

B) aquatic biomes.

C) biomes at lower altitudes.

D) biomes at lower latitudes.

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