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Human Geography Chapter 3 Quiz

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Question 1:


a) Chemicals and toxic by-products
b) Lead
c) Radio-active mining waste
d) All of the above

Question 2:


a) Acid rain
b) A hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica
c) Increased salinity of soil
d) Both a and c.
e) Both a and b.

Question 3:


a) The clearing of vegetation
b) Alterations in the water cycle
c) Over-grazing, fuel-gathering, intensive cultivation, and salinization of irrigated land
d) All of the above.
e) A and b only.

Question 4:


a) All minerals and land that take a long time to form
b) Fossil fuels
c) Resources that are fixed in supply
d) All of the above.
e) A and b only.

Question 5:


a) is concerned about resources for all living things
b) is anthropocentric
c) views humans as part of nature
d) All of the above.
e) A and c only.

Question 6:


a) Through the simplification of the ecosystem
b) Global climate change
c) Loss of biodiversity
d) All of the above.

Question 7:


a) The Kyoto Protocol
b) The Brundtland Report
c) The Montreal Protocol
d) The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
e) All of the above

Question 8:


a) Conserve of stock energy-resources
b) Limit the impacts of the urban heat island
c) Adapt to rising temperatures and new land uses
d) Prevent the rise of greenhouse gas emissions
e) All of the above.

Question 9:


a) Plant domestication
b) Fire
c) Tropical rainforest removal
d) All of the above.
e) B and c only.

Question 10:


a) It is caused by the removal or destabilization of the environments of various species
b) 16,000 species are under thread of extinction
c) Biodiversity has lowered by one-third between 1920 and 2005
d) The loss of species is difficult to quantify and often contested, but is likely great
e) Both a and d.