Unit 1 Review Sheet Answers:
Part 2: Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following events has increased the impact of humans on the environment?
I. Advances in technology
II. Reduced human population growth
III. Use of tools for hunting
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. II and III only
d. I and III only
e. I, II, and III
2. All of the following would be exclusively caused by anthropogenic (human caused) activities
EXCEPT
a. Combustion of fossil fuels
b. Overuse of resources such as uranium
c. Forest clearing for crops
d. Air pollution from burning oil
e. Forest fires
3. Challenges in the study of environmental science include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Dangers of studying natural systems
b. Lack of baseline data
c. Subjectivity of environmental impacts
d. Complexity of natural ecosystems
e. Complex interactions between humans and the environment
4. A person’s ecological footprint is
a. The land that a person lives on
b. The amount of carbon dioxide a person contributes to climate change
c. The land required to produce a person’s food
d. The land needed to support all of a person’s activities
e. The amount of fossil fuel a person uses
5. In 2011, 640, 000 hectares (ha) of the Amazon rainforest were cleared. Aproximately how many
hectares is that each hour? (NO CALCULATORS)
a. 1.2 ha b. 29 ha c. 73 ha d. 178 ha e. 1,752 ha
6. Refer to the figure below. How does fish and meat consumption in developed and developing
countries compare?
a. Developing countries
consume slightly more meat
and fish per capita
b. Developed countries
consume slightly more meat
and fish per capita
c. Developing and developed
countries consume about the
same amount of meat and
fish per capita
d. Developing countries
consume about four times
more meat and fish per
capita
e. Developed countries
consume about four times
more meat and fish per capita
7. Which of the following is the best example of the tragedy of the commons?
a. Water pollution from oil rigs is concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico
b. An increase in the concentration of a toxin as it goes through the food chain
c. Exponential population growth as a country goes through the demographic transition
d. The use of invasive species as biological control
e. The overharvesting of fish from a privately owned lake
8. The first step in the scientific process is
a. Collecting data b. observations and questions c. forming a hypothesis
d. disseminating findings e. forming a theory
1. D
2. E
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. B
Extra Math Problems:
Scientific Notation Practice: Express the following numbers in Scientific Notation
1. 315,000,000 Now multiply #1 and #2 together
8
3.15 x 10
22.05 x 10 17
2. 7,000,000,000
7 x 109
3. 0.001
1 x 10-3
4. 0.000001
1 x 10 -6
5. 0.000000001
1 x 10 -9
Dimensional Analysis Practice
A city that uses ten billion BTUs of energy each month is using how
many kilowatt-hours of energy?
0.3 x 10 7 OR 3 x 10 6 kWh
2. A 340 million square mile forest is how many hectares?
ha
8.8 x 10 10
3. If one barrel of crude oil provides six million BTUs of energy, how
many BTUs of energy will one liter of crude oil provide?
3.7 x 10 4 BTU
4. Fifty eight thousand kilograms of solid waste is equivalent to how many metric tons?
58 metric tons
