Chapter 38 Self Quiz: Human Influences on the Living World

  1. Habitat loss of rain forest in Madagascar has led to the extinction of many of its ________ species.
    1. giraffe (wrong)
    2. lion (wrong)
    3. zebra (wrong)
    4. hippo (wrong)
    5. primate (correct)
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  2. Insecticides such as DDT are so damaging to predators because
    1. of biological magnification (correct)
    2. top predators consume many plants (wrong)
    3. DDT is targeted at the top predators (wrong)
    4. prey animals are killed by DDT (wrong)
    5. they degrade into CFCs (wrong)
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  3. Ozone depletion is dangerous because ozone
    1. cools the earth (wrong)
    2. absorbs harmful UV rays (correct)
    3. is an antioxidant (wrong)
    4. is a micronutrient (wrong)
    5. is a macronutrient (wrong)
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  4. The greenhouse effect is caused by excess ________ in the atmosphere.
    1. nitrogen (wrong)
    2. CFC (wrong)
    3. ozone (wrong)
    4. carbon dioxide (correct)
    5. DDT (wrong)
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  5. Which of the following can cause acid precipitation?
    1. CFCs (wrong)
    2. coal-burning power plants (correct)
    3. a decrease in the ozone layer (wrong)
    4. clear-cutting forests (wrong)
    5. nuclear reactors (wrong)
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  6. Solar and wind energy are considered to be
    1. renewable sources of energy (correct)
    2. greenhouse gases (wrong)
    3. biomass fuels (wrong)
    4. fossil fuels (wrong)
    5. all of the above (wrong)
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  7. Ethanol can be produced for use as a biomass fuel by which process?
    1. chemosynthesis (wrong)
    2. fermentation (correct)
    3. refining oil (wrong)
    4. ozone fixation (wrong)
    5. biological magnification (wrong)
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  8. Captive breeding has been used to increase genetic diversity of the
    1. sperm whale (wrong)
    2. black rhino (correct)
    3. osprey (wrong)
    4. flying fox (wrong)
    5. mountain yellow-legged frog (wrong)
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  9. A pioneer in restoration ecology is
    1. University of Chicago (wrong)
    2. Harvard University (wrong)
    3. Columbia University (wrong)
    4. Yale University (wrong)
    5. University of Wisconsin-Madison (correct)
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  10. Marion Stoddard was responsible for cleaning up
    1. Lake Washington (wrong)
    2. Lake Michigan (wrong)
    3. Nahua River (correct)
    4. Hudson River (wrong)
    5. Three Mile Island (wrong)
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