GEOL 111 - Oil contained in runoff from the land can be filtered

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QUESTION 1
Oil contained in runoff from the land can be filtered by __________.
a. bacteria in trenches
b. wetlands and marshes
c. soil and gravel in
trenches
d. All of the above are
correct.
QUESTION 2
Point sources of pollution include __________.
a. discernable conduits such as pipes, chimneys, ditches, and
channels
b. broad areas of the landscape such as agricultural fields and
parking lots
QUESTION 3
In some developing countries, emphasis is on __________.
a. removing dams
b. building dams
c. river floodplain
management
QUESTION 4
Non-point sources of pollution include __________.
a. discernable conduits such as pipes, chimneys, ditches, and
channels
b. broad areas of the landscape such as agricultural fields and
parking lots
QUESTION 5 The maximum rate of resource consumption and waste discharge that is
sustainable indefinitely without progressively impairing ecosystem
productivity and integrity is called the __________.
a. carrying capacity
b. assimilative
capacity
c. limiting factor
d. accelerating factor QUESTION 6
In 1945 the U.S. extended its national coastal zone claims to _________.
a. 5 km (3 mi)
b. 8.3 km (5 mi)
c. 33 km (20 mi)
d. the outer edge of the
continental shelf QUESTION 7
A better understanding of the problem of environmental pollution in both the
coastal zone and in the open ocean is based on understanding or quantifying
the __________.
a. carrying capacity
b. assimilative capacity
c. limiting factor
d. All of the above are
correct. QUESTION 8
Today, the principal reason for the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration is
__________.
a. burning fossil fuels
b. reforestation
c. global warming
d. Both a and c are
correct.
QUESTION 9
At the beginning of the 21st century, international regulation over the ocean
includes the __________.
a. Antarctic Treaty System
b. London Dumping Convention
c. International Whaling
Commission
d. Convention of Straddling
Stocks
e. All of the above are correct. QUESTION 10
Anadromous fish, particularly salmon, are hard hit by dams because the fish
__________.
a. mature in the rivers but spawn in the ocean
b. mature in the ocean but spawn up rivers
c. always live in the ocean, but their food prey is
from rivers
d. All of the above are correct.
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