环境地质学

1 . Which of the following is not included in the application of geology to environmental problems?

A Earth materials

B natural hazards

C land

D hydrologic processes

E solar power

2 . True or False? Theories become facts.

A False

B True

3 . Which of the following is not an environmental problem?

A resource depletion

B poverty

C overpopulation

D disposal of hazardous waste

E global warming

4 . True or False? Traditionally, landowners have had the right to dispose of land as they please.

A True

B False

5 . Which of the following is not a cause of the environmental crisis?

A industrialization

B urbanization

C sustainability

D inadequate institutions to cope with environmental stress

E too little ethical regard for our land

6 . What is the number-one environmental problem?

A hazardous waste

B population growth

C global warming

D landfills

E resource depletion

7 . True or False? The world’s population is growing exponentially.

A True

B False

8 . Which of the following is a part of the earth system?

A the atmosphere

B the lithosphere

C all of the above

D the hydrosphere

E the biosphere

9 . The environmental objective is to maintain our environment so that its resources can continue to provide benefits for people and other living things. What is this called? [Hint]

A sustainability

B uniformitarianism

C environmental unity

D average residence time

E the balance of nature

10 . Which type of system does not exchange energy or material with its surroundings?

A closed system

B ocean system

C political system

D open system

E Earth system

11 . What is found by taking the total size of the stock of a material in a system and dividing it by the average rate of transfer through the system?

A sustainability

B average residence time

C growth rate

D resource limitations

E doubling time

12 . Which of the following is not part of the Gaia Hypothesis?

A Life deliberately controls the global environment.

B Life destroys the environment.

D Life affects the environment for the betterment of life.

C Life significantly affects the planetary environment.

E Life helps regulate planetary climate.

13 . Which of the following is not an Earth process that can be hazardous to people?

A pestilence

B volcanoes

C flooding

D landslides

E earthquakes

14 . Geologists assume that the processes we observe today also operated in the past. What is this called?

A environmental unity

B the balance of nature

C average residence time

D sustainability

E uniformitarianism