Questions Posted 12/4/98

The world's largest user of energy is:  (Amy Louton)
a) Japan
b) United States
c) India
d) Germany
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Approximately one-third of the energy used by modern societies is used to: (Amy Louton)
a) operate vehicles for public transportation
b) heat, cool, and light buildings
c) operate water treatment plants
d) none of these
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Since the 1880s, the United States has lost ___________ of its topsoil:  (Amy Louton)
a) 2/3
b) none, it has actually gained
c) 1/3
d) all
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What program does Al Gore suggest starting in order to keep better 
track of the information that is picked up from orbit:  (Susana Palma  Gore page 358)
A) Mission to Planet Earth
B) Digital Earth Program
C) The Montreal Protocol
D) None of the above
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2) In 1989 Pat Bryant and other environmental and labor groups helped 
create the _______________ which contributed to the passage of the 
state's first air quality law.  (Susana Palma  Gore page 290)
A) Clean Air Act
B) Louisiana Toxics Project
C) NIMBY
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Secondary sewage treatment is:  (Chloe Downing)
a) a mechanical process that filters our debris using screens
b) a biological process using aerobic bacteria to remove organic wastes
c) a chemical process to remove specific pollutants
d) a physical process to remove specific pollutants
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The Global Marshall Plan includes, (Britt Gondrezick)
a) Stabalizing world population
b) Developing and sharing appropriate technologies
c) A new global economics and environmental consensus
d) all of the above
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Which of the following is not a problem associated with using nuclear fission
as a renewable energy source? (Kathryn Scruggs)
a. concern for safety
b. it must use kinetic energy
c. disposal of radioactive materials
d. potential for terrorist uses
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Prolonged overfishing leads to _______________ reduction of a species to the
point at which it's no longer profitable to hunt for them.  
(Mili Gonzalez)
A.  overfishing
B.  commercial extinction
C.  sustainable yield
D.  fish farming
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Al Gore mainly puts fault on the ________________ for not taking effective
action against our ecological crisis of Global Warming.  (Jennifer Watkins)
a)  middle class population
b)  neighboring countries
c)  government
d)  scientists
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A highly focused anf well-financed program to accelerate the development of
environmentally appropriate technologies that will abet sustainnaible
economic progress and that can be substituted for ecologically destructive
technology currently in place.  (Francisco Puck)
a)first strategic goal of the global marshall plan
b)second strategic goal of the global marshall plan
c)third strategic goal of the global marshall plan
d)fourth strategia goal of the global marshall plan
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Where did Hurricane Mitch do the most overall damage?  (Leslie Nigg)
a. Nicaragua and Belize
b. Nicaragua and Honduras
c. Brazil and Belize
d. all were equal
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How many acres of land become desert each year?  (Amy Burwell)
a.  20 million acres
b.  1 million acres
c.  30 million acres
d.  15 million acres
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What are some roadblocks to energy conservation? (Shawnele Cox)
a)  the delusion that our fossil fuels will last
b)  the government itself is not commited to energy efficiencey
c)  energy efficient products often cost more
d)  all the above
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