Kuby Chapter 14: Check for Understanding

AP Human Geography Kuby Chapter 14: Check for understanding

1. Which of the following is not one of the five primary human driving forces of environmental change? a. population b. affluence c. technology d. pollution e. political and economic policy

2. Which of the following are human driving forces? a. forestry and industry b. soil erosion and water pollution c. population growth and culture d. lung disease and species extinction

3. Actions that try to solve environmental problems by addressing the initial driving forces of a problem are considered to be part of the category of: a. natural feedback loop b. mitigation c. prevention d. compensation

4. “NIMBY” stands for which concept? a. when natural feedback loops are not able to solve an environmental problem b. when people do not want undesirable land-use activities near their residences c. when large corporations pay local residents to compensate for pollution d. when people hope that a problem will go away by ignoring it e. when nearby impacts are a function of movement, base, and year

5. A natural feedback solution to an environmental problem is unique because it is: a. the only one that operates independent of human activity b. the only one that addresses the adverse consequences of the problem c. the only one that addresses the driving forces of the problem d. the most effective e. the fastest way to produce results

6. The concept of economic development that does not compromise the world’s resource base and the environment for the use of future generations is called: a. system equilibrium b. luxury denial c. sustainable development d. environmental intervention 7. A system in equilibrium is characterized by a. nothing moving b. positive feedback loops c. renewable resources d. equal amounts of stocks, flows, and energy-material redistribution e. stocks are replenished by flows

8. In the article Wilding America, what are proposed to preserve Mountain Lions in Southern California? a. nature preserves b. limits to development c. wildlife corridors d. more deer e. fire prevention

9. Current effects of global warming include all of the following except a. sea-level rise b. thinning of Arctic sea ice c. retreat of nonpolar glaciers d. lengthening of growing seasons for crops e. fewer severe droughts and heavy-precipitation events

10. Which of the following is a positive feedback loop in global warming? a. More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to higher plant growth, which takes CO2 out of the atmosphere b. Higher temperatures lead to more evaporation, which leads to more clouds, which reduce the temperature by shading the earth and reflecting sunlight back towards space c. More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to higher temperatures, which leads to more air conditioning by humans, which leads to more energy use, which adds more CO2 to the atmosphere d. More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to higher temperatures, which heat the oceans, which absorb CO2 out of the atmosphere