Human Geography Landscapes of Human Activities 12th Edition By Bjelland Associate Professor – Test Bank

Human Geography Landscapes of Human Activities 12th Edition By Bjelland Associate Professor – Test Bank

Chapter 13 Human Impacts on Natural Systems

1. Which of the following will NOT be a likely consequence of significant global warming?
2. rise in sea level
3. expansion of the coniferous forest biome
4. lengthening of midlatitude growing seasons
5. reduction in latitudinal temperature contrasts

2. Water pollution is widespread because
3. water has a very low tolerance to either natural or artificial contaminants.
4. once a stream or lake is polluted, there is no way to restore it to usable quality.
5. increasing world aridity limits the number of water sources that can be used for waste disposal.
6. water so easily receives the wastes of agriculture, industry, and cities.

3. All of the following are adverse impacts of acid precipitation EXCEPT
4. loss of aquatic life.
5. depletion of the protective ozone layer.
6. death of soil microorganisms.
7. reduction of food crop yields.

4. The biosphere is composed of
5. the atmosphere, surface and subsurface water, and the earth’s upper crust.
6. the atmosphere, the living organic world, and the absorbable minerals of the earth’s crust.
7. water, phosphorous, and carbon.
8. solar energy, the earth’s crust, and living organisms.

5. Destructive human impact upon the natural environment
6. first began with sedentary agriculture.
7. was essentially nonexistent prior to the Industrial Revolution.
8. has always been an actual or likely consequence of human use of environments.
9. is associated with technologically advanced economies but not with the subsistence economies of the developing world.

6. Air pollution
7. may reduce both the amount of sunlight reaching the earth and the rate of heat radiation from earth to space.
8. may increase air temperatures through energy absorption by particulate matter.
9. first occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the use of fossil fuels by factories.
10. may have serious consequences for human health but rarely affects plant life.

7. Aerosols injected into the atmosphere by natural events or human action contribute to the
8. greenhouse effect.
9. icebox effect.
10. ozone effect.
11. acidic effect.

8. Which of the following is NOT a farming practice that protects the soil resource?
9. fallowing
10. rotation
11. furrowing
12. terracing

9. Which of the following has NOT been implicated in the process of desertification?
10. farming
11. grazing
12. deforestation
13. urbanization

10. The single most critical concern regarding the disposal of radioactive wastes is that
11. dumping of wastes at sea has resulted in contamination of the oceans.
12. injecting the wastes into deep wells can trigger earthquakes.
13. no proven permanent method of disposal has yet been devised.

D.        burying wastes on land has led to contamination via leaks from barrels