6) Which of the following is not an element of intangible capital?
A) produced capital
B) human capital
C) social capital
D) knowledge assets
9) Energy is lost as it moves from one trophic level to the next because:
A) one trophic level does not consume the entire trophic level below it.
B) some of the calories consumed drive cellular activities and do not add mass.
C) some ingested materials are undigested and eliminated.
D) All of the above.
19) If the Millennium Development goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 is
achieved:
A) the proportion of people who suffer from hunger will be reduced by half.
B) no continent will have more than 10,000 people still hungry.
C) fertility rates will decline to those of most European nations.
D) the rural population of the world will nearly double.
20) Which of the following represents the Millennium Development Goal that has the greatest
number of targets worsening instead of improving?
A) universal primary education
B) increased access to clean drinking water
C) reduced child mortality
D) decreased maternal childbirth deaths
21) What new concept in population matters was strongly emphasized at the International
Conference on Population Development?
A) water availability
B) AIDS
C) reproductive health
D) none of the above
43) New Generation III nuclear plants such as the AP1000 Advanced Passive Reactor features:
A) a combination of nuclear fusion and fission in a single design.
B) a pressurized water system with many new passive safety features to prevent a LOCA. C) a design that uses a mechanical source of X-rays for power.
D) designs based on the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan.
75) Discount rates calculate the:
A) future value of an asset.
B) aesthetic value of natural assets.
C) current value of a future benefit or cost.
D) intrinsic value of renewable resources.
85) Energy:
A) and nutrients flow one way through ecosystems.
B) and nutrients both cycle within ecosystems.
C) cycles within ecosystems, while nutrients flow only one way through ecosystems.
D) flows one way through ecosystems, but nutrients cycle within ecosystems.
86) Biogeochemical cycles involve:
A) only biological processes.
B) the cyclic movement of materials through ecosystems
C) only geological and chemical processes.
D) heat loss from both respiration and photosynthesis.
93) Parasites:
A) affect their hosts in a density-independent manner.
B) and their hosts represent a type of intraspecific competition.
C) occur in animals but not plants.
D) may live inside or outside of their host.
94) A keystone species:
A) typically reduces overall biodiversity of an ecosystem.
B) has a disproportionately large impact on the stability of an ecosystem.
C) is typically an herbivore.
D) is an example of amensalism.
100) Which one of the following is a trait that increases the chances of survival for an endangered
species?
A) geographical distribution
B) a food source consisting of a single species
C) large size
D) small number of offspring
