Multiple choice

Question 1
The article "Young at Risk" proposes that the young of humans and animals are more vulnerable to chemical pollutant exposure due to all of the following reasons EXCEPT that:
A. their brains are less sensitive than those of mature humans and animals.
B. the young eat and breathe more for their body weights than adults, so they get bigger proportional doses of external pollutants.
C. accumulated dioxin slows action to the immune system.
D. they will be getting about 50 times the exposure of an adult during critical developmental stages. Reset Selection

Question 2
The central problem in the international fishing industry is:
A. "poaching" by foreign vessels in the territorial waters of small nations.
B. laws restricting fishing in waters with the most abundant fish populations.
C. the decline in fish populations due to over-fishing, pollution, and habitat destruction.
D. a lack of enforcement of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Reset Selection

Question 3
The reauthorization of the Magnuson Act in 1996 focused on all of the following EXCEPT:
A. overfishing.
B. funding.
C. air quality.
D. habitat degradation. Reset Selection

Question 4
According to the text, problems associated with the Endangered Species Act include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. its use as a "last-chance" approach to saving endangered species.
B. the creation of conflict between individual property owners and government regulations concerning species.
C. a lack of public support for the Act.
D. ill-defined categories concerning the level of threat posed by human activities to individual species. Reset Selection

Question 5
Aside from lead, the two air pollutants most hazardous to human health are:
A. sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide.
B. ozone and sulfur dioxide.
C. ozone and fine airborne particulates.
D. nitrous oxides and carbon monoxide. Reset Selection

Question 6
Which of the following is an ingredient of acid rain?
A. Lead
B. Nitrogen dioxide
C. VOCs
D. Ozone Reset Selection

Question 7
The process of searching for new natural medicines is called:
A. drug testing.
B. bioprospecting.
C. FDA approval seeking.
D. curative compounding. Reset Selection

Question 8
The economic value of the rain forest is based upon all of the following EXCEPT:
A. plants that potentially contain the basis for new medicines.
B. its value as a source of raw materials.
C. its value as a food source.
D. its value as a fossil fuel source. Reset Selection

Question 9
In considering the origins of the top 150 drugs in the United States, __________ origins account for the greates percentage of drugs.
A. synthetic
B. animal
C. plant
D. marine Reset Selection

Question 10
The central problems mentioned in the case study concerning the Love Canal include all of the following EXCEPT that:
A. developers and the school board knew about the chemical dump, but proceeded anyway.
B. individual citizens are powerless to make a difference in situations concerning waste dumping.
C. there are chemical dumps around the U.S. and the world which are annually increasing. Improved safe dumping and developing/ building standards need to be carefully created and monitored for safety of citizenry.
D. there are many heavily concentrated chemical dumps close to the Niagara River and such leaching and damage to the environment similar to Love Canal could easily again happen.
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