Multiple choice

1. Which of the following is not an example of a soft-path solution? 

Community-operated ditches

Micro-sprinkler systems

New cross-country pipelines

Protecting a pond’s ecosystem

2. What is the term for a climate or region of low annual rainfall and frequent droughts? 

Arid

Alpine

Semi-arid

Continental

3. The United States has lost 50 percent of its wetlands since colonial times. 

True 

False 

4. In-place fossil fuel resource statistics can be misleading because they 

represent only unconventional deposits.

represent only conventional deposits.

do not reflect technical or economic recoverability.

do not reflect worldwide fossil fuel availability.