Which of the following is a positive outcome of environmental legislation since 1970?
a. establish yellowstone national park
b. significant improvement in air and water quality
c. national ban on CO2 emissions
d. passage of the general revision act
Answer: b
Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Which of the following best illustrates the process of evolution?
- Which of these is NOT a good strategy for making a city more sustainable?
- Which of the following statements regarding urbanization trends is true:
- Greenhouse gases increase ocean temperature, leading to more evaporation/clouds, Which leads to cooling of the earth's surface by reflection of solar radiation. this is an example of a:
- Which of the following is an area where primary succession could occur?
- A population is defined as:
- Which of these is/are true?
- Which of the following are not environmental problems often associated with urban areas?
- Green anoles were forced out of their established habitat of trees, plants, fences etc. by invasive brown anoles. the green anoles had to find new habitats in wetlands and tree crowns. this illustrates the concept of:
- Which of these works is correctly matched with the author/signer?
- Which of the following are products of photosynthesis?
- The phosphorus cycle differs from the carbon cycle in that:
- The troposphere is characterized by:
- Which of the following is correctly listen from smallest to largest unit?
- Eutrophication is:
- Chemicals in ( ) have long residence times, and chemicals in ( ) have short residence times.
- Which of the following surfaces has the highest albedo?
- Which of the following is correctly listen from smallest to largest unit?
- Which of the following is/are among the least productive ecosystems?
- The "deep ecology" worldview most closely resembles the:
- In a pyramid of energy, the highest quantity of energy (kcal/m2/year) would be found among the:
- Energy enters almost all ecosystems as:
- A scientific theory is:
- Which of the following is NOT an environmental problem facing NOLA: