Environmental Engineering Reference
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84.
Due to the confined nature of this type of mine, particulate matter can accumulate in the air and be-
come a health hazard for miners.
85.
Critics point to all the following as potential negative consequences of producing genetically modified
foods EXCEPT:
A.
The increasing need for more powerful pesticides and herbicides due to growing resistance in pests
and weeds
B.
The destruction of native crops
C.
The ability for foods to stay fresh longer, giving them the ability to be transported farther and have
a longer shelf-life
D.
The possibility of exacerbating allergies in people
E.
The potential to create new disease, because bacteria and viruses are sometimes used to create ge-
netically modified foods
86.
An evolutionary adaptation in which different species divide a limited resource by specializing in dif-
ferent ways is considered
A.
Co-evolution
B.
Resource partitioning
C.
Allotropic speciation
D.
Sympatric speciation
E.
Natural selection
87.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between altitude and atmospher-
ic pressure?
A.
With decreasing altitude, atmospheric pressure decreases.
B.
With increasing altitude, atmospheric pressure increases.
C.
With increasing altitude, atmospheric pressure decreases.
D.
With decreasing altitude, atmospheric pressure increases.
E.
When altitude increases, atmospheric pressure stabilizes.
88.
Which of the following could cause birth rates to increase back to a rate similar to that seen during the
pre-industrial stage of demographic transition?
A.
Increase in disease and death among the young
B.
Decrease in disease and death among the young
C.
Increase in the elderly population
D.
War
E.
Female empowerment
89.
Who is responsible for the creation of the National Wildlife Refuge System?
A.
Rachel Carson
B.
Gifford Pinchot
C.
President Herbert Hoover
D.
President Theodore Roosevelt
E.
Aldo Leopold
90.
Why are wetlands considered an especially valuable ecosystem?
