Environmental Science...Chapter 6, Section 5.
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The quiz below is next in the series of test and is designed to test out what you got from chapter five. Give it a shot and keep a look out for the quiz on chapter six and the rest of the book. All the best of luck in your revision!
- 1.There are currently a number of megacities on the planet, wich populations greater than 10 million. The first hypercity on the planet, wich a population of 35 million people, is
- A.
Mumbai in India
- B.
Tokyo in Japan
- C.
New York city in the United States
- D.
Moscow in Russia
- E.
Montreal in Canada
- 2.The urban growth occurring in the developing countries is
- A.
Generally well planned and orderly
- B.
Helping to eliminate urban poverty
- C.
Generally offset by migration to rural areas
- D.
Caused by both immigration and natural increase
- E.
All of these answers
- 3.It can be said that poverty is becoming __________ urbanized, mostly in ___________ countries.
- A.
Less, developing
- B.
Increasingly, developed
- C.
Increasingly, developing
- D.
Less, developed
- E.
Somewhat, both developed and developing
- 4.Since 1980, the U.S. population has
- A.
Shifted to the north to the east
- B.
Shifted to the north and west
- C.
Shifted to the south and east
- D.
Shifted to the south and west
- E.
Shifted to the north as people seek cooler areas because of global warming
- 5.The concentration of the U.S. population into urban areas has had the following positive effect on our natural resources:
- A.
It has reduced the use of fossil fuels, as delivery of essential goods and services occurs in a more defined, smaller area.
- B.
It has helped protect the country's biodiversity by reducing the destruction and degradation of wildlife habitats
- C.
It has reduced global warming, since the use of fossil fuels occurs only in very concentrated areas
- D.
All of these answers
- 6.Which of the following factors can be said to favor urban sprawl?
- A.
Cheap gasoline
- B.
Affordable land
- C.
Increased prosperity
- D.
Poor urban planning
- E.
All of these answers
- 7.Urban populations occupy only about 2% of Earth's land area, but they consume ______ of its resources
- A.
10%
- B.
20%
- C.
45%
- D.
55%
- E.
75%
- 8.Which of the following are benefits of urbanization?
- A.
Birth rates are lower
- B.
People have better access to health care
- C.
People have better access to education
- D.
Recycling is more economically feasible
- E.
All of these answers
- 9.Which of the following climate conditions are genearlly higher in urban areas than in suburbs and rural areas?
- A.
Cloud cover
- B.
Temperature
- C.
Fog
- D.
Precipitation
- E.
All of these answers
- 10.A city can be described as a
- A.
Cool pocket
- B.
Dust bowl
- C.
Heat island
- D.
Wind tunnel
- E.
All of these answers
- 11."Fecal snow" is a characteristic of
- A.
Sao Paulo
- B.
Mexico City
- C.
Calcutta
- D.
Rio de Janeiro
- E.
Bombay
- 12.Breathing the air of Mexico City is like smoking ___ pack(s) of cigarettes each day.
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Four
- E.
Five
- 13.In the future, coastal cities will likely be faced with
- A.
Severe water shortages when the mountaintop glaciers that feed the watersheds coming into these cities are reduced by global warming
- B.
Flooding as sea levels rise secondary to global warming
- C.
Higher populations as people move from arid areas because of droughts
- D.
No major changes in water availability or population size
- E.
Changes in water availability, but no changes in population
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