Question 11
Lentic water held in a reservoir is best described as a form of _____.
Question 11 options:
A) fluid energy
B) chemical energy
C) thermodynamics
D) potential energy
E) entropy
F) kinetic energy
Question 12
Secondary consumers obtain their nutrients from _____
Question 12 options:
A) primary producers and/or detritivores and decomposers.
B) detritivores and decomposers only.
C) primary and/or tertiary consumers.
D) tertiary producers and/or detritivores and decomposers.
E) primary producers only.
F) nutrients absorbed through their body surface.
Question 13
According to E.O. Wilson, biodiversity _____
Question 13 options:
A) can recover quickly.
B) cannot be conserved.
C) can be conserved as in the primary forest.
D) can recover quickly with human intervention.
E) is a nonrenewable resource.
F) is a resource that can be used endlessly for human benefit.
Question 14
Agriculture researchers in Switzerland, Canada, and the US have established that organic farming over a period of time _____
Question 14 options:
A) is only sustainable with government support.
B) presently has no market in Canada.
C) would result in increased topsoil depth and activity of earthworms.
D) increased the incidence of invasive species.
E) requires bees.
F) enriches the soil with nutrients and carbon.
G) A and B are correct.
Question 15
The Canadian forest strategy includes which of the following objectives?
Question 15 options:
A) Conveying ownership of forested areas from the Crown to private forest companies
B) Improving the sustainability of forest communities through legislation and policies
C) Managing individual, commercially important tree species
D) Limiting deforestation and species invasion
E) Reversing privatization of forests by purchasing private woodlots
F) Protecting threatened forest-dwelling species
Question 16
The triple bottom line includes which of the following goals?
Question 16 options:
A) Environmental goals, economic goals, social goals
B) Environmental goals, development goals, social goals
C) Global goals, economic goals, social goals
D) National goals, economic goals, development goals
E) Environmental goals, economic goals, national goals
F) None of the above is complete.
Question 17
Of the options below, which one most correctly represents current Canada's age-structure?
Question 17 options:
A) Looks like a pyramid
B) Reflects unequal distribution of males and females at all age groups
C) Reflects a "baby boom" in the early 1980s
D) Reflects an aging population
E) Reflects a population with a high growth rate
F) None of the above is correct.
G) Both C and E are correct.