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Which of the examples below describes an effort to address urban sprawl through urban green space?  A new restaurant is constructed on a lot on the edge of town, bypassing several vacant lots wi... thin the city.  The city converts an old factory downtown into affordable housing for young people.  The city razes a former dry cleaners downtown, cleans up the chemicals in the soil and builds a sculpture garden.  A small city maintains a park and forest within its downtown as new businesses build around it. CONCEPT Addressing Urban Sprawl 2 Of the options below, which is an example of a point source of water pollution?  Fertilizers and pesticides from the valley’s farming operations seep into groundwater.  Salt from road de-icing is swept into the city’s storm sewers.  A rainstorm flushes litter and pet waste from surrounding parks into a nearby lake.  A housing development is built over a garbage dump that was buried and abandoned. CONCEPT Water Pollution 3 Choose the statement that is NOT true about conditions within the given biome.  Temperate grasslands are in the wetter areas of the temperate zone.  Tundras are very cold with very little rainfall.  Steppes are cold grasslands with little precipitation.  All deserts have extremely low precipitation levels. CONCEPT Biomes 4 Which of the following is true about the ecological footprints of the U.S. and developing countries?  The U.S. standard of living requires two hectares of land per person, but a developing nation’s standard of living requires 0.2 hectares of land per person.  The U.S. standard of living requires 15 hectares of land per person, but a developing nation’s standard of living requires 10 hectares of land per person.  The U.S. standard of living requires 10 hectares of land per person, but a developing nation’s standard of living requires one hectare of land per person.  The U.S. standard of living requires five hectares of land per person, but a developing nation’s standard of living requires 0.5 hectares of land per person. CONCEPT This study source was downloaded by 100000773243632 from CourseHero.com on 03-30-2022 16:06:13 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/66135252/Sophia-Environmental-Science-Final-Milestonedocx/ Human Population Growth 5 The Green Revolution contributed to a population explosion due to research and technology breakthroughs in the mid-1900s. Select one statement that is NOT a result of these breakthroughs.  Fertilizers were chemically produced, which improved food supplies.  Advances were made in sanitation and medicine that improved lives.  All nations became stronger and more self-sufficient as the population increased.  Improvements to agricultural crops increased production worldwide. CONCEPT Human Arrival and Expansion 6 What is one goal of the sustainability movement?  To encourage the use of coal  To manage human population growth  To decrease oxygen in the atmosphere  To promote deforestation practices CONCEPT Sustainability and Solutions 7 The largest source of global gree [Show More]

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