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True or False - Chapter 1

 



Q1. Humans are the key contributor to current environmental
      change
.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?

Q2. According to the figures given in Physical Geography, how many hectares of productive        land are lost in a day: 1200, 12,000 or 120,000?
Choice 11200
Choice 2 12,000
Choice 2 120,000


Q3. Asia is the continent most dominated by humans.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q4. Predictions suggest that there will be 96 megacities by 2151.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?




Q5. Human activities do little to affect flows of sediments in rivers.
Choice 1True?
Choice 2False?

 


Q6. Planting trees helps to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?



Q7. Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide will increase food production
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q8. Organochlorines have only local effects on the environment.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q9. Biodiversity is the number of species living in an area.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q10. Remote sensing has assisted the study of the global ecosystem.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q11. Mathematical models aid the study toxins in ecosystems.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q12. Mathematical models of environmental change are unable to incorporate the human           component of ecosystems.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q13. The record of past environments is complete.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q14. Ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica yield clues to climatic conditions over the last          100,000 years or so.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q15. Postdiction is not possible using mathematical models.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




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