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True or False - Chapter 3

 



Q1. Mass tourism has beneficial as well as detrimental effects on local
ecosystems.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?

Q2. Cave tourism has limited impact on cave systems.
Choice 1True?
Choice 2 False?

Q3. The 1991 Gulf War had a large impact on the region’s ecosystems.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q4. The Asian tiger (Panthera tigris) is threatened mainly by overhunting.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?




Q5. Symptoms of the Favela Syndrome include air and water pollution.
Choice 1True?
Choice 2False?

 


Q6. The Favela Syndrome refers to planned urban extension.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?



Q7. Most of the urban population growth in the developing world is driven by high birth rates.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q8. Megacities exist almost entirely in the developed world.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q9. The ‘automobile cities’ of the USA use eight times more energy per capita than equivalent more public transport oriented cities in Asia.
Choice 1 True?

Choice 2 False?


Q10. Sink syndromes can involve both deliberate and accidental pollution.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?


Q11. Flue-gas de-sulphurization refers to reducing sulphur dioxide emissions through the use of cleaner fuels.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?





Q12. Radionuclide contamination affects all species in the same way and to the
same degree.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q13. The rate of urban sprawl is falling.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q14. The radioactive cloud from Chernobyl spread worldwide.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




Q15. ‘Dilute and disperse’ is a good guiding principle for environmental policy.

Choice 1 True?
Choice 2 False?




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