1. United States population growth is near zero, with the population expected to
stabilize by about 2025.
TRUE
FALSE
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2. The population of the world is currently about:
3.4 billion
6.8 billion
9.2 billion
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3. The population of the world is currently increasing at a rate of 8,836 people per _______.
week
day
hour
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4. The estimated world population in the year 2050 is about:
6.5 billion
9.4 billion
11.5 billion
14.2 billion
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5. The population of the United States in 1957 (50 years ago) was 172 million.
On August 1, 2007 the U.S. population was ________________.
172 million
212 million
303 million
500 million
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6. The United States is a net exporter of most raw materials
used by industry today.
TRUE
FALSE
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7. Consumption of mineral resources globally has increased sharply in recent years.
FALSE
TRUE
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8. The raw material that is used in the greatest quantity in the United States today, and which accounts for almost one-third (by weight) of the total raw materials used annually, is steel.
TRUE
FALSE
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9. Which of the following statements most accurately describes United States
forests:
forest harvest roughly equals net growth.
net forest growth exceeds harvest by 67 percent.
net forest growth exceeds harvest by 29 percent
forest harvest has exceeds net growth by 8 percent.
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10. Growing trees capture carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen.
FALSE
TRUE
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11. As originally established, it was never intended that the
National Forests of the United States would be periodically harvested to obtain
timber that would be used in meeting the nation need for wood.
FALSE
TRUE
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12. At current rates of deforestation, 40 percent of current
forests in the United States will be lost by the middle of the next century.
FALSE
TRUE
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13. In the U.S. and globally, more species of plants and
animals have been driven to extinction by logging activity than any other
activity of humankind.
FALSE
TRUE
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14. Under current United States law, forest harvesting is
allowed within federally designated wilderness areas.
FALSE
TRUE
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15. Populations of elk, pronghorn antelope, and wild turkey
have declined significantly in the United States over the past 60 years.
FALSE
TRUE
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16. Considering the total annual harvest of forests in the
United States and the total consumption of wood and wood fiber products within
our country, the U.S. is a net importer of wood and wood products.
FALSE
TRUE
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17. Recovered paper provided _____ of the U.S. paper industry fiber in 2006.
36.9 percent
12.6 percent
19.5 percent
67.3 percent
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18. The building material that can be produced with the least impact on the
environment is:
Wood
Stone Chips
Silk
Wool
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19. What was the first animal to go into space?
Dog
Elephant
Fox
Mouse
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20. Which one of these revolving weather systems is the smallest?
Tropical cyclone
Hurricane
Typhoon
Tornado
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