APES Unit 5 Progress Check MCQ part B Which of the following aspects in the design for this new urban development would most likely have the greatest negative environmental impact? - ANS✔The five apartment buildings
Which of the following aspects of the design for this new urban development will best help to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere? - ANS✔Access to the mass transit train line will provide inhabitants an alternative to driving personal vehicles.
Which of the following would be considered an advantage of increased urban sprawl? - ANS✔As individuals move out of urban areas to nearby suburbs, the population densities of cities will decrease, reducing the spread of infectious disease.
Based on the graph above, in which of the following periods did the human population first exceed Earth's biocapacity? - ANS✔1975-1980
Which of the following statements correctly describes the trend of ecological footprint compared to biocapacity from 1961 to 2014 ? - ANS✔The world's ecological footprint has risen above its capacity to sustainably provide for the human population.
Biocapacity can be defined as the amount of resources available to individuals in a given country at a specific moment in time. Which of the following statements best explains the trends in the above data?
- ANS✔Biocapacity increased because of improved farming techniques on existing farmland, and the
ecological deficit increased because of a growing population and more demand for goods.
Which of the following statements is best supported by the data in the table? - ANS✔Chicken meat requires less water per kilocalorie than cow meat does.
Which of the following foods is most suitable to cultivate to minimize water consumption per kilogram of food? - ANS✔Cereals
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