Unit 3b Quiz: Land and Water Resources

Which of the following is not a fishing technique?

• Drift nets

• Long-lining

• Bottom-trawling

• Snaring

• Pole and line

What is the Tragedy of the Commons?

• People exploiting shared resources

• People wisely sharing resources

• People protecting marine mammals

• Difficulties within the middle class

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What is one of the main effects of Tragedy of the Commons?

• Underfishing

• Overfishing

• Fish prosperity

• Decrease in the price of fish

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Which type of fishing has high rates of bycatch and is highly destructive of benthic (ocean floor) ecosystems?

• pole and line

• long-line

• drift nets

• bottom-trawling

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Type of fishing that has the lowest rates of bycatch.

• pole and line

• drift nets

• bottom-trawling

• long-line

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Which of the following is true of old growth forests?

• They have never been cut or seriously disturbed for several hundred years.

• They are areas where cutting has occurred and a new, younger forest has arisen naturally.

• They are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use

• They currently cover 90% of Michigan and 70% of the United States.

Which of the following is considered the most sustainable method of cutting trees?

• clear-cutting

• selective cutting

• shelterwood logging

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Which fishing technique is pictured here?

• drift nets

• long-lining

• bottom-trawling

• pole and line

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What is mining reclamation?

• The removal of trees for agricultural purposes or purposes of exportation.

• Removal of select trees in an area.

• When a property owner decides to mine their land for minerals.

• The process of restoring land that has been mined to a natural or economically usable state.

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