Honors Environmental Science Review - Chapter 16

An example of green infrastructure that improves air quality, conserves energy, reduces storm water runoff, reduces noise, and helps reduces urban heat island effects is:

A) Mass transit systems

B) Green spaces

C) Green roofs

D) Recycling programs

E) Biomass-burning plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Businesses are now willing to become "green" because

A) it improves their public image.

B) it saves money.

C) doing so is expensive but makes good advertising.

D) doing so improves their image and saves money in the end.

E) they need to obey laws and comply with government regulations.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

According to the principle of new urbanism, what is the ideal size of a city?

A) less than 15,000 people

B) 15,000-30,000

C) 30,000-50,000

D) 50,000-100,000

E) up to 150,000

_______ are usually legal dwellings whereas ______ are usually illegal dwellings.

A) Slums; shantytowns

B) Shantytowns; exurbs

C) Slums; exurbs

D) Exurbs; slums

E) Shantytowns; slums

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of urban sprawl?

A) large mixed-use areas where people can live, work, and play all in the same area

B) dominance of freeways and private automobiles

C) widespread shopping centers

D) decaying city centers and unlimited outward extension

E) low-density residential development

Taking advantage of utilizing existing resources and infrastructure to plan communities is described as

A) smart growth.

B) sustainable growth.

C) urban sprawl.

D) brownfield development.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Urbanization began to grow especially quickly after the

A) development of agriculture.

B) beginning of the twentieth century.

C) invention of commerce and religion.

D) industrial revolution.

E) invention of record keeping.

Renewable resources are those that

A) will not be exhausted.

B) will always renew themselves unless we destroy them.

C) can be renewed through intensive investments of capital and labor.

D) are intangible and inexhaustible.

E) are intangible and exhaustible.

Describe one positive and one negative impact on the environment from building megacities.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Describe three reasons living in an urban setting is more efficient than living in a suburban setting.