How does the existence of densely-packed cities help preserve wilderness and rural areas?

The people of the wilderness form a barrier against urban dwellers and their ilk in a savage ongoing battle that spans time itself.

Cities tend to be separated from rural areas by roads and waterways.

The fact that populations are unevenly distributed across the face of the Earth allows for areas that are basically empty to exist.

Pollution is largely an urban phenomenon, so it tends to occur only near large cities, not rural areas.

 

 

From where does the food that most city-dwellers consume originate?

factories that produce food from plastic

farms surrounding the suburbs and from long distances away from the city

technologically advanced underground farms

farms within the city limits

 

 

What is the goal of "new urbanism"?

to provide modern urban attractions (high-speed Internet, cultural institutions, and so on) to rural areas so people will return to a rural lifestyle

to shift transportation planning away from SUV-sized vehicles to accommodate hybrid cars

to create functional neighborhoods in which most of a family's needs can be met close to home without the use of a car

to improve quality of life by separating residential areas from all other types of development

 

Which statement about e-waste is accurate?

E-waste is biodegradable.

Electronic devices die easily, so few of the devices thrown out in the United States could be reused.

There is no financial incentive to recycle e-waste.

E-waste contains toxic heavy metals that can leach into the environment.

 

Which of the following choices best describes a surface impoundment used for hazardous waste disposal?

any artificial lake created by a dam

used for nuclear waste storage

a permanent disposal option for liquid hazardous wastes

used to store and concentrate dilute liquid hazardous waste before it is moved to a permanent disposal option

 

 

What is the goal of an industrial ecologist?

to make industry more profitable regardless of environmental impact

to increase expenditures in industry in order to generate more landfill space

to save endangered species

reduce the waste in industrial systems

 

Which of the following statements about current U.S. waste disposal is true?

We landfill half of our trash and recycle the other half.

We incinerate 50% of our trash and the rest is in open landfills.

We landfill half of our trash and recycle a third of it.

We incinerate 90% of our trash and landfill the rest.

 

Which type of analysis is performed by industrial ecologists when they examine a product from its beginning as a raw material until its disposal?

life-cycle analysis

disposal-tracking analysis

reverse-engineering analysis

full-term analysis

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