Ecological Household Products

Landscape ecology ________.
A) is the application of ecological principles to the design and construction of sustainable lawns and gardens
B) is the application of ecological principles to the study of land use
C) deals with the study of lines of various animals
D) focuses on urban ecosystems
E) focuses primarily on the man changed the ecological systems

Several years ago, I crossed the border from Canada into the United States and had a bag of apples from Washington State with me. The Customs officer at the border do not let me take apples with me in the U.S. (and I really hated the idea of getting rid of a perfectly good bag of apples). Why the customs officer refused to allow me to cross the border with my apples?
A) It may have been a species not native to the United States from the stop on my apples.
B) apples grown in the United States for export may be contaminated with DDT.
C) the economy: If I could not put the apples with me, I buy my apples in a store in the United States.
D) of Washington State apples are considered an endangered fruit.
E) There may have been CFCs on the surface of apples that damage the ozone layer in the atmosphere over the U.S..

Which of the following statements is true?
A) The irrigation is depleting groundwater in areas of California.
B) In the U.S., 75% of prescriptions contain substances derived from plants.
C) The United States consumes less energy than Latin America, Africa, India and China combined.
D) Mercury is a non-toxic byproduct of the production of plastic.
E) Most of the hotspots of biodiversity are in the United States.

Fire ants ______.
A) can be spread by a single mated queen who is transported to a new destination
B) were introduced in the United States to control mosquito populations
C) are from the United States, but are now endangered because of the introduction of a species of phorid fly
D) can be easily controlled by household chemicals cheap
E) was accidentally introduced into Canada and spread in the northern United States

Biodiversity hotspots for ______ plants.
A) form a total of only 0.5% of global land area
B) have a large number of threatened species
C) have high concentrations of endemic species
D) are all above
E) tend to be found in tropical forests and dry savannas

E) focuses primarily on the man changed the ecological systems
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E) Most of the hot spots of biodiversity are in the U.S.

B) were introduced in the United States to control mosquito populations

D) are all above