FINAL EXAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  • 1. Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas?
A) All of these
B) vehicles, industries
C) Industries, agriculture
D) vehicles, volcanoes
  • 2. What is one cause of air pollution?
A) litter found on the side of the road
B) water used as a coolant by power plants
C) burning fossil fuels
D) None of these
  • 3. What is an effect of water pollution?
A) industrial pollution
B) acid rain
C) oil spills
D) disruption of food chains
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Burning
B) Composting
C) Reusing
D) Recycle
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Concrete
B) Glass
C) Compost
D) Soil
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They leak toxic chemicals
B) They are filling up lakes and ponds
C) They contain poisons for wildlife
D) They do not decompose or break down naturally
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It reduces pollution.
B) It conserves natural resources.
C) It may cause diseases.
D) It saves energy.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Earthquakes
B) Tornadoes
C) Flash Floods
D) Hurricanes
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Earthquakes
B) Wildfires
C) Hurricanes
D) Flash floods
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Animal waste
B) Volcanoes
C) Silt from storms and floods
D) Oil spills
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can't see.
B) They can't float
C) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
D) They can suffocate
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Growing of trees and cutting them down
B) This is the contamination of the soil with bad harmful, chemical and waste
C) Contamination of the ones home
D) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
  • 13. What is the effect of warmer temperature to the fishes?
A) Increase the solubility of oxygen
B) Increase the metabolism
C) Stabilize the metabolism
D) Decrease the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Death of marine organisms
B) Power plants
C) Oil spill
D) Residential houses
  • 15. What is called when an industry removes water from a source and then returns the heated water to its source?
A) Water pollution
B) Soil pollution
C) Air pollution
D) Thermal pollution
  • 16. Which of this factor is not a cause in an increase in land pollution?
A) Toxic waste
B) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
C) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
D) electronic waste
  • 17. How can land pollution harm the environment?
A) It can destroy the homes of animals
B) It can spoil the beauty of nature
C) All of these
D) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) Materials that stop pollution
B) All of these
C) Materials that decrease pollution
D) Materials that cause pollution
  • 19. CO2 and other greenhouse gasses trap heat in the atmosphere like a warm blanket wrapped around the Earth. This leads to an increase in Earth's average surface temperature called:
A) Global cooling
B) Global acid
C) Global warming
D) Global heating
  • 20. Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?
A) Diversification of animal species
B) Changes in the amount of rainfall
C) Changes in the amount of rainfall
D) Rise in ocean levels
  • 21. What is the greenhouse effect?
A) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
B) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
C) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
D) All of these
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Nitrogen
B) Oxygen
C) Argon
D) Carbon dioxide
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Reduced food sources for humans
B) Decrease in global temperatures
C) Respiratory problems
D) Increased disease for humans
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Acid rain
B) Storm drains
C) Animals dying
D) Land pollution
  • 25. What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home?
A) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
B) Use the air conditioner more often
C) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator
D) Turn off the TV when not watching
  • 26. Name one advantage of using solar energy.
A) It can be used day and night
B) It will be around for millions of years
C) It can be used on cloudy days
D) It is inexpensive to begin using
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Using only unleaded gasoline
B) Running on electricity
C) Going faster speeds
D) Bigger and more metal
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Biomass and geothermal
B) Wind and water
C) Nuclear and geothermal
D) Coal and oil
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Conservation
B) Chlorination
C) Reservation
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Solar
B) Geothermal
C) Hydro
D) Biomass
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Natural resources cannot be used directly
B) Natural resources kept under the ground
C) Human did not use them
D) Human population grows
  • 32. How can we conserve water and energy?
A) Take public transportation
B) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
C) Plant new trees
D) Clean up the environment
  • 33. What can we do to reduce air pollution?
A) Ban vehicles
B) Measure air pollution
C) Use public transportation
D) Trap the air pollution
  • 34. Which BEST explains what scientists are referring to when they use the term conservation?
A) health of the living organisms in the environment
B) nonliving parts of the environment
C) living organisms in the environment
D) protection, management, and renewal of resources
  • 35. An event that produces greater loss than a community can handle, including casualties, property damage, and significant environmental damage.
A) Disaster
B) Mitigation
C) Facility
D) Resource
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) rain
B) plant roots
C) wind
D) glaciers
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) wind
B) running water
C) glaciers
D) farming
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) nonrenewable resources
B) natural resources
C) conservation
D) renewable resources
  • 39. Protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.
A) Staging Area
B) Personal Protective Equipment
C) Liaison
D) Hazard
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Recovery
B) Disaster
C) Mitigation
D) Preparedness
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to produce oxygen
B) to give worms a place to live
C) to help produce food
D) to help produce flowers
  • 42. Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of ____.
A) Climate Change
B) Population distribution
C) Habitat loss
D) Biodiversity
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Unsustainable
B) Medicinal
C) Sustainable
D) Biological
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) people buy and sell living things in the pet trade and for esthetic reasons.
B) we have been taught at the earliest age that diversity is a good word so we use it in all endeavours.
C) living things depend on people for food, clothing, energy, medicine, and shelter.
D) people depend on other living things for food, clothing, energy, medicine, and shelter.
  • 45. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem is called?
A) Natural selection
B) Endangered species
C) Biodiversity
D) Biology
  • 46. As an individual, you can reduce your use of energy by, EXCEPT
A) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
B) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
C) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
D) Using public transportation is also more efficient than riding in a car with only one other person.
  • 47. To reduce the impacts of climate change ..................... amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere
A) increase
B) Decrease
C) Have no effect
D) decrease or increase
  • 48. Using resources at a rate in which they can be replaced or recycled while preserving the long-term environmental health of the biosphere.
A) Sustainable use
B) Renewable resources
C) Natural Resources
D) Non-renewable resources
  • 49. A species is defined as endangered when it ____.
A) all of these
B) suffers from damage to its habitat.
C) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
D) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
  • 50. Most water pollution is the result of ____.
A) storms.
B) human activities.
C) volcanic eruptions.
D) animals living in the water.
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