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