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) All of these
C) Industries, agriculture
D) vehicles, industries
  • 2. What is one cause of air pollution?
A) None of these
B) burning fossil fuels
C) litter found on the side of the road
D) water used as a coolant by power plants
  • 3. What is an effect of water pollution?
A) acid rain
B) disruption of food chains
C) industrial pollution
D) oil spills
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Reusing
B) Recycle
C) Burning
D) Composting
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Glass
B) Concrete
C) Soil
D) Compost
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They leak toxic chemicals
B) They contain poisons for wildlife
C) They are filling up lakes and ponds
D) They do not decompose or break down naturally
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It conserves natural resources.
B) It may cause diseases.
C) It reduces pollution.
D) It saves energy.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Tornadoes
B) Flash Floods
C) Earthquakes
D) Hurricanes
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Earthquakes
B) Hurricanes
C) Wildfires
D) Flash floods
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Oil spills
B) Silt from storms and floods
C) Volcanoes
D) Animal waste
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can't see.
B) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
C) They can suffocate
D) They can't float
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Growing of trees and cutting them down
B) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
C) Contamination of the ones home
D) This is the contamination of the soil with bad harmful, chemical and waste
  • 13. What is the effect of warmer temperature to the fishes?
A) Decrease the metabolism
B) Increase the solubility of oxygen
C) Stabilize the metabolism
D) Increase the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Residential houses
B) Power plants
C) Death of marine organisms
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) Water pollution
B) Air pollution
C) Thermal pollution
D) Soil pollution
  • 16. Which of this factor is not a cause in an increase in land pollution?
A) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
B) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
C) electronic waste
D) Toxic waste
  • 17. How can land pollution harm the environment?
A) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
B) It can destroy the homes of animals
C) All of these
D) It can spoil the beauty of nature
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) Materials that stop pollution
B) All of these
C) Materials that cause pollution
D) Materials that decrease 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 warming
B) Global heating
C) Global acid
D) Global cooling
  • 20. Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?
A) Rise in ocean levels
B) Diversification of animal species
C) Changes in the amount of rainfall
D) Changes in the amount of rainfall
  • 21. What is the greenhouse effect?
A) All of these
B) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
C) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
D) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Nitrogen
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Argon
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Increased disease for humans
B) Respiratory problems
C) Decrease in global temperatures
D) Reduced food sources for humans
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Animals dying
B) Acid rain
C) Land pollution
D) Storm drains
  • 25. What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home?
A) Turn off the TV when not watching
B) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
C) Use the air conditioner more often
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 is inexpensive to begin using
C) It will be around for millions of years
D) It can be used day and night
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Bigger and more metal
B) Going faster speeds
C) Using only unleaded gasoline
D) Running on electricity
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Nuclear and geothermal
B) Biomass and geothermal
C) Wind and water
D) Coal and oil
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Reservation
B) Chlorination
C) Conservation
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Geothermal
B) Biomass
C) Hydro
D) Solar
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Natural resources kept under the ground
B) Natural resources cannot be used directly
C) Human did not use them
D) Human population grows
  • 32. How can we conserve water and energy?
A) Clean up the environment
B) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
C) Take public transportation
D) Plant new trees
  • 33. What can we do to reduce air pollution?
A) Use public transportation
B) Trap the air pollution
C) Ban vehicles
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) living organisms in the environment
D) nonliving parts of the environment
  • 35. An event that produces greater loss than a community can handle, including casualties, property damage, and significant environmental damage.
A) Facility
B) Mitigation
C) Resource
D) Disaster
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) wind
B) rain
C) plant roots
D) glaciers
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) wind
B) farming
C) running water
D) glaciers
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) renewable resources
B) nonrenewable resources
C) conservation
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) Hazard
C) Liaison
D) Personal Protective Equipment
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Preparedness
B) Recovery
C) Disaster
D) Mitigation
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to help produce food
B) to give worms a place to live
C) to help produce flowers
D) to produce oxygen
  • 42. Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of ____.
A) Biodiversity
B) Habitat loss
C) Climate Change
D) Population distribution
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Medicinal
B) Sustainable
C) Biological
D) Unsustainable
  • 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) Biology
C) Endangered species
D) Biodiversity
  • 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) increase
B) decrease or increase
C) Have no effect
D) Decrease
  • 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) Renewable resources
C) Sustainable use
D) Natural Resources
  • 49. A species is defined as endangered when it ____.
A) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
B) suffers from damage to its habitat.
C) all of these
D) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
  • 50. Most water pollution is the result of ____.
A) volcanic eruptions.
B) storms.
C) human activities.
D) animals living in the water.
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