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) litter found on the side of the road
B) burning fossil fuels
C) water used as a coolant by power plants
D) None of these
  • 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) Composting
B) Reusing
C) Burning
D) Recycle
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Glass
B) Compost
C) Soil
D) Concrete
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They do not decompose or break down naturally
B) They leak toxic chemicals
C) They are filling up lakes and ponds
D) They contain poisons for wildlife
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It reduces pollution.
B) It may cause diseases.
C) It conserves natural resources.
D) It saves energy.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Flash Floods
B) Tornadoes
C) Hurricanes
D) Earthquakes
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Flash floods
B) Earthquakes
C) Wildfires
D) Hurricanes
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Animal waste
B) Oil spills
C) Silt from storms and floods
D) Volcanoes
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
B) They can't see.
C) They can't float
D) They can suffocate
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
B) Contamination of the ones home
C) Growing of trees and cutting them down
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) 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) Oil spill
B) Death of marine organisms
C) Residential houses
D) Power plants
  • 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) 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) It can spoil the beauty of nature
B) All of these
C) It can destroy the homes of animals
D) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) Materials that stop pollution
B) Materials that cause 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 heating
B) Global warming
C) Global acid
D) Global cooling
  • 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 warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
B) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
C) All of these
D) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Oxygen
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Argon
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Decrease in global temperatures
B) Increased disease for humans
C) Reduced food sources for humans
D) Respiratory problems
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Storm drains
B) Animals dying
C) Acid rain
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 will be around for millions of years
B) It is inexpensive to begin using
C) It can be used on cloudy days
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) Running on electricity
C) Using only unleaded gasoline
D) Going faster speeds
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Wind and water
B) Nuclear and geothermal
C) Coal and oil
D) Biomass and geothermal
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Reservation
B) Conservation
C) Chlorination
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Biomass
B) Hydro
C) Geothermal
D) Solar
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Natural resources kept under the ground
B) Human population grows
C) Natural resources cannot be used directly
D) Human did not use them
  • 32. How can we conserve water and energy?
A) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
B) Clean up the environment
C) Plant new trees
D) Take public transportation
  • 33. What can we do to reduce air pollution?
A) Use public transportation
B) Measure air pollution
C) Trap the air pollution
D) Ban vehicles
  • 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) living organisms in the environment
C) protection, management, and renewal of resources
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) Resource
C) Disaster
D) Mitigation
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) plant roots
B) glaciers
C) wind
D) rain
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) glaciers
B) farming
C) running water
D) wind
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) natural resources
B) nonrenewable resources
C) renewable resources
D) conservation
  • 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) Personal Protective Equipment
D) Liaison
  • 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 flowers
B) to give worms a place to live
C) to produce oxygen
D) to help produce food
  • 42. Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of ____.
A) Habitat loss
B) Biodiversity
C) Population distribution
D) Climate Change
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Sustainable
B) Unsustainable
C) Biological
D) Medicinal
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) people buy and sell living things in the pet trade and for esthetic reasons.
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) we have been taught at the earliest age that diversity is a good word so we use it in all endeavours.
  • 45. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem is called?
A) Biodiversity
B) Biology
C) Endangered species
D) Natural selection
  • 46. As an individual, you can reduce your use of energy by, EXCEPT
A) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
B) Using public transportation is also more efficient than riding in a car with only one other person.
C) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
D) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
  • 47. To reduce the impacts of climate change ..................... amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere
A) Have no effect
B) decrease or increase
C) Decrease
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) Sustainable use
B) Renewable resources
C) Non-renewable resources
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) human activities.
B) volcanic eruptions.
C) animals living in the water.
D) storms.
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