FINAL EXAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  • 1. Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas?
A) vehicles, industries
B) Industries, agriculture
C) All of these
D) vehicles, volcanoes
  • 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) oil spills
B) disruption of food chains
C) industrial pollution
D) acid rain
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Composting
B) Burning
C) Reusing
D) Recycle
  • 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 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 reduces pollution.
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) Hurricanes
C) Tornadoes
D) Flash Floods
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Wildfires
B) Hurricanes
C) Flash floods
D) Earthquakes
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Silt from storms and floods
B) Oil spills
C) Animal waste
D) Volcanoes
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can't float
B) They can suffocate
C) They can't see.
D) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
B) Growing of trees and cutting them down
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) Stabilize the metabolism
B) Increase the solubility of oxygen
C) Decrease the metabolism
D) Increase the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Death of marine organisms
B) Oil spill
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) Thermal pollution
D) Air 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) Toxic waste
D) electronic waste
  • 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) All of these
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 heating
B) Global cooling
C) Global warming
D) Global acid
  • 20. Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?
A) Changes in the amount of rainfall
B) Diversification of animal species
C) Changes in the amount of rainfall
D) Rise in ocean levels
  • 21. What is the greenhouse effect?
A) All of these
B) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
C) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
D) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Oxygen
B) Argon
C) Nitrogen
D) Carbon dioxide
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Decrease in global temperatures
B) Respiratory problems
C) Reduced food sources for humans
D) Increased disease for humans
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Animals dying
B) Storm drains
C) Acid rain
D) Land pollution
  • 25. What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home?
A) Turn off the TV when not watching
B) Use the air conditioner more often
C) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
D) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator
  • 26. Name one advantage of using solar energy.
A) It is inexpensive to begin using
B) It will be around for millions of years
C) It can be used day and night
D) It can be used on cloudy days
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Bigger and more metal
B) Using only unleaded gasoline
C) Going faster speeds
D) Running on electricity
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Biomass and geothermal
B) Coal and oil
C) Nuclear and geothermal
D) Wind and water
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Conservation
B) Reservation
C) Chlorination
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Solar
B) Geothermal
C) Biomass
D) Hydro
  • 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) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
B) Plant new trees
C) Take public transportation
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) nonliving parts of the environment
B) protection, management, and renewal of resources
C) living organisms in the environment
D) health of the 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) Disaster
B) Mitigation
C) Resource
D) Facility
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) glaciers
B) wind
C) rain
D) plant roots
  • 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) 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) Hazard
B) Liaison
C) Staging Area
D) Personal Protective Equipment
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Recovery
B) Disaster
C) Preparedness
D) Mitigation
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to give worms a place to live
B) to help produce food
C) to produce oxygen
D) to help produce flowers
  • 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) Unsustainable
B) Sustainable
C) Medicinal
D) Biological
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) living things depend on people for food, clothing, energy, medicine, and shelter.
B) we have been taught at the earliest age that diversity is a good word so we use it in all endeavours.
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) Natural selection
C) Biology
D) Endangered species
  • 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) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
D) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
  • 47. To reduce the impacts of climate change ..................... amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere
A) Have no effect
B) increase
C) decrease or increase
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) Renewable resources
B) Sustainable use
C) Non-renewable resources
D) Natural 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) animals living in the water.
B) human activities.
C) storms.
D) volcanic eruptions.
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