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) vehicles, volcanoes
D) Industries, agriculture
  • 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) None of these
D) burning fossil fuels
  • 3. What is an effect of water pollution?
A) acid rain
B) oil spills
C) industrial pollution
D) disruption of food chains
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Recycle
B) Reusing
C) Burning
D) Composting
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Compost
B) Soil
C) Glass
D) Concrete
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They do not decompose or break down naturally
B) They are filling up lakes and ponds
C) They contain poisons for wildlife
D) They leak toxic chemicals
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It may cause diseases.
B) It saves energy.
C) It reduces pollution.
D) It conserves natural resources.
  • 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) Earthquakes
B) Wildfires
C) Hurricanes
D) Flash floods
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Silt from storms and floods
B) Volcanoes
C) Animal waste
D) Oil spills
  • 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 suffocate
C) They can't see.
D) They can't float
  • 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 metabolism
B) Stabilize the metabolism
C) Decrease the metabolism
D) Increase the solubility of oxygen
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Power plants
B) Residential houses
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) Soil pollution
B) Water pollution
C) Thermal pollution
D) Air pollution
  • 16. Which of this factor is not a cause in an increase in land pollution?
A) Toxic waste
B) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
C) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
D) electronic waste
  • 17. How can land pollution harm the environment?
A) It can destroy the homes of animals
B) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
C) It can spoil the beauty of nature
D) All of these
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) Materials that cause pollution
B) Materials that decrease pollution
C) Materials that stop 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 acid
C) Global warming
D) Global cooling
  • 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 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) Carbon dioxide
B) Nitrogen
C) Argon
D) Oxygen
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Respiratory problems
B) Reduced food sources for humans
C) Decrease in global temperatures
D) Increased disease for humans
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Land pollution
B) Storm drains
C) Animals dying
D) Acid rain
  • 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) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator
C) Use the air conditioner more often
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) Going faster speeds
B) Bigger and more metal
C) Using only unleaded gasoline
D) Running on electricity
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Wind and water
B) Coal and oil
C) Biomass and geothermal
D) Nuclear and geothermal
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Chlorination
B) Conservation
C) Reservation
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Geothermal
B) Hydro
C) Biomass
D) Solar
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Natural resources kept under the ground
B) Human did not use them
C) Natural resources cannot be used directly
D) Human population grows
  • 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) 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) 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) Facility
C) Mitigation
D) Resource
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) rain
B) glaciers
C) plant roots
D) wind
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) farming
B) running water
C) wind
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) Liaison
B) Hazard
C) Staging Area
D) Personal Protective Equipment
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Recovery
B) Mitigation
C) Preparedness
D) Disaster
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to give worms a place to live
B) to help produce flowers
C) to produce oxygen
D) to help produce food
  • 42. Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of ____.
A) Population distribution
B) Climate Change
C) Habitat loss
D) Biodiversity
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Medicinal
B) Biological
C) Unsustainable
D) Sustainable
  • 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) we have been taught at the earliest age that diversity is a good word so we use it in all endeavours.
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) Biology
B) Endangered species
C) Biodiversity
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) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
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) decrease or increase
B) increase
C) Decrease
D) Have no effect
  • 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) Sustainable use
C) Natural Resources
D) Renewable resources
  • 49. A species is defined as endangered when it ____.
A) all of these
B) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
C) suffers from damage to its habitat.
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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