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) vehicles, volcanoes
C) Industries, agriculture
D) All of these
  • 2. What is one cause of air pollution?
A) None of these
B) burning fossil fuels
C) water used as a coolant by power plants
D) litter found on the side of the road
  • 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) Soil
C) Compost
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 may cause diseases.
C) It saves energy.
D) It reduces pollution.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Earthquakes
B) Tornadoes
C) Hurricanes
D) Flash Floods
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Wildfires
B) Flash floods
C) Earthquakes
D) Hurricanes
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Volcanoes
B) Oil spills
C) Silt from storms and floods
D) Animal waste
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can't float
B) They can't see.
C) They can suffocate
D) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
  • 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) Stabilize the metabolism
B) Increase the metabolism
C) Decrease the metabolism
D) Increase the solubility of oxygen
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Residential houses
B) Death of marine organisms
C) Oil spill
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) Thermal pollution
B) Water pollution
C) Soil 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 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) All of these
B) Materials that stop pollution
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 cooling
D) Global acid
  • 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) Changes in the amount of rainfall
D) Diversification of animal species
  • 21. What is the greenhouse effect?
A) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
B) All of these
C) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
D) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Argon
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Increased disease for humans
B) Decrease in global temperatures
C) Respiratory problems
D) Reduced food sources for humans
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Acid rain
B) Storm drains
C) Land pollution
D) Animals dying
  • 25. What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home?
A) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator
B) Turn off the TV when not watching
C) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
D) Use the air conditioner more often
  • 26. Name one advantage of using solar energy.
A) It is inexpensive to begin using
B) It can be used on cloudy days
C) It can be used day and night
D) It will be around for millions of years
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Using only unleaded gasoline
B) Going faster speeds
C) Running on electricity
D) Bigger and more metal
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Nuclear and geothermal
B) Wind and water
C) Biomass and geothermal
D) Coal and oil
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Chlorination
B) Reservation
C) Conservation
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Geothermal
B) Solar
C) Hydro
D) Biomass
  • 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) Measure air pollution
B) Use public transportation
C) Ban vehicles
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) health of the living organisms in the environment
C) living organisms in the environment
D) protection, management, and renewal of resources
  • 35. An event that produces greater loss than a community can handle, including casualties, property damage, and significant environmental damage.
A) Mitigation
B) Disaster
C) Resource
D) Facility
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) wind
B) glaciers
C) rain
D) plant roots
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) running water
B) glaciers
C) farming
D) wind
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) conservation
B) natural resources
C) renewable resources
D) nonrenewable 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) Personal Protective Equipment
C) Hazard
D) Staging Area
  • 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 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) Habitat loss
C) Population distribution
D) Biodiversity
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Unsustainable
B) Biological
C) Sustainable
D) Medicinal
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) people depend on other living things 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) living things depend on people 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) Natural selection
B) Biology
C) Biodiversity
D) Endangered species
  • 46. As an individual, you can reduce your use of energy by, EXCEPT
A) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
B) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
C) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
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) Decrease
C) increase
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) Sustainable use
B) Renewable resources
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) storms.
B) animals living in the water.
C) volcanic eruptions.
D) human activities.
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