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) burning fossil fuels
B) None of these
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) oil spills
B) acid rain
C) disruption of food chains
D) industrial pollution
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Burning
B) Reusing
C) Recycle
D) Composting
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Concrete
B) Compost
C) Glass
D) Soil
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They contain poisons for wildlife
B) They do not decompose or break down naturally
C) They leak toxic chemicals
D) They are filling up lakes and ponds
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It may cause diseases.
B) It conserves natural resources.
C) It reduces pollution.
D) It saves energy.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Hurricanes
B) Flash Floods
C) Tornadoes
D) Earthquakes
  • 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) Volcanoes
B) Silt from storms and floods
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't float
C) They can't see.
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) Decrease the metabolism
C) Stabilize the metabolism
D) Increase the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Power plants
B) Residential houses
C) Oil spill
D) Death of marine organisms
  • 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) Soil pollution
C) Air pollution
D) Water pollution
  • 16. Which of this factor is not a cause in an increase in land pollution?
A) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
B) electronic waste
C) Toxic waste
D) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
  • 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) All of these
B) Materials that cause pollution
C) Materials that decrease pollution
D) Materials that stop 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 cooling
C) Global acid
D) Global heating
  • 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) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
B) All of these
C) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
D) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Argon
B) Oxygen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Nitrogen
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Increased disease for humans
B) Reduced food sources for humans
C) Respiratory problems
D) Decrease in global temperatures
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Acid rain
B) Land pollution
C) Storm drains
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) Use the air conditioner more often
C) Turn off the TV when not watching
D) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
  • 26. Name one advantage of using solar energy.
A) It is inexpensive to begin using
B) It can be used day and night
C) It will be around for millions of years
D) It can be used on cloudy days
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Going faster speeds
B) Using only unleaded gasoline
C) Bigger and more metal
D) Running on electricity
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Biomass and geothermal
B) Nuclear 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) Chlorination
B) Reservation
C) Conservation
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Hydro
B) Geothermal
C) Biomass
D) Solar
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Human population grows
B) Natural resources cannot be used directly
C) Natural resources kept under the ground
D) Human did not use them
  • 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) Trap the air pollution
B) Measure air pollution
C) Ban vehicles
D) Use public transportation
  • 34. Which BEST explains what scientists are referring to when they use the term conservation?
A) living organisms in the environment
B) protection, management, and renewal of resources
C) health of the 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) Mitigation
B) Resource
C) Disaster
D) Facility
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) rain
B) plant roots
C) glaciers
D) wind
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) farming
B) glaciers
C) wind
D) running water
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) renewable resources
B) nonrenewable resources
C) natural 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) Personal Protective Equipment
B) Liaison
C) Staging Area
D) Hazard
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Mitigation
B) Preparedness
C) Disaster
D) Recovery
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to help produce food
B) to produce oxygen
C) to give worms a place to live
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) Medicinal
B) Sustainable
C) Unsustainable
D) Biological
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) we have been taught at the earliest age that diversity is a good word so we use it in all endeavours.
B) people depend on other living things for food, clothing, energy, medicine, and shelter.
C) people buy and sell living things in the pet trade and for esthetic reasons.
D) living things depend on people 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) Biodiversity
B) Natural selection
C) Endangered species
D) Biology
  • 46. As an individual, you can reduce your use of energy by, EXCEPT
A) Using public transportation is also more efficient than riding in a car with only one other person.
B) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
C) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
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) decrease or increase
B) 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) Natural Resources
B) Renewable resources
C) Sustainable use
D) Non-renewable resources
  • 49. A species is defined as endangered when it ____.
A) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
B) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
C) all of these
D) suffers from damage to its habitat.
  • 50. Most water pollution is the result of ____.
A) human activities.
B) storms.
C) animals living in the water.
D) volcanic eruptions.
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