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FINAL EXAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Contributed by: BARSANAS
  • 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) water used as a coolant by power plants
B) None of these
C) litter found on the side of the road
D) burning fossil fuels
  • 3. What is an effect of water pollution?
A) industrial pollution
B) oil spills
C) disruption of food chains
D) acid rain
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Burning
B) Composting
C) Reusing
D) Recycle
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Compost
B) Glass
C) Concrete
D) Soil
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They are filling up lakes and ponds
B) They leak toxic chemicals
C) They do not decompose or break down naturally
D) They contain poisons for wildlife
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It saves energy.
B) It conserves natural resources.
C) It may cause diseases.
D) It reduces pollution.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Tornadoes
B) Hurricanes
C) Earthquakes
D) Flash Floods
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Flash floods
B) Wildfires
C) Earthquakes
D) Hurricanes
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Silt from storms and floods
B) Animal waste
C) Oil spills
D) Volcanoes
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can suffocate
B) They can't float
C) They can't see.
D) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Contamination of the ones home
B) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
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) Increase the solubility of oxygen
D) Decrease the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Oil spill
B) Death of marine organisms
C) Power plants
D) Residential houses
  • 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) Air pollution
C) Thermal pollution
D) Water 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) electronic waste
D) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
  • 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) 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 stop 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 acid
B) Global heating
C) Global warming
D) Global cooling
  • 20. Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?
A) Diversification of animal species
B) Rise in ocean levels
C) Changes in the amount of rainfall
D) Changes in the amount of rainfall
  • 21. What is the greenhouse effect?
A) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
B) All of these
C) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
D) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Argon
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Nitrogen
D) Oxygen
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Reduced food sources for humans
B) Increased disease 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) Animals dying
C) Land pollution
D) Storm drains
  • 25. What is one way to reduce the amount of energy you use at home?
A) Use the air conditioner more often
B) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator
C) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
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) Going faster speeds
D) Using only unleaded gasoline
  • 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) Reservation
D) Chlorination
  • 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) 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) Take public transportation
B) Clean up the environment
C) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
D) Plant new trees
  • 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) protection, management, and renewal of resources
B) nonliving parts of the environment
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) Facility
B) Mitigation
C) Disaster
D) Resource
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) plant roots
B) wind
C) rain
D) glaciers
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) wind
B) glaciers
C) running water
D) farming
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) conservation
B) nonrenewable resources
C) renewable 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) Staging Area
B) Liaison
C) Personal Protective Equipment
D) Hazard
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Preparedness
B) Disaster
C) Mitigation
D) Recovery
  • 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 help produce food
D) to produce oxygen
  • 42. Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of ____.
A) Biodiversity
B) Habitat loss
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) Biological
B) Sustainable
C) Unsustainable
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) people buy and sell living things in the pet trade and for esthetic reasons.
C) living things depend on people 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) Endangered species
B) Biodiversity
C) Biology
D) Natural selection
  • 46. As an individual, you can reduce your use of energy by, EXCEPT
A) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
B) Using public transportation is also more efficient than riding in a car with only one other person.
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) 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) Non-renewable resources
C) Natural Resources
D) Renewable 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) storms.
D) animals living in the water.
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