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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) Industries, agriculture
B) vehicles, industries
C) vehicles, volcanoes
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) industrial pollution
B) oil spills
C) disruption of food chains
D) acid rain
  • 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) Soil
B) Glass
C) Compost
D) Concrete
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They contain poisons for wildlife
B) They leak toxic chemicals
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 saves energy.
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) Earthquakes
C) Flash Floods
D) Hurricanes
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Flash floods
B) Earthquakes
C) Hurricanes
D) Wildfires
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Oil spills
B) Silt from storms and floods
C) Animal waste
D) Volcanoes
  • 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 float
D) They can't see.
  • 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) This is the contamination of the soil with bad harmful, chemical and waste
D) Contamination of the ones home
  • 13. What is the effect of warmer temperature to the fishes?
A) Decrease the metabolism
B) Increase the metabolism
C) Stabilize the metabolism
D) Increase the solubility of oxygen
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Residential houses
B) Oil spill
C) Death of marine organisms
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) Air pollution
B) Water pollution
C) Soil pollution
D) Thermal pollution
  • 16. Which of this factor is not a cause in an increase in land pollution?
A) electronic waste
B) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
C) Toxic 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 spoil the beauty of nature
C) All of these
D) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) Materials that stop pollution
B) Materials that decrease pollution
C) All of these
D) Materials that cause 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 cooling
B) Global heating
C) Global warming
D) Global acid
  • 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) The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
C) The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
D) All of these
  • 22. The gas that is most abundant in the atmosphere is ____.
A) Argon
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon dioxide
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) Acid rain
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 can be used on cloudy days
B) It is inexpensive to begin using
C) It will be around for millions of years
D) It can be used day and night
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Using only unleaded gasoline
B) Running on electricity
C) Going faster speeds
D) Bigger and more metal
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Nuclear and geothermal
B) Coal and oil
C) Wind and water
D) Biomass and geothermal
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Reservation
B) Chlorination
C) Conservation
D) Reservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Biomass
B) Solar
C) Hydro
D) Geothermal
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Natural resources kept under the ground
B) Human did not use them
C) Human population grows
D) Natural resources cannot be used directly
  • 32. How can we conserve water and energy?
A) Plant new trees
B) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
C) Take public transportation
D) Clean up the environment
  • 33. What can we do to reduce air pollution?
A) Use public transportation
B) Ban vehicles
C) Measure air pollution
D) Trap the air pollution
  • 34. Which BEST explains what scientists are referring to when they use the term conservation?
A) health of the living organisms in the environment
B) living organisms in the environment
C) protection, management, and renewal of resources
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) Disaster
B) Facility
C) Resource
D) Mitigation
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) glaciers
B) rain
C) plant roots
D) wind
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) farming
B) running water
C) glaciers
D) wind
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) natural resources
B) conservation
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) Hazard
B) Staging Area
C) Liaison
D) Personal Protective Equipment
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Disaster
B) Mitigation
C) Preparedness
D) Recovery
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to produce oxygen
B) to help produce food
C) to help produce flowers
D) to give worms a place to live
  • 42. Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of ____.
A) Climate Change
B) Population distribution
C) Habitat loss
D) Biodiversity
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Biological
B) Sustainable
C) Medicinal
D) Unsustainable
  • 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) 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) Biology
B) Endangered species
C) Natural selection
D) Biodiversity
  • 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) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
C) Using public transportation is also more efficient than riding in a car with only one other person.
D) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
  • 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) 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) Natural 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) 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) storms.
B) volcanic eruptions.
C) animals living in the water.
D) human activities.
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