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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) Industries, agriculture
C) vehicles, volcanoes
D) vehicles, industries
  • 2. What is one cause of air pollution?
A) None of these
B) burning fossil fuels
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) industrial pollution
B) acid rain
C) disruption of food chains
D) oil spills
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Composting
B) Burning
C) Recycle
D) Reusing
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Glass
B) Concrete
C) Compost
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 are filling up lakes and ponds
D) They leak toxic chemicals
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It may cause diseases.
B) It reduces pollution.
C) It conserves natural resources.
D) It saves energy.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Hurricanes
B) Tornadoes
C) Earthquakes
D) Flash Floods
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Hurricanes
B) Earthquakes
C) Flash floods
D) Wildfires
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Volcanoes
B) Silt from storms and floods
C) Oil spills
D) Animal waste
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can suffocate
B) They can't see.
C) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
D) They can't float
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) This is the contamination of the soil with bad harmful, chemical and waste
B) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
C) Contamination of the ones home
D) Growing of trees and cutting them down
  • 13. What is the effect of warmer temperature to the fishes?
A) Increase the metabolism
B) Decrease the metabolism
C) Increase the solubility of oxygen
D) Stabilize the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Oil spill
B) Residential houses
C) Power plants
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) Soil pollution
B) Thermal pollution
C) Air pollution
D) Water pollution
  • 16. Which of this factor is not a cause in an increase in land pollution?
A) electronic waste
B) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
C) Toxic waste
D) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
  • 17. How can land pollution harm the environment?
A) All of these
B) It can spoil the beauty of nature
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) Materials that cause pollution
B) All of these
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 heating
B) Global cooling
C) Global warming
D) Global acid
  • 20. Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?
A) Diversification of animal species
B) Changes in the amount of rainfall
C) Rise in ocean levels
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 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) Oxygen
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Argon
D) Nitrogen
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Increased disease for humans
B) Respiratory problems
C) Reduced food sources for humans
D) Decrease in global temperatures
  • 24. Which of the following is an effect of water pollution?
A) Animals dying
B) Acid rain
C) Land pollution
D) Storm drains
  • 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) Turn off the TV when not watching
C) Use the air conditioner more often
D) Put your food in the freezer instead of the refrigerator
  • 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 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) 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) Biomass and geothermal
B) Wind and water
C) Nuclear 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) Reservation
D) Conservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Geothermal
B) Hydro
C) Solar
D) Biomass
  • 31. What cause the depletion of natural resources?
A) Natural resources cannot be used directly
B) Human population grows
C) Human did not use them
D) Natural resources kept under the ground
  • 32. How can we conserve water and energy?
A) Clean up the environment
B) Take public transportation
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) Use public transportation
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) 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) Resource
C) Disaster
D) Mitigation
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) glaciers
B) plant roots
C) rain
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) renewable resources
B) natural resources
C) conservation
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) Personal Protective Equipment
B) Staging Area
C) Hazard
D) Liaison
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Disaster
B) Mitigation
C) Recovery
D) Preparedness
  • 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) 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) Unsustainable
B) Sustainable
C) Medicinal
D) Biological
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) living things depend on people for food, clothing, energy, medicine, and shelter.
B) people buy and sell living things in the pet trade and for esthetic reasons.
C) people depend on other living things 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) Biology
B) Endangered species
C) Biodiversity
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) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
C) Using public transportation is also more efficient than riding in a car with only one other person.
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
B) Have no effect
C) decrease or increase
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) Renewable resources
B) Natural Resources
C) Sustainable use
D) Non-renewable resources
  • 49. A species is defined as endangered when it ____.
A) suffers from damage to its habitat.
B) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
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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