FINAL EXAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  • 1. Which pair below are the two main sources of air pollution in urban (populated) areas?
A) Industries, agriculture
B) All of these
C) vehicles, industries
D) vehicles, volcanoes
  • 2. What is one cause of air pollution?
A) water used as a coolant by power plants
B) None of these
C) burning fossil fuels
D) litter found on the side of the road
  • 3. What is an effect of water pollution?
A) acid rain
B) industrial pollution
C) disruption of food chains
D) oil spills
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Recycle
B) Burning
C) Composting
D) Reusing
  • 5. Among the following, which object can be recycled?
A) Soil
B) Concrete
C) Glass
D) Compost
  • 6. Why are non-biodegradable plastics a problem in the environment?
A) They leak toxic chemicals
B) They are filling up lakes and ponds
C) They contain poisons for wildlife
D) They do not decompose or break down naturally
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It reduces pollution.
B) It saves energy.
C) It conserves natural resources.
D) It may cause diseases.
  • 8. ___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
A) Flash Floods
B) Tornadoes
C) Hurricanes
D) Earthquakes
  • 9. ____ are a danger for people who live in forests, prairies or wooded areas.
A) Flash floods
B) Hurricanes
C) Wildfires
D) Earthquakes
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Oil spills
B) Silt from storms and floods
C) Volcanoes
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 suffocate
C) They can't see.
D) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
B) This is the contamination of the soil with bad harmful, chemical and waste
C) Growing of trees and cutting them down
D) Contamination of the ones home
  • 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) Power plants
B) Death of marine organisms
C) Oil spill
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) 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) Increase in solid waste of garbage on open lots
B) Proper disposal of cans in nearby bins
C) electronic waste
D) Toxic waste
  • 17. How can land pollution harm the environment?
A) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
B) It can spoil the beauty of nature
C) It can destroy the homes of animals
D) All of these
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) All of these
B) Materials that decrease pollution
C) Materials that stop pollution
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 acid
B) Global cooling
C) Global warming
D) Global heating
  • 20. Which is NOT a effect of an increase in global temperatures?
A) Changes in the amount of rainfall
B) Changes in the amount of rainfall
C) Diversification of animal species
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) 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) Animals dying
D) Storm drains
  • 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 day and night
B) It is inexpensive to begin using
C) It can be used on cloudy days
D) It will be around for millions of years
  • 27. Which of these would cause cars to use less energy?
A) Bigger and more metal
B) Running on electricity
C) Using only unleaded gasoline
D) Going faster speeds
  • 28. Name two energy sources that do NOT come from the sun.
A) Biomass and geothermal
B) Coal and oil
C) Wind and water
D) Nuclear and geothermal
  • 29. What word to we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”
A) Chlorination
B) Conservation
C) Reservation
D) Reservation
  • 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) Human population grows
B) Human did not use them
C) Natural resources kept under the ground
D) Natural resources cannot be used directly
  • 32. How can we conserve water and energy?
A) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
B) Take public transportation
C) Plant new trees
D) Clean up the environment
  • 33. What can we do to reduce air pollution?
A) Measure air pollution
B) Use public transportation
C) Trap the air pollution
D) Ban vehicles
  • 34. Which BEST explains what scientists are referring to when they use the term conservation?
A) protection, management, and renewal of resources
B) living organisms in the environment
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) Disaster
B) Facility
C) Mitigation
D) Resource
  • 36. What helps to hold the soil in place?
A) glaciers
B) plant roots
C) wind
D) rain
  • 37. What is the greatest cause of soil erosion?
A) wind
B) farming
C) glaciers
D) running water
  • 38. Trees, coal, air, and water are ALL examples of...
A) conservation
B) renewable resources
C) natural 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) Personal Protective Equipment
C) Liaison
D) Staging Area
  • 40. The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
A) Preparedness
B) Recovery
C) Disaster
D) Mitigation
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to help produce flowers
B) to produce oxygen
C) to give worms a place to live
D) to help produce food
  • 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) Sustainable
B) Biological
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) 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) Natural selection
B) Biodiversity
C) Biology
D) Endangered species
  • 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) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
C) walking or riding your bike rather than riding in a vehicle.
D) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
  • 47. To reduce the impacts of climate change ..................... amount of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere
A) decrease or increase
B) Decrease
C) Have no effect
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) Natural Resources
B) Sustainable use
C) Non-renewable resources
D) 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) when there are hazards to the continued life of the species.
D) all of these
  • 50. Most water pollution is the result of ____.
A) human activities.
B) animals living in the water.
C) storms.
D) volcanic eruptions.
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