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) vehicles, volcanoes
C) All of these
D) vehicles, industries
  • 2. What is one cause of air pollution?
A) water used as a coolant by power plants
B) burning fossil fuels
C) litter found on the side of the road
D) None of these
  • 3. What is an effect of water pollution?
A) disruption of food chains
B) oil spills
C) industrial pollution
D) acid rain
  • 4. How can organic waste be recycled?
A) Composting
B) Burning
C) Reusing
D) Recycle
  • 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 do not decompose or break down naturally
B) They leak toxic chemicals
C) They contain poisons for wildlife
D) They are filling up lakes and ponds
  • 7. Which one is not a benefit of recycling ?
A) It saves energy.
B) It reduces pollution.
C) It may cause diseases.
D) It conserves natural resources.
  • 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) Earthquakes
B) Flash floods
C) Hurricanes
D) Wildfires
  • 10. Which of the following is not a natural cause of water pollution?
A) Animal waste
B) Volcanoes
C) Oil spills
D) Silt from storms and floods
  • 11. What can happen to fish when there is not enough oxygen in the water?
A) They can't float
B) They can't see.
C) Nothing. Fish don't need oxygen.
D) They can suffocate
  • 12. What is soil pollution?
A) Growing of trees and cutting them down
B) Cutting down of trees and using them to make furniture
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) Increase the solubility of oxygen
B) Decrease the metabolism
C) Increase the metabolism
D) Stabilize the metabolism
  • 14. Which one of the following can cause thermal pollution?
A) Power plants
B) Oil spill
C) Residential houses
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) Water pollution
B) Air pollution
C) Soil pollution
D) Thermal 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) electronic waste
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) All of these
C) It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil
D) It can spoil the beauty of nature
  • 18. What do you mean by pollutant?
A) Materials that cause pollution
B) Materials that decrease pollution
C) Materials that stop pollution
D) All of these
  • 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 cooling
D) Global warming
  • 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) All of these
B) The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
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) Carbon dioxide
B) Argon
C) Oxygen
D) Nitrogen
  • 23. Which of these is an effect of air pollution?
A) Decrease in global temperatures
B) Increased disease for humans
C) Reduced food sources for humans
D) Respiratory problems
  • 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) Use the air conditioner more often
B) Buy more clothes instead of washing dirty ones
C) Turn off the TV when not watching
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 will be around for millions of years
C) It is inexpensive to begin using
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) Going faster speeds
C) Using only unleaded gasoline
D) Running on electricity
  • 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) Chlorination
B) Reservation
C) Reservation
D) Conservation
  • 30. What energy source comes from earth’s heat deep inside?
A) Biomass
B) Solar
C) Geothermal
D) Hydro
  • 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) Take public transportation
B) Plant new trees
C) Wash clothes full load in washing machines
D) Clean up the environment
  • 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) health of the living organisms in the environment
B) protection, management, and renewal of resources
C) nonliving parts of the environment
D) 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) Mitigation
B) Resource
C) Disaster
D) Facility
  • 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) wind
B) glaciers
C) farming
D) running water
  • 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) Recovery
D) Mitigation
  • 41. What is the most important role of soil (for humans)?
A) to help produce food
B) to produce oxygen
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) Biodiversity
B) Population distribution
C) Habitat loss
D) Climate Change
  • 43. The use of a resource at a rate that can be replaced or recycled is called ____________ use.
A) Sustainable
B) Biological
C) Unsustainable
D) Medicinal
  • 44. Biodiversity is valuable to humans in that _____.
A) people buy and sell living things in the pet trade and for esthetic reasons.
B) living things depend on people for food, clothing, energy, medicine, and shelter.
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) Natural selection
B) Biology
C) Endangered species
D) Biodiversity
  • 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) increase the amount of fuel required to manufacture these materials.
C) Recycling metal, paper, plastic, and glass
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) Decrease
B) decrease or increase
C) increase
D) Have no effect
  • 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) 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) animals living in the water.
D) storms.
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