6.9 Human Impact Test

6.9 Human Impact Test

By Whitney Price

Today we will be reviewing for our test tomorrow on Human Impact on the environment. Please pay attention because you may see these again.

Multiple Choice

Using the map, what region in the United States is the best location to use technology to retrieve geothermal energy?

• Eastern states of the U.S.

• Southern states of the U.S.

• Western states of the U.S.

• Northern states of the U.S.

​Geothermal energy is energy from the heat of the Earth. Based on the legend the darker color represents as a higher temperature and that can be seen on the Western side of the states.

The answer is Western states of the U.S

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Multiple Choice

Conservation policies —

• work with water resources to enhance diversity in the ecosystem

• restore only nonrenewable resources back to their original status

• create standards of maintaining and restoring a healthy Earth environment

• suggest actions that only logging companies should enforce

Conservation policies

The answer is ....

create standards of maintaining and restoring a healthy Earth environment. The word conserve means to protect something from harm. We want to protect our resources so that we may have a healthy environment. ​

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Multiple Choice

All resources are nonrenewable resources EXCEPT —

• petroleum

• wind

• coal

• nuclear

• Plants

• Animals

• Wind

• Water

• Sun​

Renewable

• Fossil Fuels

• Metals

• Minerals​

Nonrenewable

Natural Resources

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Multiple Select

What choices might people who live in some of these cities make if they can not get clean water?

• People might get sick from drinking dirty water.

• People might leave the cities to find water.

• People might decide to go on vacation.

• People might trade other resources for fresh water.

They are either going to leave to go out and find clean water or try to use some of their resources they have to trade for clean water. They will do whatever is necessary to get clean water.​

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People who live in cities who may not have clean water will...

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Multiple Choice

Which practice is following a good conservation policy?

• Start offshore oil drilling

• Leave smoke unfiltered from a building burning coal

• Create land-use restrictions

• Completely clear-cut a national forest

Remember we talked about when we are conserving something then we want to protect it from harm, the only answer that we are protecting something from harm is by restricting land-use so that too many trees aren't cut down.

Multiple Choice

How could a farmer keep a hillside from eroding during a rainy season?

• Plant crops and trees to hold the soil in place

• Plow the topsoil of the hillside to loosen the dirt

• Build trails around the edges for people to walk

• Let livestock graze on the hill each day

Erosion is the washing away of rocks and/or minerals. To prevent farmers soil from washing away planting a lot of crops and trees will hold the soil in place and there won't be any loose soil to erode.

Multiple Choice

What is a disadvantage of solar energy?

• Not available all of the time

• Produces radioactive waste

• Floods lands

• Causes air pollution

As we learned last semester, the Earth revolves around the sun while rotating on its axis. Due to this we do not experience the same amount of sunlight all of the time.

Multiple Choice

According to the data, which human activity is causing the largest proportion of air pollution in the form of carbon emissions in 2004?

• Burning natural gas

• Burning petroleum

• Using coal

• Producing cement

This question is all about reading the graph. The line that is the highest shows the one that causes the largest proportion of air pollution. That is the blue line which represents petroleum.

Multiple Choice

Which of these activities makes the MOST air pollution?

• Recycling trash bags

• Reusing trash bags

• Storing trash bags

• Burning trash bags

Burning trash bags emits all of the toxins into the air causing air pollution.

Multiple Select

A teacher makes a claim that air pollution is hazardous to human health. Students collect information from multiple sources to evaluate the claim. Which sources would provide valid evidence?

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  Department of Health and Human Services website

• Blog of an environmental science student

• Article from a medical journal

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Medical journals are peer reviewed.

• Environmental Protection Agency is a government agency that receives their information from trained professionals.

• Department of Health and Human Services website.​

Multiple Choice

How has water purification technology helped to keep local water sources free of pollution?

• Local streams and rivers use technology to open and close their dams as needed to control flooding.

• Factories using water to cool machinery can now filter water before returning it to the environment.

• Pure water can be used for drinking and cooking.

• Local businesses increased use of purified water in offices and warehouses.

Although the other answer choices do not cause harm, we are looking for the answer that limits air pollution. The only answer that would limit air pollution is B.

Multiple Choice

Identify the image that displays water pollution as a public policy issue.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are ways that people can harness the energy from moving water?

• By diverting the flow of water to turn turbines that produce electrical energy

• By collecting rain in storage containers for later use

• By trapping water inside a dam to use for turning underwater turbines

• By excavating a large area of soil and pumping groundwater to form small pond

• By constructing groundwater irrigation systems for farming and crops

Hydroelectric Power

In this question, we are looking for answers that will lead to using water for electricity. This is done by turning turbines.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a way to conserve energy?

• Drive a car instead of riding a bike.

• Recycle old newspapers and drink cans.

• Walk instead of driving a car.

• Take a short shower instead of a long one.

Multiple Select

Which pictures show natural resources?

• Plants

• Animals

• Wind

• Water

• Sun​

Renewable

• Fossil Fuels

• Metals

• Minerals​

Nonrenewable

Natural Resources

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Multiple Select

 What natural resources are found in Alaska?

• Gold

• Oil

• Coal

• Fish

• Forest

In Alaska, we see two fish, a tree, a piece of gold and a tower. Based on the key this means Alaska's natural resources are fishing, gold mining, oil, and lumber.​

Natural Resources in Alaska

Multiple Choice

Once some resources have been used they can NOT be replaced. They are —

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

• Dead

• Alive

Multiple Choice

Does the United States use more renewable or nonrenewable sources of energy?

• Renewable

• The same amount of both

• Nonrenewable

• Data not given on graph

Based on the graph the largest energy source is oil. We know that oil isa nonrenewable resource.

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Draw

Draw an A at the test site that would be polluted with sulfuric acid, a B at the site that would be safe, a C at the site that would be polluted with gasoline and a D at the sight that would have both sulfuric acid and gasoline.

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​Happy teaching!

Multiple Choice

Which item would complete the chart?

Multiple Choice

Which item would complete the chart?