Q3 RTI Test Enviornmental

Using land to grow food crops is an example of

• desertification.
• mining.
• agriculture.
• development.

The construction of buildings, roads, bridges, dams, and other structures is called

•   agriculture.
•   mining.
• development.
• erosion.

The process of restoring an area of land to a more natural, productive state is called

•   erosion.
•   land reclamation.
• desertification.
•   nutrient depletion.

One group of gases that is responsible for destroying ozone in the ozone layer is

•   CFCs.
• car exhaust fumes.
• carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
•  nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides.

What is the original source of the heat that is trapped by the greenhouse effect?

• atmosphere
• Earth's surface
• sunlight
• escaping heat

Precipitation that is more acidic than normal because of air pollution is called

• smog.
• acid rain.
• ozone.
• emissions.

Which indoor air pollutant is a colorless, odorless gas that forms when wood, coal, oil, or gas are incompletely burned?

• carbon monoxide
• radon
• ozone
• smog

What is the thick, brownish haze formed when certain gases react in sunlight?

• carbon monoxide
• Photochemical smog
• acid rain
• radon

Water moves continually between the atmosphere and Earth's surface in the process called

• global warming.
• water pollution.
• temperature inversion.
• the water cycle.

Most of the Earth's water (about 97 percent) is

• salt water in the oceans.
• freshwater in lakes and rivers.
• in the form of snow or ice.
• in the clouds.