Environmental Science Final Exam Review

Acid Precipitation causes what kind of environmental damage?

• Degradation of granite and marble structures

• Reduction in the ability of some plants to absorb nutrients

• Lowering the survival rate of fish and fish eggs

• All of the above

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What type of radiation is trapped on the Earth's Surface by the greenhouse effect?

• Ultraviolet rays

• X-rays

• Gamma rays

• Infrared rays

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The most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere is

• oxygen

• argon

• hydrogen

• nitrogen

The layer of the atmosphere in which weather change occurs is the

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

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In which layer of the Earth's atmosphere is most ozone found?

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

The layers of the atmosphere are classified by changes in

• pressure

• temperature

• latitude

• longitude

Greenhouse gases include all of the following EXCEPT:

• Nitrogen

• methane

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

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Global Warming is

• the process by which Earth's atmosphere traps solar energy

• the movement of warm surface water toward the coast of South America

• the gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere

• caused by a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air

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One of the possible effects of Global Warming include

• A drop in sea level

• less heat is trapped by Earth's atmosphere

• low-level coastal areas might be flooded

• a decrease in the size of the ozone hole

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Most of the mass of the atmosphere is contained in the

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere