Final Exam Review Unit 4-6

True or False: The human population has exponentially increased in the past 200 years because the birth rate has significantly increased

• True

• False

What are the advantages to using fossil fuels?

• They are cheap and easy to obtain

• They produce no greenhouse gases when burned

• They are a renewable resource

• They produce very little energy

Which of the following best describes geothermal energy?

• Energy generated using heat from within the Earth

• Using running water through dams to produce electricity

• Wind pushing a wind turbine to generate energy

• Converting the sun's energy into electricity

Which of the following design features are found in both coal-fired power plants and nuclear power plants?

• Turbines

• Generators

• Combustion chambers

• Reactor cores

• Cooling towers

Which type of country do you expect to have higher birth rates?

• Developing

• Developed

What can you predict about this population by looking at the age structure graph?

• The population will increase

• The population will decrease

• The population will stay the same

• You cannot predict any population change

The greenhouse effect

• Makes the planet warmer

• Makes the planet colder

• Does nothing to the planet

What environmental issue is being caused by CFC's

• Ozone depletion

• Climate change

• Deforestation

• Ocean Pollution

Which of the following about carbon dioxide is false?

• Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen in the last century

• Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas responsible for trapping heat on the planet

• Carbon dioxide is released plants, like trees, are burned

• Carbon dioxide does not have any affect on climate change

Why is the largest ozone hole found over top of the South Pole?

• Colder temperature promote further degradation of the ozone layer

• CFC's are only located in the South Pole

• We already fixed the ozone hole near the equator

• The is less carbon dioxide at the South Pole