Environmental Issues

Environmental Issues

University

20 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

erosion

pesticides

air pollution

oil spills

endangered species

Answer explanation

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The effects of soil erosion go beyond the loss of fertile land. It has led to increased pollution and sedimentation in streams and rivers, clogging these waterways and causing declines in fish and other species. And degraded lands are also often less able to hold onto water, which can worsen flooding.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

erosion

pesticides

air pollution

oil spills

endangered species

Answer explanation

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Pesticides can contaminate soil, water, turf, and other vegetation. In addition to killing insects or weeds, pesticides can be toxic to a host of other organisms including birds, fish, beneficial insects, and non-target plants. Insecticides are generally the most acutely toxic class of pesticides, but herbicides can also pose risks to non-target organisms.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

erosion

pesticides

air pollution

oil spills

endangered species

Answer explanation

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Air pollution can cause headaches, dizziness, and nausea. ... Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as emphysema. Air pollution can also cause long-term damage to people's nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

erosion

pesticides

air pollution

oil spills

species extinction

Answer explanation

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As species go extinct, they are taken out of the food chain. Animals that ate the newly-extinct species have to find new food sources or starve. This can damage the populations of other plants or animals. Furthermore, if a predator goes extinct, its prey's population can proliferate, unbalancing local ecosystems.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

hazardous waste

deforestation

overfishing

oil spills

solid waste

Answer explanation

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An inefficient solid waste management system may create serious negative environmental impacts like infectious diseases, land and water pollution, obstruction of drains and loss of biodiversity.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

hazardous waste

deforestation

overfishing

oil spills

solid waste

Answer explanation

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Ocean overfishing simply means catching fish from the sea at rates too high where fish stocks become too depleted to recover. With oceans taking up over 70% of the Earth, sea creatures, and the overall health of marine life is essential for sustaining life elsewhere on the planet, but overfishing is having drastic effects on the future of both ocean and land dwellers.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What environmental issue is hinted in the picture?

hazardous waste

deforestation

overfishing

oil spills

solid waste

Answer explanation

Media Image

Spilled oil can harm the environment in several ways, including the physical damages that directly impact wildlife and their habitats (such as coating birds or mammals with a layer of oil), and the toxicity of the oil itself, which can poison exposed organisms.

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