Park & Environment

According to the 2008 National Landscape Guidelines, there are how many types of parks listed under the guidelines?

• Seven

• Six

• Five

• Four

What is the purpose of the National Park?

• To address the requirements of citizens of a region/state for recreational activities, leisure, sports, social contact, and enjoyment of natural beauty.

• To suit the demands of a resident city/district for recreational activities, relaxation, sports, social contact, and enjoyment of nature's beauty

• To meet the recreational, leisure, sports, social interaction, and aesthetic needs of the population of a certain region or state.

• To serves as a recreation place within walking distance, accommodating recreational activity demands, leisure, sports, and the population's desire for social connection.

Those are issues related to the coastal environment. EXCEPT

• Eutrophication

• Exploitation of resources

• Toxic effects

• Introduction of indigenous species

Which of the following is a TRUE description of SHORELINE EROSION AND DANGEROUS STORMS?

• Human health may be at risk as a result of exposure to toxicants or pathogens.

• The principal source of sediment to the coastline is from rivers and streams.

• Paralytic, diarrhetic, neurotoxic, and amnesic shellfish poisonings are all caused by biotoxins accumulated from algae.

• Sea level increases flood shorelines, overstep barrier islands, destroy intertidal wetlands, and salinize coastal embayment.

Which one of the choices below is NOT a  cause for global warming?

• Having too many cows.

• Burning Fossil Fuels

• Planting new trees

Trees are so important to our environment because they absorb (sink) which greenhouse gas?

• Nitrous oxide

• water vapor

• methane

• carbon dioxide

How are greenhouse gasses harming our environment?

• They aren't

• Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up

• Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to cool down

• More heat is able to escape

As greenhouse gasses increase, what happens to heat flow in from the sun?

• Increase

• Fluctuate

• Stays the same

• Decrease

Why are mangroves important at a GLOBAL scale?

• Provide employment

• Protect against tropical storms

• Carbon sinks

• None of these answers

Mangrove forests are often found...

• around river estuaries.

• near to coral reefs.

• sandy beaches.

• open sea.