Environmental Science Test Review

Air pollution is _________________________

• the addition of any substance that has harmful or toxic effects to air
• the addition of any good substance that benefits air
• a chemical reaction

The Clean Air Act is federal law that regulates levels of air pollution produced from

• Transportation and factories
• Private homes only
• Power plants only
• Transportation, factories, power plants, and private homes

Solar energy is a ________________ resource.

• Nonrenewable

• Renewable

What is the correct definition of Environmental Science? 

• The study on how humans affect the natural environment. 
• The study of how organisms interact with one another. 
• The study of the Earth. 
• The study of living organisms

Why should we remove an invasive species?

• They won't be able to survive in a new environment.

• They will eat native species and cause other species to decrease.

• We should not remove them and let nature be.

As species go extinct what will happen to the biodiversity in that ecosystem?

• Decrease

• Increase

• Stay the same

A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called __________

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• ecological
• stustainable

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

• wind energy
• sunlight
• natural gas
• geothermal energy

Which of these would not be included as part of the environment?

• What the soil is made of.

• The average temperature, wind, percipitation, and other factors.

• Animals and plants in the region and surrounding area.

• All of the above.

An example of an inexhaustible resource would be:

• Iron Ore

• Coal

• Sunlight