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The careful use of a resource is....

• recycling
• pollution
• depositing
• conservation

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The Montreal Protocol banned the use of CFCs. What so they hope this will do for the ozone layer?

• Deplete it completely
• Make the ozone hole smaller
• Make the ozone hole larger
• Thin the layer to allow more gas to escape

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Which approach to resource management aims to harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystem and processes that provide the resource?

• maximum sustainable yield
• ecosystem-based management
• adaptive management
• watershed management

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Which would be the best way to reduce the environmental impact of conventional agriculture practices?

• Increase pesticide use

• Decrease crop rotation

• Decrease fertilizer use

• Increase of nonnative species

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Which of the following would most likely help the Blacks Run Watershed?

• Adding forest buffers

• Adding impermeable surfaces

• Removing rain gardens

• Removing retention ponds

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Pollutants are removed or changed chemically before they leave factory smokestacks by a(n)

• chlorofluorocarbon

• scrubber

• inversion

• catalytic converter

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A family of five recently replaced its 7-gallon-per-minute showerheads with water-saving 3-gallon-per-minute showerheads. Each member of the family averages 10 minutes in the shower per day. How many fewer gallons of water will the family use each day with the new showerheads?

• 40 gallons per day

• 200 gallons per day

• 1,000 gallons per day

• 2,100 gallons per day

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Which method is used to reduce the nitrogen oxide emissions

• installation of catalytic converters

• increased temperature of combustion

• the use of calcium carbonate to absorb the emissions

• the use of fluidized bed combustion

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Mandating more fuel-efficient vehicle

• adaptation
• mitigation

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What is the accurate definition of climate change mitigation?

• The efforts to reduce or prevent the expected effects of climatic change

• The efforts to reduce or prevent build-up of GHGs in the atmosphere

• The efforts to reduce or prevent Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• The efforts to reduce or prevent CFC in the atmosphere

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