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What is the major cause for air pollution? 

• factories and cars
• cigarretes 
• deforestation
• oil spills

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Keeping the water running when you brush your teeth wastes a lot of water.

• True
• False

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Building structures that minimize the ecological footprint of its construction and operation by using sustainable materials, using minimal energy and water, reducing health impacts, limiting pollution, and recycling waste.

• Red buildings

• Yellow Buildings

• Brown Buildings

• Green Buildings

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Atlanta often has smog warnings during the summer. The city cautions citizens against being outside too long when smog levels are high. How can the city of Atlanta reduce smog levels?

• by increasing the use of fossil fuels

• by decreasing the use of solar power

• by decreasing the number of individual cars and increasing the number of buses

• by increasing the number of individual cars and decreasing the number of buses

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In the Plains, soil erosion due to rain is lessened by ______.

• plenty vegetation ground cover

• plowing and planting along curves

• efficient irrigation systems that use less water

• All the above

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What would have the greatest long-term impact on reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air?

• planting trees around a farm

• cutting down trees around a farm

• increasing the number of livestock on a farm

• decreasing the number of livestock on a farm

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Vaani is very conscious of pollution. So, to reduce the effect of pollution which fuel should she use for her vehicle?

• CNG

• Diesel

• Diesel

• LPG

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A major scientific concern over nuclear energy is how to--

• store the waste products safely

• reduce the high levels of carbon dioxide emitted into the air

• deal with the large amounts of fossil fuels required

• prevent the depletion of the ozone layer

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Which of the following human activities will have the greatest negative impact on the balance of organisms within ocean ecosystem?

• monitoring of major, global ocean currents

• recreational boating

• commercial fishing to provide food for humans

• mapping of the ocean floor by marine scientists

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What is one way the government of the United States attempts to reduce pollution in the oceans?

• create new desalination plants
• discontinue sewage treatment programs
• increase oil and gasoline production
• enforce laws limiting trash dumping

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