Quiz about Air, Soil & Water (Unit) Review

Question 1

Nontoxic, nonflammable, colorless, odorless chemical used in refrigerants, solvents & aerosol sprays, describes what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer

Noise pollution

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Greenhouse gases

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Light pollution

Question 2

Increased noise or sounds that have harmful potential effects on humans and animals, describes what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Noise pollution

Answer

Pesticide runoff

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Thermal pollution

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Nuclear waste

Question 3

Man made alteration of outdoor light levels such as city lights , describes what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Light pollution

Answer

Greenhouse gases

Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer

Pesticide runoff

Question 4

Agriculture pesticides used in crops that enter streams, rivers, lakes, wells and groundwater, describes what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Pesticide runoff

Answer

Thermal pollution

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Heavy metals

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Metallic ions

Question 5

The process of changing the temperature of a natural body of water, describes what type of pollution?

Accepted Answer

Thermal pollution

Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer

Greenhouse gases

Answer

Pesticide runoff

Question 6

Hazardous waste that contains radioactive material, describes what type of pollution?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear waste

Answer

Aerosols

Answer

Metallic ions

Answer

Heavy metals

Question 7

Hazardous waste that contains radioactive material, describes what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear waste

Answer

Heavy metals

Answer

Metallic ions

Answer

Aerosols

Question 8

An atom of a metal that has lost one or more electrons resulting in a positive charge, describes what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Metallic ions

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Heavy metals

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Thermal pollution

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Aerosols

Question 9

What pollutant creates chlorine atoms in the atmosphere that damage ozone molecules?

Accepted Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer

Greenhouse gases

Answer

Pesticide runoff

Answer

Nuclear waste

Question 10

What pollutant increases the temperature of the earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Greenhouse gases

Answer

Aerosols

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Metallic ions

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Thermal pollution

Question 11

What pollutant disrupting food chains by accumulating in organisms within trophic levels?

Accepted Answer

Metallic ions

Answer

Heavy metals

Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer

Greenhouse gases

Question 12

What pollutant increased temperature in bodies of water decreases dissolved oxygen in waters causing fish to perish?

Accepted Answer

Thermal pollution

Answer

Light pollution

Answer

Noise pollution

Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Question 13

Pollution that originates from one place, describes what?

Accepted Answer

point source emission

Answer

Clean Air Act

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non-point source emission

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Clean Water Act

Question 14

Pollution that originates from many places all at once, describes what?

Accepted Answer

Non-Point source emission

Answer

Point source emission

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EPA standard definition

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Point Source Example & description

Question 15

Factories ,power plants, smoke stacks, oil refineries, paper mills, auto plants, municipal wastewater treatment plants, are examples of what type of emission?

Accepted Answer

Point source emissions

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Point source emissions & non pollutants

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Non-Point source emissions

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Non-Point source emissions & pollutants

Question 16

The after effects (pollutants) of thunderstorms are usually categorized as what type of pollutant?

Accepted Answer

Nonpoint source emissions

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Point Source Emissions

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Nonpoint source emissions & pollutants

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Environmental pollutants

Question 17

What type of pollution is depicted in the image?

Accepted Answer

Thermal pollution

Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons

Answer

Light pollution

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Greenhouse gases

Question 18

Carbon dioxide, Nitrous oxide, Methane & Oxygen, what gas is not considered a greenhouse gas.

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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Methane

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Nitrous oxide

Question 19

The responsible use and conservation of water resources to ensure a sustainable future, describes what?

Accepted Answer

Water Management

Answer

EPA standards

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Water Efficiency

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Clean Water Organization

Question 20

Low flow toilet, xeriscaping, drip irrigation & sprinklers all of the listed are technologies and or strategies to conserve water except what?

Accepted Answer

sprinklers

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Low flow toilet

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xeriscaping

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drip irrigation

Question 21

A scientists compiling air quality data for the city of Oakland measured the air quality at 89, what is the current air description in that particular area?

Accepted Answer

Moderate

Answer

Very Unhealthy

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Unhealthy

Answer

healthy

Question 22

An adjunct professor is creating an air quality data table to explain how air quality is measured from quantitate data and transcribed to qualitive data. he is needing the ranges of moderate air conditions as well as hazardous air conditions. What ranges would you provide to the professor?

Accepted Answer

Moderate range: 51- 100 & Hazardous Range: 301+

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Moderate range: 61- 100 & Hazardous Range: 302+

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Moderate range: 81- 107 & Hazardous Range: 301+

Answer

Moderate range: 21- 190 & Hazardous Range: 301+

Question 23

Dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, salinity, Ph, biochemical oxygen demand, temperature change, total phosphate, nitrates, algae, turbidity & total solids

Which of the listed are not factors used to determine water quality?

Accepted Answer

Salinity & Algae

Answer

Nitrates & fecal coliform

Answer

Ph

Answer

total phosphate

Question 24

Microbial biomass, Ph, soil alkalinity & bulk density all of the listed are soil quality indicators except what?

Accepted Answer

soil alkalinity

Answer

Microbial biomass

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Ph

Answer

bulk density

Question 25

The image depicted describes what vocabulary word?

Accepted Answer

Cost Benefit Trade Off

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Water Conservation

Answer

Regulatory standards

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Soil Quality Index

Question 26

Cost Benefit Trade Off Scenario: A burger franchise is deciding to open at another location, the company is compiling a list of the potential costs of the new endeavor (supplies, construction etc.). The location of the burger franchise however will be placed in a high traffic location with other successful businesses with increases revenues. What are the potential costs in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

supplies, construction etc.

Answer

The burger franchise blueprint

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The location of the burger franchise

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businesses with increases revenues

Question 27

Cost Benefit Trade Off Scenario: A burger franchise is deciding to open at another location, the company is compiling a list of the potential costs of the new endeavor (supplies, construction etc.). The location of the burger franchise however will be placed in a high traffic location with other successful businesses with increases revenues. What are the potential benefits in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

the burger franchise (location) placed in a high traffic location with other successful businesses with increases revenues

Answer

A burger franchise

Answer

the company is compiling a list of the potential costs

Answer

deciding to open at another location

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