Global Resource Management and Conservation Quiz

A student researched energy poverty and found this table, showing the percentage of people in different countries who do not have access to electricity. Energy poverty occurs when people do not have access to affordable, efficient energy to meet their daily needs.

Which resource management plan would help reduce energy poverty in these countries?

• Encourage use of sustainable energy resources.

• Improve existing energy systems.

• Increase energy efficiency.

• All of the above.

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The diagram shows the amount of carbon emissions per passenger for different types of transportation.

Based on the diagram, how can carbon emissions be decreased?

• Restrict air travel to emergency use only.

• Encourage people to drive motorcycles rather than cars.

• Reduce the number of trains and buses currently in use.

• Encourage people to carpool so that four passengers are in a car.

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A scientist is researching methods to reduce emissions from vehicles.

Why is this study important?

• Vehicle emissions cause soil erosion, which lowers soil quality.

• Vehicle emissions cause malnutrition, which causes water pollution.

• Vehicle emissions cause water pollution, which causes climate change.

• Vehicle emissions cause air pollution, which causes health problems.

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Malnutrition is particularly harmful to growing children and pregnant women. A country is working on ways to reduce malnutrition.

How could the country reach its goal?

• Create jobs.

• Provide meals at school.

• Improve access to healthy foods.

• All of the above.

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A scientist is researching methods to reduce run off from coal mines.

Which problem will the study directly address?

• air pollution

• water pollution

• lack of access to energy sources

• malnutrition

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The graph shows how water is used in a typical home.

Which action would conserve the most water?

• Take fewer baths.

• Wash fewer dishes.

• Take shorter showers.

• Buy a clothes washer that uses less water.

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The graphic organizer ranks different options involving the use of energy resources, from least sustainable to most sustainable.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the options in the diagram?

• Conserving energy is the best path to sustainability.

• Conserving energy is the only way to achieve sustainability.

• Low-carbon technology for nonrenewable resources is ranked low for sustainability so it is not worth doing.

• Renewable resources are a more sustainable option than energy efficiency.

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Reforestation is one way to reduce soil erosion and counter the effects of deforestation. The graph compares rates of reforestation and deforestation.

How do these rates compare?

• By 2020, rates of reforestation equaled rates of deforestation.

• Rates of deforestation have steadily decreased while rates of reforestation have steadily increased.

• Rates of reforestation are less now than they were 20 years ago.

• Rates of deforestation are more now than they were 20 years ago.

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The table below shows how emissions of several pollutants have changed since the EPA established the Acid Rain Program in 1995. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides can combine with water in the air to form acid rain. Wet sulfate deposition is one indicator of acid rain. The changes in emissions are a result of conservation, increased efficiency, and technology.

What impact would these changes in emissions have on the environment? Select the best answer.

• Air quality would improve.

• Water quality would improve.

• Soil quality would improve.

• Air, water, and soil quality would improve.

The Clean Air Act was passed in 1970. The graph shows levels of several air pollutant emissions since 1990.

Based on the graph, what conclusion can you draw?

• The Clean Air Act has helped reduce air pollution in the United States.

• The Clean Air Act has had a small effect on air pollution in the United States.

• The Clean Air Act has had no effect on air pollution in the United States.

• The Clean Air Act is no longer needed because emissions of air pollutants are declining.

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