WorksheetsEcology Chapter 4 Vocab
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Forms when emissions from cars and factories combine with water vapor forming acids that cause damage on Earth.
a)
Algal Bloom
b)
Radon
c)
Acid Precipitation
d)
Hazardous Wastes
2.
Theory that the average temperature on Earth is rising and that this rise in temperature is dangerous to our ecosystem.
a)
Global Warming
b)
Fossil Fuels
c)
CFC
CFC'S
CFC'S
d)
Ozone Layer
3.
The percent of hydrogen atoms in a liquid
a)
Smog
b)
Pollutant
c)
Erosion
d)
pH
4.
A form of air pollution created when sunlight reacts with pollutants produced by burning fuels.
a)
Radon
b)
CFC's
c)
Smog
d)
pH
5.
A device that reduces carbon monoxide emissions by cars and trucks.
a)
Ozone Depletion
b)
Catalytic Converter
c)
Scrubber
d)
Radon
6.
A colorless, odorless, naturally occurring gas given off by some rocks and soil.
a)
Algal Bloom
b)
Smog
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Radon
7.
Water pollution by sewage and fertilizer, produces excess algae that uses up oxygen necessary for aquatic life.
a)
Algal Bloom
b)
CFC's
c)
Smog
d)
Sun Block
8.
Waste materials that are harmful to hum health or poisonous to living organisms.
a)
Erosion
b)
Hazardous Wastes
c)
Pollutant
d)
pH
9.
Most air pollution is made up of waste products from the burning of these.
a)
Algal Bloom
b)
Ozone Depletion
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
pH
10.
Chlorofluorocarbons, a substance that harms the atmosphere which most nations stopped using in 2000.
a)
CFC's
b)
Smog
c)
Radon
d)
Hazardous Wastes
11.
Thinning of the layer of our atmosphere that absorbs harmful UV radiation.
a)
Sun Block
b)
Fossil Fuels
c)
Acid Precipitation
d)
Ozone Depletion
12.
A device that removes pollutants from emissions using a stream of water droplets.
a)
Catalytic Converter
b)
CFC's
c)
Scrubber
d)
Greenhouse Effect
13.
A substance that contaminates the environment.
a)
Catalytic Converter
b)
Pollutant
c)
Global Warming
d)
Carbon Monoxide
14.
The movement of soil from one place to another by rain or wind that is exacerbated by antiquated farming methods.
a)
Sun Block
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
pH
d)
Erosion
15.
A form of oxygen in the atmosphere that absorbs some of the Sun's harmful UV radiation.
a)
Ozone Layer
b)
Hazardous Waste
c)
Carbon Monoxide
d)
Radon
16.
The heat-trapping feature of our atmosphere without which there would be no life on Earth.
a)
Carbon Monoxide
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
Ozone Depletion
d)
Global Warming
17.
A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when charcoal, natural gas or kerosene are burned.
a)
Smog
b)
Fossil Fuels
c)
Carbon Monoxide
d)
pH
18.
A cream that protects the skin from harmful UV radiation and should be worn everyday.
a)
Sun Block
b)
Radon
c)
Ozone Layer
d)
Acid Precipitation
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