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WorksheetsEnvironmental Science Final Study
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 20mins
Most municipal solid wastes in the United States consist of
Yard wastes
Food wastes
Plastic
Paper
Glass
Most municipal trash floating in the ocean is composed of
Plastic
Paper
Wood
Metal cans
Yard wastes
Which of the following strategies to control pollution would incur the greatest governmental cost?
Green taxes
Government subsidies for reducing pollution
Regulation
Charging a user fee
Tradable pollution rights
In 1989, the Exxon Valdez spilled 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska. What happened to most of the oil?
It was cleaned up by Exxon
It eventually evaporated into the air
It sank into the ground
It biodegraded and photolyzed
It dispersed into the water column
Which Act’s primary goal is to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal and calls for conservation of energy and natural resources, reduction in waste generated, and environmentally sound waste management practices?
RCRA
FIFRA
CERCLA
OSHA
FEMA
One of the earliest sites that utilized Superfund resources was
Bhopal, India
Love Canal, New York
Prince William Sound, Alaska
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Donora, Pennsylvania
When resources are scarce,
Prices go down
Recycling is not profitable
Investment and potential profits decrease
There is an impetus for conservation
There is little competition to discover new or substitute products
As urban environments become denser, noise pollution is becoming a major environmental issue as people deal with noise generated from flight paths, freeways, work environments, and neighborhoods. Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
Loud sound is not dangerous as long as you do not feel any pain in your ears
Hearing loss after sound exposure is temporary
Hearing loss is caused mostly by aging
Loud sound damages only your hearing
If you have a hearing loss already, you still have to protect your hearing
What is commonly found in paints and solvents. Examples include benzene, acetone, and formaldehyde.
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
Peroxyacl nitrates (PANs)
Volitile organic compounds (VOCs)
Ozone (O3)
Particulates (PM10)
Why is bioaccumulation of harmful chemicals especially destructive in species such as salmon?
Salmon migrate long distances, allowing them to spread harmful chemicals into many different ecosystems
Salmon are tertiary consumers and are at the top of the food pyramid
Salmon are a keystone species, meaning they are key in the health of the ecosystem they inhabit
Salmon are an increasingly endangered species
All of the above are true
The most common method of disposing of municipal solid wastes in the United States is
Incineration
Ocean dumping
Sanitary landfills
Recycling
Exporting
Which pair of compounds listed below reacts with H2O to produce acid rain?
NH3 and SO2
CO and SO2
CO2 and H2O2
SO3 and NO3
SO2 and NOx
In terms of annual production, which two crops listed below had the greatest success during The Green Revolution (1967-1978)?
Maize and corn
Rice and corn
Wheat and rice
Wheat and maize
Soybean and rice
Radioactive materials, lead, arsenic, mercury, nickel, and benzene are all pollutants released from what type of electricity generating plant?
Hydroelectric
Solar
Coal-burning
Nuclear
Natural gas
On Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, copper mills discharged an estimated 200 million tons of copper contaminated waste directly into Torch Lake, reducing its volume by 20% and leaving a toxic threat to fish and anyone who eats the fish. Which law listed below would address the damage that has been done at Torch Lake?
1872 mining act
1920 Mineral Leasing Act
1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
1976 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
The type of planting in which an agricultural crop is grown simultaneously with a long- term tree crop to provide annual income while the tree crop matures is known as
Crop rotation
Alley cropping
Monocropping
Sequential cropping
Intercropping
A chain is dragged across the seafloor, pulling a huge net behind it. A single pass of this net can remove up to a quarter of seafloor life. Repeated passes can remove nearly all seafloor life, including sessile animals and plants plus many species of fish and marine invertebrates. This type of fishing is known as
Bottom trawling or dredging
Chain- fishing
Scraping
Scoop netting
Drag-lining
Two-thirds of Iceland’s energy sources come from clean, renewable hydroelectric and geothermal sources. Research in Iceland is currently underway in developing hydrogen fuel cells. Iceland is an example of a country that is practicing
Sustainability
Remediation
Conservation
Preservation
Mitigation
An electrical power plant that uses X joules of energy derivied from natural gas can generate a maximum of Y joules of electrical energy within the same amount of time. Which of the following is always true?
X=Y due to the Law of Conservation of Energy
X<Y due to the First Law of Thermodynamics
X>Y due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics
X<Y due to the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Depending upon the efficiency of the power plant, X could be equal to Y
Which of the following is NOT a benefit associated with integrated pest management?
More reliable and effective pest control
Reduction in the use of the most hazardous pesticides
Lessening the chance of pesticide resistance developing
Total elimination of pest species
All choices are benefits of integrated pest management
Most commercial fish are caught in which ocean?
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Southern
Pacific
Which federal agency listed below does NOT manage designated federal wilderness areas in the United States?
National Park Service
Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
Fish and Wildlife Service
All share management
Kerosene, gasoline, motor oil, asphalt, tar, waxes, and diesel fuel all come from crude oil. Refineries take advantage of what physical property in order to separate these components from the original crude oil?
Solubility
Freezing point
Density
Boiling point
Viscosity
Which of the following is NOT an acceptable mitigation technique used to reverse the process of desertification?
Fixating the soil through the use of shelter belts, woodlots, and windbreakers
Hyper-fertilizing the soil
Encourage large scale cultivation of the land to hold the soil in place
Reforestation
Provisioning of water
Which of the following statements is NOT consistent with “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garret Hardin?
We will always add one too many cows to the village commons, destroying it
The destruction of the commons will not be stopped by shame, moral admonitions, or cultural mores anywhere nearly so effectively as it will be by the will of the people expressed as a protective mandate, in other words, by government
“The Tragedy of the Commons” is a modern phenomenon. Humans were not capable of doing too much damage until the population exceeded certain numbers and their technological tools became powerful beyond a certain point.
A free-market economy, based on capitalism, does not contribute to the “The Tragedy of the Commons”
We will always opt for an immediate benefit at the expense of less-tangible values such as the availability of a resource to future generations
