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Environmental impacts

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we need to replace nonrenewable resources with?

a)

renewable/sustainable resources

b)

other nonrenewable resources

c)

We don't need to replace them

2.

What will happen to ocean life if the water gets warmer?

a)

They will be fine

b)

decrease in variation

c)

increase in variation

3.

What is a good way to tell people the good about renewable resources and bad about fossil fuels?

a)

let them read it for themselves

b)

Education

c)

they already know

d)

they don't need to know

4.

Which are example of fossil fuels?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Coal

c)

Oil

d)

Natural gas

5.
Animal waste runoff is an example of which of the following? 
a)
point source pollution
b)
nonpoint source pollution
c)
widespread air pollution
d)
widespread hazardous waste pollution
6.
What is it called when a scientist can determine the exact place that is the source of a pollutant?
a)
point source pollution
b)
non-point source pollution
c)
widespread pollution
d)
 less hazardous pollution
7.

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed is a

a)

nonpoint-source pollutant

b)

renewable resource

c)

nonrenewable resource

d)

biodegradable resource

8.

A natural resource that that forms more slowly than the rate at which it is consumed

a)

biodiversity

b)

point-source pollutant

c)

renewable resource

d)

nonrenewable resource

9.

Which of the following gases is thought to be responsible for increasing global temperatures

a)

argon

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

ozone

10.

Which of the following can cause pollution?

a)

noise

b)

garbage

c)

chemicals

d)

all of the above

11.

3 ways to conserve resources include reducing, recycling, and

a)

renaming

b)

rebuilding

c)

reusing

d)

rethinking

12.

We can reduce our need for fossil fuels by developing

a)

alternative energy sources

b)

natural gas lines

c)

gasoline powered cars

d)

new oil sources

13.

Which of the following is NOT considered a natural/renewable resource?

a)

wind

b)

oil

c)

water

d)

sunlight

14.

Which of the following is a result of greenhouse gases?

a)

global warming

b)

water pollution

c)

fossil fuels

d)

energy

15.

Which greenhouse gas is the main pollutant associated with global warming?

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon dioxide

16.

Acid mine drainage is the result of

a)

ash and air debris creating acid rain

b)

boulders and debris blocking the flow of rivers/streams

c)

toxins from water in mines drain into streams

d)

minerals from mining being left behind creating pollution

17.
Acid mine drainage causes
a)
air pollution
b)
water pollution 
c)
subsidence
d)
erosion
18.

Which has a negative impact on land?

a)

composting

b)

reclamation

c)

mining

d)

reforestation

19.

Which has a positive impact on land?

a)

composting

b)

deforestation

c)

mining

d)

urbanization

20.

Deforestation results in more:

a)

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

b)

nitrogen in the biosphere

c)

oxygen in the atmosphere

d)

water vapor in the geosphere

21.

Which results in habitat destruction?

a)

reclamation

b)

reforestation

c)

urbanization

d)

conservation

22.

The gases that make up Earth’s atmosphere are commonly referred to as air. What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

a)

nitrogen and carbon dioxide

b)

nitrogen and oxygen

c)

water vapor and argon

d)

oxygen and carbon dioxide

23.
Which one of these is NOT a direct result of acid rain?
a)
damage to monuments
b)
dying fish
c)
spread of disease
d)
weakened trees
24.

People use _______ for timber production, agriculture, and mining.

a)

land

b)

trees

c)

machines

d)

reforestation

25.

___________ are cut down to make wood and paper products, for fuel, and to clear land for agriculture, grazing, or building homes or highways.

a)

Roads

b)

Plants

c)

Trees

d)

Rocks

26.

The removal of large areas of forest for human purposes is called ______________.

a)

deforestation

b)

desertification

c)

urban sprawl

d)

mining

27.

Increased rates of erosion can lead to ______________, which is the development of desert-like conditions due to soil erosion from overfarming or overgrazing the land.

a)

deforestation

b)

mining

c)

desertification

d)

urban sprawl

28.

_____________ is a resource because people use the land for their living space.

a)

The sun

b)

The wind

c)

Mining

d)

Land

29.

_________________ is the development of land for houses and other buildings near a city.

a)

Hazardous waste

b)

Landfill

c)

Deforestation

d)

Urban sprawl

30.

People use land to dispose of some wastes, which they bury in a(n) _______________.

a)

cemetary

b)

urban sprawl

c)

landfill

d)

hole

31.

Trash that contains substances that will harm soil, water, and air is called ____________________.

a)

bacteria

b)

composting

c)

hazardous waste

d)

runoff

32.

People can practice ___________ , meaning that they replant trees that have been cut or burned down.

a)

reforestation

b)

deforestation

c)

recycling

d)

desertification

33.

Water continually moves from the surface of Earth, into the atmosphere, and back again in the ______________________.

a)

water cycle

b)

cloud cycle

c)

rotation of water

d)

circle of life

34.

Most of the pollution in the United States comes from ___________________ sources.

a)

imaginary

b)

nonpoint

c)

point

d)

real

35.

People can help protect the water supply by using alternative household products that do not contain _________________, or harmful chemicals.

a)

debris

b)

toxins

c)

bleach

d)

concentrated

36.

Brownish haze in the air caused when nitrogen and carbon compounds react in sunlight.

a)

photochemical smog

b)

dense fog

c)

smoke cloud

d)

dust cloud

37.

Rain or snow that has a lower pH than normal rain water.

a)

particulate matter

b)

acid precipitation

c)

greenhouse gases

d)

ozone

38.

When CFCs react with _________________ they destroy ozone.

a)

sunlight

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon monoxide

39.

Global warming is an increase in Earth's average ____________ temperature.

a)

core

b)

water

c)

atmospheric

d)

surface

40.

Without the greenhouse effect, Earth would be too ________________ for life to exist as it is.

a)

cold

b)

hot

c)

wet

d)

dry