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Environmental Impacts

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen

d)

water vapor

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.

Which are example of fossil fuels?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Coal

c)

Oil

d)

Natural gas

4.

Which are examples of renewable resources?

a)

coal

b)

wind power

c)

solar power

d)

water power

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

a)

argon

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

ozone

8.

3 ways to conserve resources include reducing, recycling, and

a)

renaming

b)

rebuilding

c)

reusing

d)

rethinking

9.

Conserving wetlands and reducing deforestation will help

a)

protect habitats

b)

stop air pollution

c)

eliminate exotic species

d)

slow over population

10.

How does an increase in carbon dioxide affect global temperature?

a)

decreases

b)

increases

c)

does not affect temperature

d)

temperature stays the same

11.

Which greenhouse gas affects the climate the most?

a)

water vapor

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

methane

d)

CFC

12.
Coal is a good example of renewable energy
a)
True
b)
False
13.
As water vapor rises, it enters into a colder atmosphere, causing the water to condense into liquid water and clouds are formed
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Interception
14.
Water build up in the clouds falls to the ground.
a)
Precipitation
b)
Runoff
c)
Condensation
d)
Evaporation
15.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
16.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
17.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
18.
What is      D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
19.

Designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out substances responsible

a)

Montreal Protocol

b)

Kyoto Protocol

c)

Madrid Protocol

d)

Yucca Protocol

20.

Which in the atmosphere protects us from harmful UV radiation?

a)

Ozone

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Methane

d)

Sulfur Dioxide

e)

Carbon Dioxide

21.
The Clean Air Act is monitored and enforced by the
a)
The Paris Accord
b)
GSA-Government Services Agency
c)
Virginia
d)
EPA-Environmental Protection Agency 
22.
This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

a)
air pollution
b)
water pollution
c)
land pollution
d)
noise pollution
23.

What does this graph illustrate?

a)

carrying capacity

b)

a population explosion

c)

resource levels

d)

environmental impacts

24.

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

a)

wind

b)

oil

c)

water

d)

sunlight

26.

Which of the following can cause pollution?

a)

noise

b)

garbage

c)

chemicals

d)

all of the above

26.

Which of the following can cause pollution?

a)

noise

b)

garbage

c)

chemicals

d)

all of the above

27.

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

28.

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

a)

land

b)

trees

c)

machines

d)

reforestation

29.

___________ 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

30.

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

a)

deforestation

b)

desertification

c)

urban sprawl

d)

mining

31.

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

a)

The sun

b)

The wind

c)

Mining

d)

Land

32.

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

a)

Hazardous waste

b)

Landfill

c)

Deforestation

d)

Urban sprawl

33.

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

a)

cemetary

b)

urban sprawl

c)

landfill

d)

hole

34.

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

a)

bacteria

b)

composting

c)

hazardous waste

d)

runoff

35.

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

a)

reforestation

b)

deforestation

c)

recycling

d)

desertification

36.

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

37.

The _______________________ regulates sources of water pollution, including sewage systems.

a)

Clean Drinking Water Act

b)

Source Water Act

c)

United Water Act

d)

Clean Water Act

38.

People can dispose of any hazardous substances safely by following their _________________________.

a)

local laws

b)

conscience

c)

federal laws

d)

friend's advice

39.

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

40.

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

a)

particulate matter

b)

acid precipitation

c)

greenhouse gases

d)

ozone

41.

When CFCs react with _________________ they destroy ozone.

a)

sunlight

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon monoxide

42.

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

a)

cold

b)

hot

c)

wet

d)

dry

43.

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

a)

core

b)

water

c)

atmospheric

d)

surface