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Worksheets2ND SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 50mins
IDENTIFICATION: The law of Ecology that states, a number of species that comprise a biologically diverse place has interconnection.
(a)
IDENTIFICATION: This is an irreversible process wherein a “biological population forever ceases to exist
(a)
IDENTIFICATION: The first global environmental organization that collates and monitors the population of species around the world including a Red List of threatened species.
(a)
This is defined as the complete disappearance of a species from the Earth.
(a)
IDENTIFICATION: An introduced species not native or endemic to the area in question.
(a)
IDENTIFICATION: Defined by IUCN Any species which is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
(a)
IDENTIFICATION: When there is no doubt that the last individual of a particular species has died from a defined region or area.
(a)
Defined by IUCN that there is an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future
(a)
Defined by IUCN as population of a species that is native to the region, and which area of distribution is restricted to a small place
(a)
Faces a high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future or classified as threatened in the near future if causal factors persist
(a)
The effect of Biodiversity loss where reliance of people on biodiversity to support their day-to-day activities as well as for their survival.
Agriculture
Human Health
Infectious diseases
Basic human sustenance
Impact of Biodiversity loss where source of raw materials for the formulation of pharmaceutical products that is dependent on ecosystem goods and outputs such as food, shelter, potable water, fuel, etc.· dependence on ecosystem goods and outputs such as food, shelter, potable water, fuel, etc.
Agriculture
Human Health
Infectious diseases
Basic human sustenance
Impact of Biodiversity loss where land conversion, in the form of mass clearance, of a forest into an agricultural space leads to biodiversity and habitat loss that affects micronutrient availability in the diet.
Agriculture
Human Health
Infectious diseases
Basic human sustenance
Impact of Biodiversity loss where ecosystem disturbance disrupts food chain, thus altering the interactions between organisms along with their physical and chemical environments causing sensitivity of patterns of diseases to ecological disturbance
Agriculture
Human Health
Infectious diseases
Basic human sustenance
Impact of Biodiversity loss where indigenous peoples have sacred lands like forests which has limited human access because of belief, due to human intervention, biodiversity-rich sacred areas are degraded or exploited resulting to the displacement of some indigenous groups.
Agriculture
Business
Human Health
Spiritual and cultural
Impact of Biodiversity loss where industrial materials derive directly from biological sources such as timber, food, paper, etc., collection leads to extinction of varieties of species, or sometimes an entire ecosystem
Agriculture
Business
Human Health
Spiritual and cultural
Impact of Biodiversity loss that are blown by the wind that can harm plants, animals, and sometimes people.
Trash
Landfills
Pesticides and fertilizers
Inefficient garbage collection systems
A form of Land Pollution where paper, cans, glass jars, plastic products, and junked cars and appliances mar the landscape.
Trash
Landfills
Pesticides and fertilizers
Inefficient garbage collection systems
A form of Land Pollution that is NOT completely sealed off from the land around them that results to leak into the earth in which they are buried.
Trash
Landfills
Pesticides and fertilizers
Inefficient garbage collection systems
A form of Land Pollution where garbage often contains dangerous pollutants such as oils, chemicals, and ink. These pollutants can leech into the soil and harm plants, animals, and people.
Trash
Landfills
Pesticides and fertilizers
Inefficient garbage collection systems
Waste Classification: A type of waste that came from domestic, commercial and industrial wastes.
Solid wastes
Liquid Wastes
Gaseous wastes
Waste Classification: A type of waste that may flow in lands and waters and can cause leaching.
Solid wastes
Liquid Wastes
Gaseous wastes
Waste Classification: A type of waste that are oxides of carbon and greenhouse gases like chlorofluorocarbon
Solid wastes
Liquid Wastes
Gaseous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Paper
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Plastics
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Styrofoam containers
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Wood
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Left overs
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Old machines
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Properties: Cans and Bottles
Biodegradable
Non-biodegradable
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Commercial Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Ignitability Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Corrosive Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Industrial Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Economic Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Reactive Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Agricultural Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of Wastes according to their Effects: Toxic Waste
Hazardous wastes
Non-hazardous wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Includes containers, intermediate or end products generated during diagnosis.
Municipal solid wastes
Biomedical wastes
Industrial wastes
Agricultural wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Liquid and solid wastes that are generated by manufacturing & processing units of various industries.
Municipal solid wastes
Biomedical wastes
Industrial wastes
Agricultural wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Wastes generated from farming activities mostly biodegradable
Municipal solid wastes
Biomedical wastes
Industrial wastes
Agricultural wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Wastes generated from any modern establishments.
Biomedical wastes
E-wastes
Industrial wastes
Fishery wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
The byproducts of nuclear processes.
Biomedical wastes
E-wastes
Fishery wastes
Radioactive wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Wastes generated due to fishery activities extensively found in coastal & estuarine areas
Biomedical wastes
E-wastes
Fishery wastes
Radioactive wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Includes discarded electrical or electronic devices, some electronic scrap components, such as CRTs, may contain contaminants such as Pb, Cd, Be or brominated flame retardants.
Biomedical wastes
E-wastes
Fishery wastes
Radioactive wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Includes, radio-isotopes and chemical sludge
Biomedical wastes
E-wastes
Fishery wastes
Radioactive wastes
Classification of wastes according to their origin and type:
Include household garbage, rubbish, construction & demolition debris, sanitation residues, packaging materials, trade refuges etc.
Municipal solid wastes
Biomedical wastes
Industrial wastes
Agricultural wastes
It is described as any of the entire range of natural waters in vapor, liquid, or solid form which has a potential use to humans.
Land resources
Water resource
Air resource
This is refers to the increasing demand of utilizing freshwater resources, primarily due to agricultural, industrial, and recreational purposes, creates a growing concern over the availability of adequate water supplies to accommodate the future needs.
Runoff
Oil Spill
Mining and drilling
Availability of Adequate Water Supply
Over-utilization resulting to progressive deterioration of water quality
These are chemicals and oils dumped or seep into waterways which could intoxicate the aquatic ecosystem.
Runoff
Oil Spill
Mining and drilling
Availability of Adequate Water Supply
Over-utilization resulting to progressive deterioration of water quality
The overuse of water leads to its unfitness for human consumption as well as disruption of aquatic ecosystem.
Runoff
Oil Spill
Mining and drilling
Availability of Adequate Water Supply
Over-utilization resulting to progressive deterioration of water quality
Could affect not only the fish and corals thriving in the contaminated waters but also other organisms like birds and mammal’s dependent on these resources.
Runoff
Oil Spill
Mining and drilling
Availability of Adequate Water Supply
Over-utilization resulting to progressive deterioration of water quality
Acids used by miners to remove coal from the surrounding rocks, are washed into streams and rivers, causing reaction with rocks and sand, thus the release of sulphuric acid
Runoff
Oil Spill
Mining and drilling
Availability of Adequate Water Supply
Over-utilization resulting to progressive deterioration of water quality
Invisible mixture of gases in the atmosphere which contains oxygen, nitrogen, and other particulates.
Land resources
Water resource
Air resource
The Environment Protection Authority (CDC, 2019) has identified six pollutants as ‘criteria’ air pollutants, which is NOT?
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Ground-level ozone (O3)
Methane oxide (MO)
Nitrogen oxides (NO)
Sulfur oxide (SO2)
A type of UV rays that is harmful rays, primarily cause skin reddening, sunburn, skin cancer.
UV-A rays
UV-B rays
UV-C rays
Most harmful and type of UV rays that are almost completely absorbed by the atmosphere, thus never reaches the Earth’s surface
UV-A rays
UV-B rays
UV-C rays
A type of wave that are Long, closest to visible light, mostly reaches the Earth’s surface
UV-A rays
UV-B rays
UV-C rays
Exposure to this type of UV rays that increases the risk of DNA and other cellular damage in living organisms
UV-A rays
UV-B rays
UV-C rays
A type of wave found in man-made sources like mercury lamps and welding torches
UV-A rays
UV-B rays
UV-C rays
Refers to the ability of communities, institutions, or people to adjust to potential hazards, to take advantage of opportunities, or to respond to consequences.
Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Resilience
Sensitivity
Refers to the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb,
recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events.
Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Resilience
Sensitivity
Refers to the degree to which people or communities are
affected, either adversely or beneficially, by climate
variability or change.
Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Resilience
Sensitivity
Refers to the contact between a person and one or more biological, psychosocial, chemical, or physical stressors, including stressors affected by climate change.
Adaptive capacity
Exposure
Resilience
Sensitivity
A kind of pollution that is also know as the ambient air pollution.
Downward pollution
Indoor pollution
Outdoor pollution
Upward pollution
A kind of pollution generated by household combustion of fuels.
Downward pollution
Indoor pollution
Outdoor pollution
Upward pollution
A type of hazard that is refers to ecological interaction among organisms like infectious diseases.
Biological hazards
Chemical hazards
Mechanical hazards
Physical hazards
Psychosocial or Cultural hazards
A type of hazard that are behavioral and social (lifestyle) hazards like smoking, location.
Biological hazards
Chemical hazards
Mechanical hazards
Physical hazards
Psychosocial or Cultural hazards
A type of hazard that may be in the form of repetitive movements, poorly-designed equipment, and heavy lifting.
Biological hazards
Chemical hazards
Mechanical hazards
Physical hazards
Psychosocial or Cultural hazards
A type of hazard are synthetic and natural chemical like pesticides.
Biological hazards
Chemical hazards
Mechanical hazards
Physical hazards
Psychosocial or Cultural hazards
A type of hazard that occurs naturally and pose health hazards like UV radiation from sunlight.
Biological hazards
Chemical hazards
Mechanical hazards
Physical hazards
Psychosocial or Cultural hazards
Classify the following resources: Crude oil
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Biomass
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Solar Energy
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Fossil Fuels
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources:Coal
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Wind Mill
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Flowing water
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Natural gas
Renewable
Non-renewable
Classify the following resources: Petroleum
Renewable
Non-renewable
