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Unit 4 - Technology and Sustainability

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A site for the disposal of waste materials.

a)

Sustainability

b)

Land Pollution

c)

Land Fill

d)

Adaptation

2.

When gases stop or absorb the infrared radiation that is released from the Earth, preventing the heat from escaping.

a)

Sustainability

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Landfill

d)

Carbon Trapping

3.

A phrase that describes long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.

a)

Climate Change

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Sustainability

d)

Pollution

4.

The avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance; the capacity for Earth's biosphere and human civilization to co-exist

a)

Greenhouse Effect

b)

Adaptation

c)

Sustainability

d)

Climate Change

5.

The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change or effects.

a)

Climate Change

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Pollution

d)

Sustainability

6.

When chemicals or dangerous foreign substances are introduced to the Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers.

a)

Water Pollution

b)

Land Pollution

c)

Air Pollution

d)

Light Pollution

7.

The presence of unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial illumination.

a)

Water Pollution

b)

Land Pollution

c)

Air Pollution

d)

Light Pollution

8.

When the soil, fields, forests, streets, etc. become polluted by household garbage or by industrial waste.

a)

Land Pollution

b)

Water Pollution

c)

Light Pollution

d)

Noise Pollution

9.

When the sound coming from planes, industry, or other sources reaches harmful levels.

a)

Noise Pollution

b)

Land Pollution

c)

Light Pollution

d)

Air Pollution

10.

When people release particles or contaminants into the atmosphere, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels.

a)

Noise Pollution

b)

Air Pollution

c)

Light Pollution

d)

Land Pollution

11.

The technique of making a machine, a process, or a system operate without human labor or input.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Machine Learning

c)

Automation

d)

Echo Chamber

12.

A drop in ph levels of surface ocean waters that makes them less hospitable to marine life such as coral reefs

a)

Mitigation

b)

Automation

c)

Acidification

d)

Endangered Species

13.

An environment in which a person encounters only existing beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own

a)

Automation

b)

Mitigation

c)

Acidification

d)

Echo Chamber

14.

The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

a)

Mitigation

b)

Automation

c)

Echo Chamber

d)

Acidification

15.

Any animal, plant, or other living organism that is considered at risk of extinction.

a)

Mitigation

b)

Endangered Species

c)

Automation

d)

Echo Chamber

16.

The Three Principles of Sustainability

a)

Society, Economy, and Justice

b)

Society, Environment, and Justice

c)

Society, Economy, and Environment

d)

Society, Justice, and Economy

17.

Rising Temps, Changing Precipitation, Sea Level Rise, More Frequent and Intense Weather Events

a)

Evidence of Climate Change

b)

The Greenhouse Effect

c)

Solutions to Climate Change

d)

Future Effects of Climate Change

18.

A realistic and viable SOLUTION to climate change:

a)

Automation

b)

Adaptation

c)

Reduce Wind

d)

Ocean Acidification

19.

The ESA protects endangered species from being harassed, captured, hunted, or wounded

a)

Sanctuary

b)

Withdraw

c)

Shelter

d)

Take

20.

Central to AI: the development of computer systems that adapt and master things without following explicit instructions, using algorithms and data.

a)

Mechanization

b)

Mass Production

c)

Automation

d)

Machine Learning

21.

What is the gas that intensifies the Greenhouse Effect, comes from human activities and causes Ocean Acidification

a)

CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)

b)

O (Oxygen)

c)

CH4 (Methane)

d)

Exhaust Fumes