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Environmental Sci S2 Final Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of growth is shown on this graph?
a)
logistic
b)
exponential
c)
average
d)
density-independent
2.
What type of population growth is shown in the graph?  
a)
logistic growth
b)
logical growth
c)
exponential growth
d)
density-dependent growth
3.
What will happen to the population when the death rate is larger than the birth rate?
a)
grow
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same
d)
None of these
4.
Worldwide there were 20 births and 8 deaths per 1000 people in 2017. Calculate the growth rate of the world.
a)
1.1%
b)
2.8%
c)
1.2%
d)
1.6%
5.

These chemicals created the hole in our ozone layer and were banned by the Montreal Protocol in 1987.

a)

CFCs

b)

Ozone

c)

Sulfur Dioxide

d)

VOCs

6.

"Criteria Air Pollutants" were established by the __________.

a)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

b)

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

c)

Department of the Interior (DI)

d)

United Nations (UN)

7.

What is the relationship between CBR and CDR in a country in Stage 1 of demographic transition?

a)

CBR = CDR

b)

CBR > CDR

c)

CBR < CDR

d)

CBR + CDR > 0

8.

What age structure diagram shows a country that has a stable population (no growth)?

a)

b)

c)

d)

9.

Women have the most access to education, job opportunities and independence in this stage of demographic transition.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

10.

What is the purpose of secondary treatment in a wastewater treatment plant?

a)

To remove large solid debris.

b)

To breakdown organic matter using bacteria.

c)

To disinfect the water of pathogens.

d)

To remove phosphates and nitrates from water.

11.

This type of pollution that comes from MANY different places and is hard to identify its source.

a)

Point

b)

Non-Point

12.

Eutrophication is caused by....

a)

excess nutrients building up in the water.

b)

industrial point-source pollution.

c)

unlined landfills and septic tanks.

d)

wastewater from homes mixing with drinking water.

13.

This method of oil cleanup uses chemicals that helps break oil into small droplets to spread out in the ocean is called...

a)

Vacuum Skimmers

b)

Chemical Dispersants

c)

Engineered Bacteria

d)

Containment Booms

14.

This primary pollutant creates a reddish brown gas creating photochemical smog and tropospheric ozone.

a)

sulfuric acid

b)

VOC

c)

nitrogen dioxide

d)

particulate matter

15.
Passed in 1980 to set aside money for cleanup of hazardous waste sites
a)

CERCLA (Superfund)

b)

Clean Air Act

c)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

d)

Clean Water Act

16.

What policy was instated after the 1990 Exxon Valdez oil spill, and required all oil tankers to have double hulls?

a)

Oil Pollution Act

b)

Clean Water Act

c)

Lacey Act

d)

Paris Accord

17.

The goal of this agreement, first agreed to in 1997, is to slow global warming by limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission.

a)

CERCLA

b)

Kyoto Protocol

c)

Paris Agreement

d)

Montreal Protocol

18.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
19.
Which of the following are greenhouse gases?
a)

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

b)

Methane (CH4)

c)

Water vapor (H2O)

d)

All answers are correct

20.

Which greenhouse gas has the highest global warming potential (GWP)?

a)

Chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs)

b)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

c)

Nitrous Oxid (N2O)

d)

Methane (CH4)

21.

This greenhouse gas is a product of anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. It can come from natural sources like termite digestion or anthropogenic sources like landfill decomposition.

a)

Methane (CH4)

b)

Water Vapor (H2O)

c)

Chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs)

d)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

22.

What plant is NOT used for phytoremediation?

a)

Sunflowers

b)

Poplar Trees

c)

Dandelions

23.

recycling a product into the same product.

a)

Closed-Loop Recycling

b)

Open-Loop Recycling

c)

Reduction Algorithm

d)

Sanitary production

24.

creation of organic matter (humus) by decomposition under controlled conditions to produce an organic-rich material that enhances soil structure, cation exchange capacity, and fertility.

a)

Source Reduction

b)

Composting

c)

Recycling

d)

leaching

25.

Planting trees at a site polluted by industrial chemicals to absorb the chemicals is called:

a)

genetic engineering

b)

biostimulation

c)

oleophilic cleanup

d)

phytoremediation

26.

Dry cell batteries and household pesticides are classified as ____ waste.

a)

industrial solid

b)

toxic solid

c)

hazardous

d)

electronic

27.

What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?

a)

2.0 million

b)

1.0 million

c)

1.6 million

d)

0.5 million

28.

These are goods taken directly from natural resources.

a)

Cultural services

b)

Supporting services

c)

Provisioning services

d)

Regulating services

29.

These generate money through recreation at a National Park.

a)

Cultural services

b)

Supporting services

c)

Provisioning services

d)

Regulating services

30.

These provide living spaces for plants or animals and maintain a diversity of plants and animals and are the basis of all ecosystems and their services.

a)

Cultural services

b)

Supporting services

c)

Provisioning services

d)

Regulating services

31.

These maintain the quality of air and soil and provide flood and disease control.

a)

Cultural services

b)

Supporting services

c)

Provisioning services

d)

Regulating services

32.
Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly? 
a)
Invasive Species are native to an area. 
b)
Invasive species are prey to many animals.
c)
Invasive species have no predators.
d)
Invasive species keep the ecosystems in equilibrium.
33.

These animals are not choosy about what they eat or where they live

a)

Endangered

b)

Specialists

c)

Extinct

d)

Generalists

34.

These animals have specific diet and climate requirements

a)

Extinct

b)

Generalists

c)

Specialists

d)

Endangered

35.
The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is
a)
using bottled water
b)
burning fossil fuels
c)
texting on cellphones
d)
eating meat
36.
Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?
a)
trees soak up carbon dioxide
b)
trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
c)
trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
d)
trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil
37.

Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can have what impact on the oceans?

a)

Decreased seawater acidity

b)

Increased seawater acidity

c)

Decreased seawater temperatures

d)

Lowering of the sea level.

38.

In a warmer world, we would expect more....

a)

droughts

b)

hurricanes

c)

desert expansions

d)

all of these

39.
As the ocean becomes more acidic, the pH of the water
a)
increases
b)
decreases
40.

Global temperatures are rising and causing what change in the arctic circle?

a)

causing the permafrost to thaw

b)

increasing the amount of sea ice

c)

increasing the number of polar bears

d)

causing the amount of snowfall to increase