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WorksheetsEnvironmental Sci S2 Final Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
These chemicals created the hole in our ozone layer and were banned by the Montreal Protocol in 1987.
CFCs
Ozone
Sulfur Dioxide
VOCs
"Criteria Air Pollutants" were established by the __________.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Department of the Interior (DI)
United Nations (UN)
What is the relationship between CBR and CDR in a country in Stage 1 of demographic transition?
CBR = CDR
CBR > CDR
CBR < CDR
CBR + CDR > 0
What age structure diagram shows a country that has a stable population (no growth)?
Women have the most access to education, job opportunities and independence in this stage of demographic transition.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
What is the purpose of secondary treatment in a wastewater treatment plant?
To remove large solid debris.
To breakdown organic matter using bacteria.
To disinfect the water of pathogens.
To remove phosphates and nitrates from water.
This type of pollution that comes from MANY different places and is hard to identify its source.
Point
Non-Point
Eutrophication is caused by....
excess nutrients building up in the water.
industrial point-source pollution.
unlined landfills and septic tanks.
wastewater from homes mixing with drinking water.
This method of oil cleanup uses chemicals that helps break oil into small droplets to spread out in the ocean is called...
Vacuum Skimmers
Chemical Dispersants
Engineered Bacteria
Containment Booms
This primary pollutant creates a reddish brown gas creating photochemical smog and tropospheric ozone.
sulfuric acid
VOC
nitrogen dioxide
particulate matter
CERCLA (Superfund)
Clean Air Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Clean Water Act
What policy was instated after the 1990 Exxon Valdez oil spill, and required all oil tankers to have double hulls?
Oil Pollution Act
Clean Water Act
Lacey Act
Paris Accord
The goal of this agreement, first agreed to in 1997, is to slow global warming by limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission.
CERCLA
Kyoto Protocol
Paris Agreement
Montreal Protocol
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Methane (CH4)
Water vapor (H2O)
All answers are correct
Which greenhouse gas has the highest global warming potential (GWP)?
Chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Nitrous Oxid (N2O)
Methane (CH4)
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.
Methane (CH4)
Water Vapor (H2O)
Chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
What plant is NOT used for phytoremediation?
Sunflowers
Poplar Trees
Dandelions
recycling a product into the same product.
Closed-Loop Recycling
Open-Loop Recycling
Reduction Algorithm
Sanitary production
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.
Source Reduction
Composting
Recycling
leaching
Planting trees at a site polluted by industrial chemicals to absorb the chemicals is called:
genetic engineering
biostimulation
oleophilic cleanup
phytoremediation
Dry cell batteries and household pesticides are classified as ____ waste.
industrial solid
toxic solid
hazardous
electronic
What is the carrying capacity for this sheep population?
2.0 million
1.0 million
1.6 million
0.5 million
These are goods taken directly from natural resources.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
These generate money through recreation at a National Park.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
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.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
These maintain the quality of air and soil and provide flood and disease control.
Cultural services
Supporting services
Provisioning services
Regulating services
These animals are not choosy about what they eat or where they live
Endangered
Specialists
Extinct
Generalists
These animals have specific diet and climate requirements
Extinct
Generalists
Specialists
Endangered
Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can have what impact on the oceans?
Decreased seawater acidity
Increased seawater acidity
Decreased seawater temperatures
Lowering of the sea level.
In a warmer world, we would expect more....
droughts
hurricanes
desert expansions
all of these
Global temperatures are rising and causing what change in the arctic circle?
causing the permafrost to thaw
increasing the amount of sea ice
increasing the number of polar bears
causing the amount of snowfall to increase
