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EnviSci 413 Review Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Institutionalizing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) System (1993) in the Philippines, making it a standard requirement for all projects and activities with potential environmental impacts.

a)

Presidential Circular No. 1586

b)

Presidential Circular No. 29

c)

Presidential Circular No. 97

d)

Presidential Circular No. 25

2.

The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 addresses the management of solid waste to protect public health and the environment. It encourages waste reduction, recycling, and proper disposal practices.

a)

Republic Act No. 1586

b)

Republic Act No. 9512

c)

Republic Act No. 9003

d)

Republic Act No. 7586

3.

The National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008 promotes environmental awareness and education in the Philippines. It mandates the integration of environmental education into the curriculum and encourages public participation in environmental protection.

a)

Republic Act No. 1586

b)

Republic Act No. 9512

c)

Republic Act No. 9003

d)

Republic Act No. 7586

4.

Which of the following are International Environmental Protocols? (Multiple answers)

a)

The Montreal Protocol on

Substances that Deplete the

Ozone Layer

b)

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

c)

Kyoto Protocol

d)

Stockholm Convention on

POPs (Persistent Organic

Pollutants)

5.

The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.

a)

Disruptive selection

b)

Directional selection

c)

Natural selection

d)

Stabilizing selection

6.

A professional discipline concerned with protecting people from adverse environmental effects as well as protecting ecosystems and improving the quality of the environment.

a)

Environmental Science

b)

Environmental Engineering

c)

Environmental Education

d)

Environmental Ethics

7.

An interdisciplinary study of how natural and man-made processes interact with one another and ultimately affect the various biomes of Earth.

a)

Environmental Science

b)

Environmental Engineering

c)

Environmental Education

d)

Environmental Ethics

8.

Science seeks to understand the fundamental principles, laws, and processes that govern the universe, living organisms, and the Earth’s natural systems.

a)

Environmental Science

b)

Natural Science

c)

Biology

d)

all of the choices

9.

What was one of the key driving forces behind the emergence of environmental ethics as a field of study?

a)

Concern for the ethical treatment of animals.

b)

Recognition of the moral relationship between humans and the environment.

c)

The desire to promote economic development.

d)

all of the choices

10.

Describes solid waste management as a discipline associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid wastes.

a)

RA 8749

b)

RA 9003

c)

RA 9512

d)

RA 9275

11.

Philippine Clean Air Act is a comprehensive air quality management policy and program which aims to achieve and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.

a)

RA 8749

b)

RA 9003

c)

RA 9512

d)

RA 9275

12.

Genes variation between distinct populations of the same species is known as

a)

species diversity

b)

ecosystem diversity

c)

genetic diversity

d)

biodiversity

13.

The process of how the structure of a biological community evolves over time

a)

Natural Selection

b)

Population Genetics

c)

Ecological Succession

d)

all of the choices

14.

Types of energy resources limited in supply such as coal and fossil fuels.

a)

Renewable

b)

Non-renewable

c)

Sustainable

d)

a or b

15.

Deforestation is the loss of forest cover for the purpose of

a)

Farming

b)

Mining

c)

Logging

d)

all of the choices

16.

The following are renewable energy source except

a)

Hydroelectric

b)

Solar

c)

Nuclear

d)

Wind

17.

Why study nature and ecology? (Choose the best answers)

I. To help us understand how organisms interact with one another

and with the natural world.

II. To help us easily find food and resources.

III. To help us think of ways to improve, invent, or innovate things that

is beneficial for the environment.

IV. To help us predict when there will be typhoons.

a)

I, II

b)

I, III

c)

I, II, III

d)

II, III, IV

18.

The underlying causes of biodiversity loss. (Multiple answers)

a)

growing human population and overconsumption

b)

growing human population and climate change

c)

habitat loss and overconsumption

d)

habitat loss and unsustainable resources use

19.

Examples of natural resources?

a)

fish, animals, human, insect

b)

house, building, car, furniture

c)

oil, gas, water, soil, sunlight

d)

oxygen, jewelry, engines, steel

20.

An increase in population and industrial development resulted in overconsumption and resource destruction, including extinction.

a)

Overpopulation

b)

Over Exploitation

c)

Climate Change

d)

Environmental Pollution

21.

Forest, coastal, and river are examples of

a)

Natural Systems

b)

Natural Ecosystem

c)

Natural Resources

d)

Artificial Systems

22.

One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. What are the major contributing factors to this problem?

a)

Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption.

b)

Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption.

c)

Developing countries have a much higher rate of population increase

d)

Developed countries have a much higher rate of population increase.

23.

An ecological footprint shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. The resources that make up your ecological footprint are water & energy consumption, clothing, transportation, food, shelter, and water production

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

Humans affect the environment but the environment does not affect us.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

Sustainability is defined as maintaining resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely. In he Tragedy of the Commons is an economic and environmental science problem where individuals have access to a shared resource and act in their own interest, at the expense of other individuals. This can result in overconsumption, underinvestment, and depletion of resources. When resources are over-used, polluted, or degraded, sustainability becomes attainable.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE