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Environmental Management

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following natural cycles

are likely to be directly affected by

transport-related environmental

impacts?

a)

Phosphorus and carbon cycles

b)

Nitrogen and water cycles

c)

Carbon and nitrogen cycles

d)

Water and phosphorus cycles

2.

Which of the following statements

relating to the water cycle is true?

a)

Climate change will result in

reduced precipitation in some areas

b)

Climate change will result in

increased levels of evaporation in

some areas

c)

Climate change will result in

increased levels of condensation

in some areas

d)

All of the above

3.

Which of the following is not a named

ecosystem service?

a)

Provisioning

b)

Regulating

c)

Facilitating

d)

Supporting

4.

Which of the following could be

categorised as a ‘receptor’ using the

‘source, pathway, receptor’ model?

a)

Wetland habitat

b)

The wind

c)

Oil drum

d)

Concrete drainage channel

5.

Which of the following statements is

false?

a)

Businesses that cause pollution

could receive a fine

b)

Businesses that cause pollution

could damage their reputation

c)

Businesses that cause pollution

could incur significant costs

d)

Businesses that cause pollution

are unlikely to breach legislation

6.

Which of the following statements applies to ethical decision making in business?

a)

What is considered ethical does not change over time

b)

Ethics are an important part of the triple bottom line

c)

Ethical values are the same in all countries

d)

There is no legal basis for ethical decision making

7.

The large scale discharge of effluent from automated dishwashers, when passed through a sewage treatment works to a river, is likely to have a significant negative impact on which of the following cycles?

a)

Phosphorous cycle

b)

Nitrogen cycle

c)

Carbon cycle

d)

All of the above

8.

Which of the following groups of organisms in a forest ecosystem are likely to have the greatest biomass?

a)

Hawk

b)

Herbivorous insect

c)

Carnivorous insect

d)

Fox

9.

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.

a)

Water

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Sun

d)

Air

10.

Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

a)

cooking with gas

b)

trees planting

c)

burning wood

d)

riding in a bus

11.

How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?

a)

The lion eats the grass

b)

Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion.

c)

The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain.

d)

The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant