SOL 6.9a
What is the name of the agency that enforces laws dealing with nature?
a. FBI
b. NASA
c. CIA
d. EPA
d. EPA
What is electricity by the movement of water called?
a. solar
b. wind
c. hydroelectricity
d. nuclear
c. hydroelectricity
T/F: Pollution occurs when we make air, land, and water dirty and unsafe to use.
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Which event can result in air pollution?
a. burning fossil fuels
b. littering a stream
c. runoff from farms
a. burning fossil fuels
Which action is an example of good water management?
a. letting faucets drip
b. watering the grass every day
c. turning off the faucet when brushing teeth
d. running the dishwasher when it is not full
c. turning off the faucet when brushing teeth
What is important to do with natural resources?
a. measure them
b. protect and maintain them
c. use them up as quickly as possible
d. redistribute them so everyone has an even amount
b. protect and maintain them
Which fossil fuel when burned, produces the LEAST amount of air pollution?
a. petroleum
b. coal
c. natural gas
d. biomass
Only renewable resources
a. sun, water, air, coalsun, water, air, coal
b. oil, trees, sun, wateroil, trees, sun, water
c. trees, air, water, sun,
d. trees, air, water, natural gas
What has the highest CO2 emissions?
a. coal
b. oil
c. biomass
d. solar
a. coal
Pollution prevention is _____ costly than cleanup.
a. less
b. more
a. less
T/F: Natural Resources are limited and are distributed unevenly around the planet.
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Which two are disadvantages to using resources such as solar, wind, and geothermal?
a. the pollute
b. they are renewable
c. they cannot be found in all locations
d. they can be more expensive
c and d
Which are nonrenewable resources?
a. air, oil, coal, natural gas
b. coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power
c. coal, oil air, trees
d. coal, oil, natural gas, air
b. coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power
Compared to fossil fuels and nuclear energy, which energy source has fewer negative impacts on human health?
a. solar and wind
b. coal
c. oil/petroleum
d. gas
a. solar and wind
Use of ____ resources must be considered in terms of their cost/benefit tradeoffs.
a. renewable
b. renewable/nonrenewable
c. nonrenewable
b. renewable/nonrenewable
Which of the following could occur because the runoff of fertilizers from farmlands into a lake?
a. water pollution
b. air pollution
c. more trees would be cut down
d. fewer minerals would be discovered
a. water pollution
What happens to the temperature when CO2 levels rise?
a. the global temperature rise too
b. period of global cooling
c. no change
d. no relationship
Which three can stop Global Climate Change?
a. use alternative fuel sources
b. recycle
c. burn more fossil fuels
d. turn off electricity when not in use
a, b and d
What is the safest source of energy for human health?
a. coal
b. oil
c. biomass
d. solar
d. solar
Oil used to lubricate automobile engines is not biodegradable. What is the best way of disposing of this used oil?
a. pour it down the drain
b. use it to paint wood
c. take it to the local auto store
d. put it on the weeds to kill them
c. take it to the local auto store
What is the protection and wise use of natural resources called?
a. stewardship
b. pollution
c. conservation
d. none of the above.
c. conservation
Which two solutions could narrow the gap so we can become less dependent on other nations for our energy resources in the future?
a. find and produce more in the US
b. reduce the amount of oil
c. buy more oil from other countries
d. continue doing what we are doing
a and b
Gas- efficient engines are most likely to affect a city by reducing _____ pollution
a. air
b. water
c. endangered wildlife
a. air
What resources are the least harmful to human and environmental health?
a. coal and solar
b. natural gas and wind
c. solar and wind
d. wind and coal
c. solar and wind
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 to address problems that existed in the environment. Which is the EPA most likely interest in reducing?
a. the emissions from volcanic
b. level of pollution
c. the amount of ozone in the stratopshere
d. the amount of oxygen
b. level of pollution.