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100
A student lists some methods that can help manage the trash dumped by people in a city. Which method will be most helpful in reducing the amount of pollution caused by dumping of trash?
A. Pile up all the trash collected and burn it.
B. Separate things from the trash that can be recycled.
C. Collect the trash and put it in a river that leads to the ocean.
D. Collect the trash and bury it on a piece of land outside the city limits.
What is separate things from the trash that can be recycled?
100
Which human activity positively impacts all organisms in an environment?
A. building factories that create air pollution
B. cutting down a forest for farmland
C. creating a nature preserve for humans and animals
D. dumping toxic waste into a nearby river
What is creating a nature preserve for humans and animals?
100
The number of trees in a forest is decreasing rapidly, which leads to poor air quality. Trees are cut to meet various needs including the rising demand for paper. Which measure will help save the trees?
A. using more paper products
B. burning used paper
C. disposing used paper in dumping grounds
D. recycling used paper
What is recycling used paper?
100
Which can be recycled?
A. coal
B. gasoline
C. glass bottles
D. natural gas
What is glass bottles?
100
What environmental problem was most directly worsened by the creation of automobiles?
A.population growth
B. seasonal flooding
C. air pollution
D. climate change
What is air pollution?
200
Which activity is the best example of recycling?
A. cutting down trees for lumber
B. drilling into ocean basins for oil
C. making new paper from previously used paper
D. using public transportation to travel in a city
What is making new paper from previously used paper?
200
A group of researchers developed solar-powered cars. What is the advantage of using solar-powered cars instead of gasoline-powered cars?
A. Solar-powered cars create less air pollution than gasoline-powered cars.
B. Solar-powered cars can be manufactured more easily than gasoline-powered cars.
C. Solar-powered cars are faster than gasoline-powered cars.
D. Solar-powered cars are cheaper than gasoline-powered cars.
What is solar-powered cars create less air pollution than gasoline-powered cars?
200
The image shows the different kinds of emissions in a town.
Which type of pollution source does this image best show?
A. air pollution
B. soil pollution
C. water pollution
D. air and soil pollution
What is air pollution?
200
What is the best description of deforestation?
A. clear cutting of forest by humans
B. making laws to protect the forest
C. polluting of the forest by humans
D. replanting trees in a clear cut forest
What is clear cutting of forest by humans?
200
Which is considered a non-renewable resource?
A. air
B. aluminum
C. soil
D. sunlight
What is aluminum?
300
Charleston residents have noticed an increase in the amount of air pollution above the city in recent years. Which source is most likely responsible for the increase in the air pollution above Charleston?
A. A group of farmers uses ladybugs instead of harmful pesticides to protect its crops.
B. A boy scout troop picks up litter along the city’s highways.
C. A group of volunteers plants trees and flowers at a local park.
D. A textile factory releases smoke and other harmful chemicals into the air.
What is a textile factory releases smoke and other harmful chemicals into the air?
300
Chemical fertilizers are used to increase crop yield but create air, water, and soil pollution during their manufacturing and use. Which practice could be used instead of chemical fertilizers in order to increase the crop yield with the least impact on the environment?
A. watering the crops using sprinklers
B. using pesticides that kill harmful rodents
C. watering crops by using drip pipes
D. using compost manure obtained from plant and animal waste
What is using compost manure obtained from plant and animal waste?
300
Which type of trash item could be added to a compost pile?
A. aluminum soup cans
B. bones from cooked chicken
C. peels from potatoes
D. plastic soda bottles
What is peels from potatoes?
300
People are developing and driving electric cars that are replacing gasoline-burning cars. What is one major advantage of the electric car?
A. more car exhaust
B. less pollution
C. more fossil fuel use
D. less solar energy
What is less pollution?
300
Which is considered a renewable resource?
A. copper
B. extinct animal
C. freshwater
D. steel
What is freshwater?
400
A region uses a coal power plant to produce electricity. What impact would the power plant have on the environment?
A decrease in availability of fossil fuels
B decrease in availability of surface water resources
C decrease in amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
D decrease in amount of chemical pollutants in the atmosphere
What is a decrease in availability of fossil fuels?
400
Which human activity is most responsible for creating water pollution?
A. catching fish from a lake
B. planting trees near riverbanks
C. dumping chemical wastes from industries into rivers
D.connecting various rivers for even distribution of water resources
What is dumping chemical wastes from industries into rivers?
400
The table shows several conservation activities.
Which activity can reduce the amount of trash in landfills?
A. Activity W
B. Activity X
C. Activity Y
D. Activity Z
What is activity X?
400
One source of global warming is too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. What is a way to decrease the amount of CO2?
A. stop littering
B. increase recycling
C. plant more trees
D. save endangered animal populations
What is plant more trees?
400
A researcher notices that the farmland in a region had two crops a year. The soil in the farmland lost its fertility every time it was left barren after a yield. What is the best solution to this problem?
A. planting only one crop a year
B. increasing cattle grazing when farmland is barren
C. increasing the tilling of land between crops
D. rotating the crops so the same crop is not planted in the same location
What is rotating the crops so the same crop is not planted in the same location?
500
A team of scientists designs a device that can burn trash collected from households to produce steam.
This steam can be used to rotate turbines and help to generate electricity. Which environmental issue does this device help solve?
A. It reduces the amount of chemical pollutants in the atmosphere.
B. It increases the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.
C. It increases the availability of freshwater sources to produce electricity.
D. It reduces the use of fossil fuels to produce electricity.
What is it reduces the use of fossil fuels to produce electricity?
500
How can humans cause high amounts of air pollution?
A. using mass transportation instead of individual cars
B. releasing toxins into the air through natural forest fires
C. releasing toxins into the air through burning fossil fuels
D. reusing plastic products instead of throwing them away
What is releasing toxins into the air through burning fossil fuels?
500
Which of the hints given is not one of the "Three R's" of conservation?
A. Wash and reuse plastic bottles.
B. Rotate types of fossil fuels used.
C. Reduce use of gasoline and oil.
D. Collect and recycle aluminum cans.
What is rotate types of fossil fuels used?
500
How could humans negatively affect the rainforest?
A. planting trees
B. recycling cans and bottles
C. cutting down trees
D. driving their cars less
What is cutting down trees?
500
A student reads in a newspaper that a lake’s shoreline is affected by erosion caused by large waves
from boating. The student thinks of possible solutions to protect the shoreline. Which solution would be most helpful and least restrictive for the boats?
A. Ban boats in the lake.
B. Replace sailboats with speedboats.
C. Build walls in place of trees along the shore.
D. Reduce the speeds of the boats near the shore.
What is reduce the speeds of the boats near the shore?