Waste Management
Water Pollution
Air Pollution
Non-Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
100

The non-liquid waste that comes from homes, institutions, and small businesses is called -------------

Municipal solid waste

100

The reduction in the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water is called -----------------------------------------

Oxygen Depletion

100

Pollutants that are put directly into the air by humans. 

Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Lead, and Mercury



Primary Air Pollutants 

100

Fossil fuels that are formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.


Oil and natural gas 


100

List one advantage and one disadvantage of solar energy.

Advantage -----------------------------------------------

Disadvantage -------------------------------------------

Advantage: The most abundant energy source available

Disadvantage: Dependent on sunny weather

200

The burning of municipal solid waste in large furnaces is called ----------------------

Incineration

200

The overabundance of nutrients in the ecosystem that might cause algal bloom is called -----------------------

Artificial Eutrophication

200

Pollutants are formed when a primary pollutant comes into contact with other primary pollutants or even naturally occurring substances like water vapor. 

Ozone (Ground Level Ozone), Smog, Acid Precipitation

Secondary Air Pollutants 

200

Fossil fuels formed from the remains of plants that lived millions of years ago in swampy forests.

Coal 

200

Energy sources that take millions of years to form and cannot be regenerated in a short period of time.

non-renewable 

300

List two disadvantages of landfills

1. Methane gas emission  

2. leachate might contaminate soil and water sources.

300

Pollution that is discharged from a single source, such as a factory, wastewater treatment plant, or an oil tanker is called -------------------

Point Source pollution

300

----------- is a colorless, odorless gas

Binds with hemoglobin in the bloodstream.

It causes dizziness, shortness of breath, and death. 

Carbon monoxide 

300

Give one advantage and one disadvantage of fossil fuels: 

Advantage --------------------------------------------

Disadvantage -----------------------------------------

Advantage: 

Economical to produce(not expensive)

Disadvantage: 

Carbon dioxide emissions

300

List one advantage and one disadvantage of hydropower energy.

Advantage -----------------------------------------------

Disadvantage -------------------------------------------

Advantage: No emissions

Disadvantage: Can change the environment

400

Piles of municipal garbage left in empty lots and other exposed places are called -----------------------

Open dumps

400

Pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site is called ----------------------


Give an example ----------------------------------------

Non-point Source pollution


400

Solid or liquid particles that are suspended in the air. 

A primary air pollutant


Particulate matter 

400

Energy resources that can be replenished at a rate comparable to the rate of consumption.


 renewable

400

Give three examples of renewable energy resources:

1. -----------

2. -----------

3. -----------

Solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, biomass, ethanol, and tidal

500

List one advantage and one drawback of recycling. 

  • Less expensive than producing new raw materials.

  • Reduces space needed for landfills

Drawbacks include the high costs of sorting the material.

500

The increase in the concentration of pollutants in the bodies of living organisms at the top of the food pyramid.


Biological Magnification

500

A heavy metal element that is found naturally in coal, rocks, and oil. 



Lead

500

Give three examples of non-renewable energy resources

Oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear power

500

List one advantage and one disadvantage of wind energy.

Advantage -----------------------------------------------

Disadvantage -------------------------------------------

Advantage:  No emissions

Disadvantage: Output is proportional to wind speed

                  (it depends on the wind speed)