Environment Assessment Review
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- Q1A man is fertilizing his lawn, and one week later the fertilizer washes into the neighborhood pond behind his home during a storm. Months later the pond is obviously polluted. This is an example of......biological pollutionnonpoint-source solutionthermal pollutionpoint-source pollution30s
- Q2All of these are renewable resources, except......watertreesfossil fuelssun30s
- Q3The two compounds responsible for combining with water vapor in the air when fossil fuels are burned and creating acid rain are.......nitrogen oxides & carbon dioxidemethane & carbon dioxidesulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxidesmethane & sulfur dioxide30s
- Q4The activity that contributes the most to soil erosion is......mowing the grasswalkingbikingdeforestation30s
- Q5Vehicle exhaust combines with sunlight and ground level ozone to form.......the ozone layersmogglobal warmingmethane30s
- Q6To pile up leaves, grass, and other organic garbage so that they can break down gradually is known as.......sanitary landfilltrashdeforestationcompost30s
- Q7A resource that can be replaced at the same rate it is used is known as.....renewablenonrenewablenaturaloil30s
- Q8Warm water that is discharged into a local water source is know as........biological pollutioneutrophicationthermal pollutionchemical pollution30s
- Q9The careful use of resources to reduce damage to the environment is known as......conservationsanitary landfillcompostdeforestation30s
- Q10Global warming is mainly caused by these two greenhouse gasses.....sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxidesoxygen & carbon dioxidemethane & CFCscarbon dioxide & methane30s
- Q11Gases in the atmosphere, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide, absorb earth's energy and act like a blanket to prevent the sun's energy from being lost is known as......greenhouse effectcarbon footprintozone layerdeforestation30s
- Q12What gas will there be more of if deforestation occurs and is a major greenhouse gas?carbon monoxideoxygenmethanecarbon dioxide30s
- Q13The three fossil fuels are.......natural gas, coal, oiloil, trees, coalcoal, oil, treeswater, oil, natural gas30s
- Q14Sustainability is important because........you don't want to run out of an important resource.you want to lower your carbon footprintyou don't want to produce pollution.there are some resources you don't really need.30s
- Q15You see your neighbor dumping oil into the storm sewer and report it to the EPA. This is an example of.......conservationpoint-source pollutionnonpoint-source pollutiondeforestation30s