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Which of the following is an example of a cost for an environmental decision?
a) setting up a site is expensive
b) creates jobs
c) a greater supply at lower prices
d) fewer shortages of supply

Littering is an example of what?
a) population growth
b) resource depletion
c) pollution
d) benefit

Over development in an area is an example of what?
a) Population growth
b) resource depletion
c) pollution
d) benefit

Which of the following is a benefit for an environmental decision?
a) Poor product quality
b) Less affordable prices
c) less competitive companies
d) Not meeting consumer demands

Conservation policies do what?
a) work with water resources to enhance diversity in the ecosystem
b) create standards of maintaining and restoring a healthy Earth environment
c) suggest actions that only logging companies should enforce
d) restore only nonrenewable resources back to their original status

The study of natural processes in the environment and how humans can affect them is  called
a) environmental science
b) preservation
c) conservation
d) resource management

How can population growth lead to more pollution?
a) More people being born means more people needing to print birth certificates
b) Too many people breathing causes too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
c) All people produce waste, so more people means more waste.
d) The body heat generated by billions of people will increase global warming.

What type of pollution is contributed to by runoff?
a) Point source pollution
b) nonpoint source pollution
c)
d)

What will not pollute a watershed?
a) lawn fertilizers
b) motor oil spillage
c) compost production
d) injected radioactive waste

Oil and gas washing into a drain is an example of what?
a) point source pollution
b) nonpoint souce pollution
c)
d)

A pipe leaking into a reservoir is an example of what?
a) point source pollution
b) nonpoint source pollution
c)
d)

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