Chapter 10 Pollution Question Preview (ID: 46590)
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One way that extracting oil might damage the local environment is..
a) the price of gases rise
b) waste builds up in landfills
c) oil spills harm animals and plants
d) acid rain ruins the water
A student comes up with 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 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 the river that leads to an ocean
d) collect the trash and bury it on a piece of land outside the city
Which contain only the causes of air pollution
a) acid rain, volcanoes, dust storms, soil erosion, forest fires, cars, farming, factories, burning fossil fuels and coal
b) EPA, volcanoes, dust storms, soil erosion, forest fires, cars, farming, factories, burning fossil fuels and coal
c) Smog, volcanoes, dust storms, soil erosion, forest fires, cars, farming, factories, burning fossil fuels and coal
d) volcanoes, dust storms, soil erosion, forest fires, cars, farming, factories, burning fossil fuels and coal
An increase in greenhouse gases results in
a) earth cooling and earth warming
b) earth warming and climate shifting
c) earth warming and climates stabilizing
d) climates shifting and earth cooling
What is the number 1 cause of air pollution
a) dust storms
b) volcanic eruptions
c) forest fires
d) human activities
Pollution due to coal burning most frequently tends to affect lakes by
a) reducing the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide
b) increasing acidity
c) reducing radioactivity
d) increasing the concentration of nutrients
A city of 1 million people produces bout 864K of air pollutants a day. What is the most likely effect of this pollution on the environment
a) increase of the ozone in the stratosphere
b) larger number of plant life in the city
c) reduction of the greenhouse effect
d) an increase in acid rain
Burning coal releases sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. How might this lead to pollution?
a) Sulfur dioxide can combine with drops of water to form acid rain
b) Sulfur dioxide is a radioactive material that is dangerous for many years
c) Sulfur dioxide gives off heat that raises the temperature of bodies
d) because cold air is less dense than warm air
During the industrial revolution the amount of air pollution in England increased. Dark soot collected on the white birch trees, turning the bark dark. Predict what might happen to the moth populations during this time.
a) The number of light and dark moths would stay constant as the pollution coating the trees has no lasting affect on the moths.
b) The number of light and dark moths would both increase because pollution covering the trees would cause disease in all moths
c) The # of light and dark moths would increase . The light moths would change their color to dark to better hide from predator
d) The # of light moths decrease, dark increase. Dark bark lets dark moths hide from predators, light moths are easier to see
Which of the following is a way to reduce water pollution
a) Installing devices to reduce car engine emissions
b) Finding more CFC substitutes
c) Releasing more heated water from factories and power plants
d) Treating sewage before returning it to the environment
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