Environmental (True or False)

A partnership between consumers and local farms is known as community-supported agriculture

True

About half the homes in the United Statesuse natural gas for heating

True

As a part of the prevailing wind patterns, cool air moves toward the equator

True

As winds move over bodies of water, they pick up water vapor, which then falls as precipitation

True

Clear-cutting results in mostly even-aged stands of trees

True

Dams can help regulate river flow

True

Deforestation is still occurring rapidly in some developing nations

True

Driver =s in European nations pay higher gas taxes than those paid in the United States

True

Each type of mineral has a unique crystal structure

True

Extreme weather is becoming more severe over time

True

Groundwater pollution as a result of human activity is widespread

True

In a photovoltaic cell, sunlight striking silicon plate begins a process that creates an electric current

True

It can take decades for groundwater to get rid of its contaminants

True

Light pollution describes the way that city lights brighten the night sky

True

Marine organisms at higher trophic levels contain higher levels of mercury

True

Minerals are formed from inorganic materials

True

Most air pollution is the direct or indirect result of the combustion of fossil fuels

True

Most efforts to reduce groundwater pollution focus on prevention

True

Most oil pollution in the oceans comes from small, nonpoint sources

True

Natural gas is sometimes found above coal deposits

True

Parent material is the base geological material from which soil is formed

True

Sustainable agriculture does not deplete soil faster than it forms

True

The financial consequence of storms is indicated by the amount of money that insurance companies pay to people and companies that have insured their property against weather-related damage

True

The particulate matter in emissions such as smoke and soot consist of tiny particles

True

The process of moving water from its source to places where humans use it is called water diversion

True

Cities must export almost all of the resources used by their residents

False

Concentrating solar power (CSP) is a technology that use turbines to focus sunlight in order to generate electricity

False

Convection currents from the rising of cool air and the sinking of warm air

False

Deposition of formerly living things allows nutrients to be incorporated into soil

False

Drought and overuse have caused significant surface water reservoirs

False

Energy conservation is the practice of increasing energy use to meet goals

False

Extensive forest fires have resulted partly from shorter, warmer, dries fire seasons

False

Flat-plate solar collectors, or solar panels, provide a method for passive solar heating

False

Forests cover about 15 percent of Earth's land surface

False

Fossil fuels are carbon-containing fuels that formed thousands of years ago from the remains of organisms

False

Geologists have so far identified about 1000 minerals

False

Greenhouses use active solar heat to collect the sun's energy

False

Groundwater pollution is easy to monitor and clean up

False

Heat exhaustion is a condition in which the body cannot control its temperature, and body temperature rapidly rises

False

In recent years, the market for organic produce has decreased

False

Lakes that store water for human use are called dams

False

Most logging in the United States today takes place on public lands

False

Most minerals are compounds composed of one element (s)

False

Natural gas is more polluting than coal or oil

False

Natural gas produces a small amount of energy

False

Of the nutrients phosphorus and nitrogen, phosphorus causes themes damage to oceans

False

Pollutants leach through soil and seep into storage tanks

False

Power plants and factories are examples of non point sources of pollution

False

Reducing oil seepage into coastal waters can lessen the frequency of algal blooms

False

Rising property insurance payments may indirectly indicate that storms are decreasing in severity

False

The aim of adaptive management is to harvest the maximum amount of a resource without reducing future harvests

False

The ecological footprints of cities are smaller than their actual land areas

False

The environmental and health impacts of pollution are shared evenly among urban residents

False

The poor typically live upstream from polluting facilities

False

Transportation accounts for one half of oil use in the United States

False

Weathering is often the last process in soil formation

False

When primary air pollutants react chemically with other substances, they produce new substances called super pollutants

False

When warm, moist air is cooled, water vapor condenses and forms wind

False