POLLUTION PROBLEMS
IF A SUBSTANCE IS BIODEGRADABLE THE SUBSTANCE CAN BE DECOMPOSED BY ___________ ACTION
BACTERIAL
THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF INVISIBLE SMOG IS ____________
CARBON MONOXIDE
NEW PRODUCTS PROBLEMS
DISPOSABLE THROW A WAYS
TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVIDED METHODS TO RECYCLE ALL PRODUCTS?
FALSE
AIRBORNE PARTICLES
LUNG DISEASE
THE 3 GENERAL GUIDELINES TO CONTROL POLLUTION ARE
MANAGEMENT PREVENTION CURE
RAW MATERIALS PROBLEMS
USING THEM RAPIDLY
SULFUR OXIDES
ACID RAIN
MOST DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS
ARE A SOURCE OF LONG TERM POLLUTION
OF THE SOLUTIONS TO SOME FORMS OF POLLUTION LISTED BELOW ALL ARE RECOMMENDED EXCEPT RECYCLING CAR POOLING PLANTING TREES BURNING TRASH
BURNING TRASH
CARBON MONOXIDE
DIZZINESS
WHICH ITEMS ARE SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION OR WATER POLLUTANTS?
FERTILIZER OIL SPILLS SEAFOOD CONTAMINATION MINING INDUSTRIES SEWAGE LUMBER INDUSTRIES PLASTICS WASTE CHEMICALS DUMPED
WHICH ITEMS ARE SOURCES OF SOIL POLLUTION OR SOIL POLLUTANTS?
FERTILIZER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MINING INDUSTRIES SEWAGE LUMBER INDUSTRIES PLASTICS WASTE CHEMICALS DUMPED
NEARLY ALL OF THE SOLID WASTE PRODUCED BY AGRICULTURE
IS BIODEGRADABLE
WHICH INDUSTRY PRODUCES THE LARGEST QUANTITY OF SOLID WASTES?
MINING
HYDROCARBONS
SLOW PLANT GROWTH AND CAUSES ABNORMAL LEAVES
ECOSYSTEM PROBLEMS
SLOW TO REPAIR
THE SUBSTANCES FOUND IN SMOG
SOOT AND OTHER PARTICLES CARBON MONOXIDE OZONE NITROGEN OXIDES
LAND AND LIVING THINGS HAVE BEEN SPOILED EXPLOITED AND DESTROYED BY GREED?
TRUE
THE TERM SMOG MAY INVOLVE A VARIETY OF POLLUTANTS?
TRUE
HOW CAN WRITING A LETTER TO INDUSTRY OR GOVERNMENT HELP A LOCAL POLLUTION PROBLEM?
YOU MAY SUGGEST A SOLUTION PUBLIC CONCERN QUICKENS RESPONSE BRINGS AWARENESS OF PROBLEMS TO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES
MERCURY
DETERIORATES NERVOUS SYTEM
OZONE
DISCOMFORT TO THE EYES NOSE AND THROAT
GREEN PLANTS DYING OUT
ECOSYSTEM BREAKDOWN
ALL THE RESOURCES OF SOLID WASTE SHOWN IN THE PIE GRAPH ARE BIODEGRADABLE?
FALSE
IF WE IGNORE POLLUTION IT WILL GO AWAY?
FALSE
POLLUTION CAUSED BY PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS IS LIMITED TO AREAS CLOSE TO THE SOURCE (FARMS)?
FALSE
POLLUTION CAUSED BY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IS ESSENTIALLY LIMITED TO MAJOR OIL SPILLS?
FALSE
POLLUTION IS A PROBLEM ONLY FOR THE RICH PEOPLE OF THE WORLD?
FALSE
RECYCLING IS A PREVENTION METHOD FOR SOLVING POLLUTION PROBLEMS?
FALSE
SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING
NEWSPAPERS GLASS ALUMINUM
WHICH ITEMS ARE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION OR ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS?
OZONE SMOG CARBON MONOXIDE MINING INDUSTRIES FUEL BURNING POWER PLANTS PAN LUMBER INDUSTRIES
REDUCING INDIVIDUAL PURCHASES OF DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS WOULD BE A FORM OF
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
RECYCLING PROBLEMS
SOME PLASTICS AND METALS
ECOLOGISTS TELL US THE REASON THAT ANSWERS TO POLLUTION PROBLEMS MUST BE FOUND SOON IS THAT POLLUTION IS GETTING WORSE FASTER THAN PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED?
TRUE