ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FINAL
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected a global temperature increase by the year 2100 of:
1.8º to 4.0ºC.
All of the following conditions can be transmitted through contaminated food and water except:
AIDS
Air pollution is a greater health threat to children than adults because:
All of these choices are correct.
Eutrophication
All of these statements are correct
Where was ozone thinning first noticed?
Antarctica
Which of the following is NOT an example of an inorganic chemical found in polluted water?
Antibiotics
inorganic compounds
Are found in groundwater and surface water
Which of the following is an example of a synthetic organic compound found in polluted water?
Caffeine
Permafrost has traditionally been found in
Canada and Alaska
What potential health problems may result from the release of synthetic organic compounds into the environment?
Hormonal effects
Radon
Is a radioactive gas
All of the following affect ozone-related air quality in Southern California except
Lead
Which of the following heavy metals contaminates water and can accumulate in human muscle tissue?
Mercury
Which of the following statements about mercury is FALSE?
Methyl mercury compounds are unusual in that they cannot cross the body's blood-brain barrier.
The most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere is
Nitrogen
All of the following are probable results of global climate change EXCEPT:
an increase in acid rain
The group of air pollutants that tends to cool the atmosphere are known collectively as:
atmospheric aerosols
Which of the following activities is responsible for the largest percentage of human-made carbon dioxide emissions?
burning fossil fuels
The greenhouse effect occurs because
carbon dioxide and other trace gases trap infrared radiation in the Earth's atmosphere
The two atmospheric gases most important to humans and other organisms are
carbon dioxide and oxygen
Temperature inversions
cause gases and particulate matter to remain trapped near the ground
Global climate change may actually benefit:
certain weeds
Mercury
emissions are linked to/produced by coal-fired power plants.
_______ is a lung disease that causes breathlessness and wheezy breathing
emphysema
The difference between primary and secondary air pollutants is that primary air pollutants
enter the atmosphere directly, whereas secondary pollutants form from other substances released into the atmosphere
Turbidity
impairs the ability of producers to photosynthesize
The two main human sources of primary air pollutants are
industry and transportation
Escherichia coli
is a good indicator of the amount of sewage present in water.
photochemical smog
is formed from chemical reactions involving sunlight, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons
The effect of carbon monoxide on humans is
its irreversible binding with hemoglobin, eliminating the body's ability to transport oxygen in the blood
Chlorofluorocarbons are released into the atmosphere by:
leaking air conditioners and old refrigerators
Which statement is NOT true about organic compounds?
none of these, all are true statements about organic compounds
Which of the following does NOT influence climate change?
none of these, all influence climate change
Which of the following is not a predicted outcome of global climate change?
ocean water becomes alkaline
Fine solid or liquid substances suspended in the air are known as:
particulate matter
Urban areas receive less sunlight than rural areas, partly as a result of greater quantities of __________ in the air.
particulate matter
Coastal hypoxia can reversed through
restoring former wetlands in the watershed to reduce the nitrate and phosphate load from fertilizers.
Which of the following statements about the effects of global warming on agriculture is true?
rising sea level may inundate some of the world's most productive agricultural lands
Excessive exposure to UV radiation has been linked to:
skin lesions
Gases that absorb infrared radiation include all of the following except:
sulfur oxide
Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
sulfur oxide
Automobiles and trucks do not release significant quantities of the following into the atmosphere
sulfur oxides
Secondary water treatment
uses aerobic microorganisms to decompose organic wastes.
Paints and cleaning products can release _____ that contribute to smog production.
volatile organic compounds
Studies documenting the arrival of spring and fall in the Northern Hemisphere are based on:
when buds of particular plants open and when the leaves of particular plants change color and fall
