Man's Impact on the Environment Quiz 3

The garbage in landfills takes anywhere from

• weeks to centuries to breakdown

• two weeks to two months to breakdown

• three weeks to three years to breakdown

• three weeks to three months to breakdown

Which of the following does not produce carbon dioxide?

• coal

• oil

• biomass

• hydropower

Which type of pollution is shown in the image below?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Acid precipitation

• Global warming

Which type of human impact is shown in the picture below?

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urban sprawl

• Land pollution

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

• A federal law that requires all houses to have a greenhouse in their yard

• Explains how the atmosphere protects the Earth

• The way certain gases, like water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb and reradiate energy from the sun

• Explains how plants grow better inside than outside

Several factors can lead to soil erosion. Which of these human activities is most likely to contribute to soil erosion?

• Clearing land for farming

• Planting trees and vegetation

• Preserving land as a wildlife habitat

• Reducing the amount of livestock in an area

The ozone hole is actually an area of depleted ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. Which of the following human activities has the greatest contribution to the development of the ozone hole?

• The use of oil in automobile engines

• The use of airplanes in the atmosphere

• The increase in factory emissions

• The use of chlorofluorocarbons in refrigeration

Air is made up mostly of

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon

• hydrogen gas

Each one of these gases is a greenhouse gas, except which one?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• hydrogen dioxide

• methane

Choose all of the leading contributors of carbon dioxide that are contributing to global warming.

• forest fires

• human breathing (respiration)

• car exhaust

• factory pollution