Unit 8 - Review Tool

High population density, surrounding physical features, and abundant natural resources all contribute to which environmental issue?

• Air pollution in Mexico City.

• Acid Rain in the Black Forest

• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest

• Pollution of the Great Lakes

A high number of industries and coal power plants are a significant factor contributing to which issue?

• Wildfires in the Amazon Rainforest

• Deforestation in Canada

• Air pollution in Mexico City

• Nuclear radiation in Chernobyl

What air air quality flags used for in Mexico City?

• To let citizens know about water pollution

• To monitor and advise citizens of the air quality

• To let citizens know when the city is overpopulated

• To let groups know which cars are allowed to drive that day

Why do the officials in Mexico City Limiting the number of days citizens can use their vehicles?

• To limit the number of roads developed each year.

• To allow more people to carpool.

• It's a measure to

  reduce air pollution from personal motor vehicles

• In order to address fuel costs.

In Mexico City, they have developed a robust mass transit system (like buses and trains) to

• To reduce deforestation.

• Address and reduce air pollution.

• To minimize fuel costs for the city.

• To reduce water pollution.

The proximity of natural resources near Mexico City is the primary reason for what circumstance?

• A large number of industries in and around the city.

• A large tourism trade.

• Major historical events.

• High rates of unemployment.

Mexico City's air quality is increasingly worse during which months?

• During the dry, hot summers.

• During the spring months.

• It remains the same year-round

• Dry-winter months.

Industrial activities and large-scale agriculture are the primary cause of what in the late 20th century?

• Subsistence farming.

• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.

• Water pollution in the Amazon River.

• Acid rain in the Black Forest.

Cattle ranching qualifies as the __________ cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest today, particularly in Brazil?

• secondary

• last

• primary

• doesn't

What has pressure from environmentalists contributed to since 2004?

• Increased annual forest loss in Brazil.

• Increased annual forest loss in Peru.

• The reduction of annual forest loss in Brazil

• Decreased satellite monitoring of the rainforest.