Chapter 9 Review | 7th - 8th

The Air Quality Index (AQI) measures

• ozone in the atmosphere

• how much pollution is in the air

• chemicals released from factories power plants, and cars

• the amount of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane in the air

How would you classify solar power?

• It is a material resource

• a reclamation resource

• a renewable resource

• a nonrenewable resource

Chemicals released from factories, power plants, and cars causes... (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• urban sprawl

• pollution in the air

• a brownish haze that hangs in the air

• acid rain

Biomass energy comes from...

• plant life

• Earth's core

• solar panels

• moving water

When you grow alternating sections of cultivated plants this is called...

• strip farming

• crop rotation

• contour plowing

• no-till farming

An increased risk of flash flooding is an effect that ____ has on an area.

• Clean Water Act

• strip farming

• urban sprawl

• reclamation

An industrial plant exposes a local river to ______, a point source pollution.

• hazardous waste

• ozone

• acid rain

• soil erosion

An organic farm would most likely use...

• growth hormones

• pesticides

• chemical fertilizers

• natural fertilizers and ccompost

______ is when large numbers of people move from the country to the city.

• immigration

• migration

• urbanization

• population growth

A good house that practices conservation would have... (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• solar panels

• recycled stone chimneys

• wood floors

• energy-efficient light bulbs

• recycled materials