Unit 2 AOS 1 Chapter 9 Monitoring Pollution

The management of pollution is influenced by which of the following: scientific data, new technologies, regulatory frameworks, and diverse stakeholder values and priorities?

• All of the above

• Only scientific data and new technologies

• Only regulatory frameworks

• Only stakeholder values

Options for control and treatment of pollution to reduce local and global impacts include:

• Implementing emission controls and waste treatment technologies

• Increasing fossil fuel consumption

• Ignoring environmental regulations

• Promoting deforestation

An environmental indicator is defined as:

• A measure that describes the state of the environment.

• A type of plant found in polluted areas.

• A law protecting endangered species.

• A method of recycling waste materials.

The categories of environmental indicators include which of the following?

• Descriptive, performance, efficiency, and policy indicators

• Economic, social, and political indicators

• Physical, chemical, and biological indicators only

• Financial, technological, and cultural indicators

A variety of environmental indicators include which of the following?

• Air quality, water quality, biodiversity, and carbon footprint

• Types of soil, color of the sky, number of cars, and street names

• Favorite animals, popular movies, fashion trends, and music genres

• Number of restaurants, types of cuisine, local festivals, and sports teams

The range of tolerance influences a species' survival by:

• Determining the environmental conditions in which a species can survive.

• Ensuring a species can survive in any environment.

• Limiting a species to only one specific habitat.

• Allowing a species to adapt instantly to all changes.

Community concern about environmental quality is growing, and the community is demanding that activities affecting water, air, soil and plant and animal life are managed _________.

• appropriately

• carelessly

• randomly

• illegally

Many countries now have government policies and legislation to protect _________.

• environmental qualities

• historical monuments

• technological advances

• economic growth

According to the passage, why is environmental monitoring required?

• To increase pollution

• To detect whether environmental qualities are improving, staying the same or declining

• To ignore environmental changes

• To reduce government policies

Fill in the blank: A __________ measures a physical feature (amount of sunlight).

• Physical indicator

• Chemical reaction

• Mathematical formula

• Historical record