Environmental Science Exam
Week 6 Pre-Test
Question 1
Which of the following statements is false? e. Motor vehicles are second only to industry as a source of air pollution in the U.S.
Question 2
It is risky for companies to invest in renewable energy because: d. Subsidies and tax breaks have to be renewed by the government every few years.
Question 3
Which three states in the USA have the potential to provide enough usable wind power to supply the entire country’s electricity needs? b. North Dakota, Kansas, and Texas
Question 4
The advance and retreat of ice sheets d. happened most recently about 18,000 years ago over much of the northern hemispheres and caused alternating periods of heating and cooling
Question 5
All of the following statements about solid biomass are correct except e. it can lead to deforestation
Question 6
The Colorado River system can be said to provide water and electricity for a. one of every ten people in the United States
Question 7
To reduce flooding risks, an environmentalist is most likely to choose a. floodplain management
Question 8
President Barack Obama wants the United States to e. lead the way in creating a new international agreement on climate change and reduce our carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
Question 9
Genetic resistance to antibiotics has d. two of these answers are correct
Question 10
The scientists, with enough data, d. would not be able to prove or disprove a correlation between the butterfly populations and hot springs
Question 11
Because root systems at different depths in a given area of soil capture nutrients and soil efficiently we can say that b. polyculture lessens the need for fertilizer and water
Question 12
The atomic number is the number of b. protons in an atom
Question 13
Obstacles to recycling include d. all of these answers
Question 14
Which of the following is accurate with regards to the balance of nature
Question 1
Which of the following statements is false? e. Motor vehicles are second only to industry as a source of air pollution in the U.S.
Question 2
It is risky for companies to invest in renewable energy because: d. Subsidies and tax breaks have to be renewed by the government every few years.
Question 3
Which three states in the USA have the potential to provide enough usable wind power to supply the entire country’s electricity needs? b. North Dakota, Kansas, and Texas
Question 4
The advance and retreat of ice sheets d. happened most recently about 18,000 years ago over much of the northern hemispheres and caused alternating periods of heating and cooling
Question 5
All of the following statements about solid biomass are correct except e. it can lead to deforestation
Question 6
The Colorado River system can be said to provide water and electricity for a. one of every ten people in the United States
Question 7
To reduce flooding risks, an environmentalist is most likely to choose a. floodplain management
Question 8
President Barack Obama wants the United States to e. lead the way in creating a new international agreement on climate change and reduce our carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
Question 9
Genetic resistance to antibiotics has d. two of these answers are correct
Question 10
The scientists, with enough data, d. would not be able to prove or disprove a correlation between the butterfly populations and hot springs
Question 11
Because root systems at different depths in a given area of soil capture nutrients and soil efficiently we can say that b. polyculture lessens the need for fertilizer and water
Question 12
The atomic number is the number of b. protons in an atom
Question 13
Obstacles to recycling include d. all of these answers
Question 14
Which of the following is accurate with regards to the balance of nature