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Grade 10 Environmental Science
National parks and wilderness areas are designed to do which of the following?
  1. provide recreation
  2. protect wildlife
  3. preserve natural areas
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Environmental Science
What do you call the act of leaving one's own country to permanently live in another country?
  1. immigration
  2. emigration
  3. demography
  4. migration
Grade 10 Environmental Science
The total number of people on Earth is the                 .
  1. carry capacity
  2. world population
  3. life expectancy
  4. birth rate
Grade 10 Environmental Science

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Non-renewable resources are resources that
  1. do not come back when they are gone.
  2. are easily replaced.
  3. come back year after year.
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Environmental Science
What does the Clean Water Act regulate?
  1. discharges of pollutants to air in the U.S.
  2. discharges of pollutants to soil in the U.S.
  3. discharges of pollutants to waters of the U.S.
  4. discharges of pollutants to landfills of the U.S.
Grade 10 Environmental Science
A geothermal power plant gets energy by
  1. pumping heated water or steam from rock formations.
  2. circulating fluid underground.
  3. holding water behind a dam.
  4. using methane from decomposition.
Grade 10 Environmental Science
Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" essay addressed the conflicts associated with which environmental challenge?
  1. preventing pollution
  2. preserving biodiversity
  3. curbing overpopulation
  4. protecting shared resources
Grade 10 Environmental Science
What fuel is used at nuclear power plants?
  1. iron
  2. coal
  3. uranium
  4. radium
Grade 10 Environmental Science
Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
  1. methane
  2. carbon dioxide
  3. water vapor
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Environmental Science
A harmful chemical that enters the air directly is called a(n)                       .
  1. primary air pollution
  2. secondary air pollution
  3. particle matter
  4. acid deposition
Grade 10 Environmental Science
The ecological footprint for a person in a particular country takes into account what requirements of supporting that individual?
  1. land used for crops
  2. land taken up by housing
  3. forested area that absorbs pollution
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Environmental Science
Substances released into the air are known as                .
  1. emissions
  2. expulsions
  3. depositions
  4. absorptions
Grade 10 Environmental Science
What is pollution discharged form a single source?
  1. sludge
  2. point source
  3. nonpoint source
  4. smog
Grade 10 Environmental Science
All of the following make up the three major categories of environmental problems EXCEPT which one?
  1. loss of biodiversity
  2. overpopulation
  3. resource depletion
  4. pollution
Grade 10 Environmental Science
Which of the following is the fastest-growing source of energy in the world?
  1. solar
  2. photovoltaic cells
  3. fuel cells
  4. wind power
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