Environmental Geology MCQ
1. Changing your toilet can reduce water pollution because _______.
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More efficient plumbing uses less water and creates smaller volumes of waste
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2. Minimizing biohazardous contamination focuses on controlling _____.
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3. From the 1960s to the present, the trend has been that ________ over time.
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More overall waste was produced
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4. According to the epa, the us produces _____ tons of solid waste per year.
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11 billion
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5. The gaia hypothesis is an example of _______.
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Negative feedback.
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6. All fossil fuels, including coal, are considered an indirect form of ____________ energy.
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7. ________ strongly influences the amount of energy generated from hydropower.
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The volume of water released and the height of the fall
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8. Bagasse and sugar cane-based ethanol are major items in the energy resources of ________.
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9. Sinkholes can occur when ________.
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Too much weight above an aquifer causes it to cave in
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10. Ultimately, all biofuels are ________, because they are the result of ________.
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Solar; photosynthesis
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11. The run-of-river approach to hydropower describes ________.
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Diversion of a portion of a river's flow through pipes
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12. The first college to get all of its energy from renewable resources was________________.
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Concordia University.
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13. Of the following, ________ are documented negative impacts of dams.
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Alteration of river sediment deposition
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14. Of the following atmospheric gases, only _________ is an important greenhouse gas.
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Water vapor (H2O)
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15. About 80% of the ocean's water exists in the ________.
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Deep zone
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16. Stability prevails when the environmental lapse rate is ________.
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Less than the wet adiabatic rate
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17. Only about 2.5% of all the water on our planet is freshwater. however, ________.
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Most of this is in polar ice caps, glaciers, and underground aquifers and is not easily accessed for human use
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18. A major barrier preventing more widespread use of biodiesel is ________.
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Political and economic inertia and current lack of abundant fueling stations
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19. The atmosphere has the greatest ________ of the earth's hydrologic compartments.
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Turnover rate and smallest water volume
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20. Tropical rainforests are not located in _______.
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21. The __________ travel(s) from the subtropical high to the equator.
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Trade winds
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22. Rainshadow deserts are common in ________.
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The dry valleys of eastern California and Nevada
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23. Rainforests are not generally considered a source of _______.
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None of the above
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24. Rainforest deforestation is contributing to _______.
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A decline in global biodiversity
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