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CBHS Final Exam Review Part 2 2022
CBHS Final Exam Review Part 2 2022
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1
What does NOT happen when the price of gasoline goes up?
People buy cars that use less gasoline.
People use their cars less.
Nobody worries about it.
People complain more.
2
Which cause of death in America is NOT preventable?
Smoking.
HIV/AIDS
Smallpox
Lightning strikes.
3
Which kills the fewest humans each year?
Infectious diseases
Infertility
Hurricanes
Water pollution
4
What action of government encourages industrial agriculture instead of sustainable methods?
Laws against organic farming.
Laws against polyculture.
Subsidies for farmers using sustainable methods.
Subsidies for farmers using industrial methods.
5
Which government action encourages people to do something?
Banning recycled goods.
Tax increases.
International treaties.
Subsidies and tax cuts.
6
How long has the climate been changing?
100-150 years
Millenia
Since 2001
400-500 years
7
What phenomenon can cause problems with soil fertility, sediment in surface waters and release of CO
2
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Soil erosion
Pathogens
Global warming
Water pollution
8
What makes a chemical more toxic?
Being synthetic (manmade.)
Being ingested by a healthy adult.
Large doses all at once.
Biomagnification
9
Which problem is least likely to result from climate change?
Sea level rise.
Increasing earthquakes.
Loss of biodiversity.
Decreased food production.
10
How long does it take plastic to break down in nature?
Tens of thousands of years.
25 years.
100-300 years
400-1000 years
11
Where would you find monoculture farming practices?
In a very poor country.
On an organic farm.
In a Scandinavian country.
On a giant factory farm.
12
Which problem is NOT caused mainly by agriculture?
Eutrophication.
Sea level rising.
Soil erosion.
Deforestation.
13
What result did an emissions cap-and-trade program have on sulfur dioxide pollution?
Not much happened.
Emissions dropped by 23%
Sulfur dioxide vanished from the universe.
Emissions dropped by about 70%
14
What process produces fresh water but is expensive and deposits salt into marine ecosystems and damages them?
Desalination.
Water treatment.
Surface runoff.
Secondary pollutants.
15
Which is NOT a waste prevention method of managing trash?
Reusing
Recycling
Refusing
Reducing
16
Which pathogen does not cause an infectious disease?
Tuberculosis
E. coli
Coronavirus
HIV
17
What change would make the biggest improvement in our water use?
Replacing household plumbing.
Recycling water in factories.
Improving irrigation systems.
Fixing leaky toilets.
18
The precautionary principle asks government to
ban chemicals that might be dangerous.
leave decisions about chemical safety to lawsuits and the courts.
ban chemicals when they are proven dangerous beyond a reasonable doubt.
test all chemicals before using any.
19
Which is NOT a type of pathogen?
Cancer.
Viruses.
Parasites.
Bacteria.
20
Plans to reflect sunlight into space with mirrors or shiny clouds are examples of
geoengineering.
pseudoscience.
biomimicry.
pathogens.
21
Which pollutants cause dead zones in the oceans?
Genetically engineered pathogens.
Plastic.
Oil spills.
Fertilizer in rivers from farmland.
22
How long has the climate of Earth been relatively stable?
400 years.
10,000 years.
50 million years.
Since about 1950.
23
How do most US states pay for highways?
Credit cards.
Income taxes.
Gasoline taxes.
Property taxes.
24
Which disease can be passed from one person to another through the air?
HIV
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Diabetes
25
What choice cuts the most American lives shorter?
Vaccination.
Living close to nuclear plants.
Drinking alcohol.
Smoking.
26
What happened around 1970 in Curitiba, Brazil?
Sea level rise was first detected.
Farmers started feeding grain instead of grass to cattle.
The first nuclear power plant was built.
Planners designed the city for mass transit instead of cars.
27
What type of chemical can cause early puberty?
Hormone disruptors
Recreational drug use.
Teratogen.
Heavy metals.
28
Can a few dedicated humans bring about significant social change?
No.
Yes.
29
In 1850, before the industrial revolution, what percentage of humans lived in cities?
50%
33%
2%
15%
30
Poor areas of cities will have highest
standards of living.
levels of pollution.
number of recycling bins.
incomes.
31
What secondary pollutant is formed from VOCs, NOx, heat and ground-level ozone?
Particulate matter
Photochemical smog.
Acid rain
Asbestos
32
Which method of waste disposal requires both oxygen and high temperatures?
Deep-well disposal.
Plasma gasification.
Incineration.
Phytoremediation.
33
Which treaty banned the practice of shipping hazardous and electronic waste to poor countries?
The Paris Accord
The Kyoto Agreement
The Basel Convention
The Montreal Protocol
34
In the second step of sewage treatment, what is used to remove organic materials and nutrients?
Bleach
Bacteria
Parasites
Sludge
35
A fast-growing population would have what kind of age-structure diagram?
Very tall.
Widest in the middle.
Broad at the bottom, narrow at the top.
Straight up and down.
36
Which continent has the most countries with water shortages?
Africa
North America
Europe
Antarctica
37
The LD50 or median lethal dose of a chemical is
Half the amount needed to kill a rat.
Half the amount needed to kill a human.
The dose that kills half the animals in a test.
The amount needed to kill 50 rats.
38
Which sources of energy are the most sustainable?
Plasma fusion generators.
Nuclear plants.
Burning fossil fuels.
Solar, wind and geothermal.
39
Which countries use mostly synthetic inorganic fertilizer?
Poor countries.
Moderate countries like China and India.
Countries with agricultural economies.
More-developed countries.
40
What is the precautionary principle?
A new form of birth control.
Banning substances when there is some reason to think they are dangerous.
Banning all chemicals.
Waiting until it is absolutely certain there is danger.
41
Which practice is NOT part of traditional agriculture, used in developing countries?
Large tractors that burn fossil fuels.
Flood irrigation.
Animal manure as fertilizer.
Small, family-owned farms.
42
What effect is climate change likely to have on ozone depletion?
The two phenomena do not affect each other.
It should not affect it, since CFCs are all gone now.
Warmer weather will slow the replacement of ozone.
Extra air conditioning will make more CFCs and increase ozone.
43
Water that leaks out of sanitary landfills and pollutes groundwater is
leachate.
compost.
organic compounds.
grey water.
44
What are POPs?
Long-lasting pollutants found in human fatty tissue.
Toxic heavy metals.
The cause of the ozone hole.
The product of NOx and SOx in dry air.
45
Which statement about the oceans is NOT true?
More icebergs are appearing in the tropics every day.
Oceans absorb lots of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Oceans are becoming more acidic because of CO2.
Sea level is rising because of global warming.
46
What is the current most common cause of food insecurity & hunger?
Poor irrigation.
Excessive fertilizer.
Poverty
Not enough cropland.
47
What effect does BPA have on humans?
Pesticide.
Antibiotic
Hormone disruptor.
Carcinogen
48
How is the secondary pollutant called photochemical smog produced?
NOx and SOx react with water in the atmosphere.
Industrial pollution escapes from smokestacks.
The ozone layer thins and lets UV light through.
VOCs and NOx react in the sunlight.
49
The demographic transition model says that more-developed countries should expect
shrinking numbers of elderly people.
Rapid population growth.
levelling of the population.
Rapid immigration.
50
Which pollution category does methane fall into?
SOx
NOx
VOCs
Ozone.
