ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FINAL MILESTONE, 100%
CORRECT
1
Which of the following is an involuntary environmental risk?
Lauren uses paint with lead in it because she cannot find the right color in
unleaded paint.
A dam breaks, flooding the business area of a small town.
Diana opens a business that is located close to a cement factory.
A man goes fishing in a lake known to be contaminated with mercury.
CONCEPT
Risk
2
Which of the examples below describes an effort to address urban sprawl
through urban revitalization?
Grass banks with benches line a river running through a city.
A new parking lot is constructed to meet shoppers’ needs.
Tons of petroleum-contaminated soil are removed from the site of a former gas stat
Community members change an abandoned store into a library.
CONCEPT
,Addressing Urban Sprawl
3
, Choose the factor below that is likely to have led to the greatest
number of mass extinctions.
UV radiation
Asteroids
Temperature change
Earthquakes
CONCEPT
Continental Drift and Major Extinctions
4
Select the example that describes a political cause of famine.
An administration halts food distribution to certain parts of a country.
A severe drought limits foods produced in a heavily populated area.
A country does not have the purchasing power to import food.
Farmers lack the money to acquire the seeds of a new corn hybrid.
CONCEPT
World Nutrition
5
Which of the following statements about photosynthesis and carbon cycling is
true?
CORRECT
1
Which of the following is an involuntary environmental risk?
Lauren uses paint with lead in it because she cannot find the right color in
unleaded paint.
A dam breaks, flooding the business area of a small town.
Diana opens a business that is located close to a cement factory.
A man goes fishing in a lake known to be contaminated with mercury.
CONCEPT
Risk
2
Which of the examples below describes an effort to address urban sprawl
through urban revitalization?
Grass banks with benches line a river running through a city.
A new parking lot is constructed to meet shoppers’ needs.
Tons of petroleum-contaminated soil are removed from the site of a former gas stat
Community members change an abandoned store into a library.
CONCEPT
,Addressing Urban Sprawl
3
, Choose the factor below that is likely to have led to the greatest
number of mass extinctions.
UV radiation
Asteroids
Temperature change
Earthquakes
CONCEPT
Continental Drift and Major Extinctions
4
Select the example that describes a political cause of famine.
An administration halts food distribution to certain parts of a country.
A severe drought limits foods produced in a heavily populated area.
A country does not have the purchasing power to import food.
Farmers lack the money to acquire the seeds of a new corn hybrid.
CONCEPT
World Nutrition
5
Which of the following statements about photosynthesis and carbon cycling is
true?
