NREM 120 Exam 4 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Version 2025
What are characteristics of invasive species? - Answers They are weedy and tend to take over and they
out compete the natives
How did the zebra mussel arrive in North America? - Answers In freighter's ballast water
What is an endemic species? - Answers species found in one place and nowhere else
T or F: Invasive species arrived to America both by accident and design - Answers True
T or F: Invasives are easy to get rid of - Answers False
What is not a characteristic of many invasive species? - Answers In plants, later emergence
Where do invasive species rank in terms of threats to biodiversity? - Answers Second
What is municipal solid waste? - Answers Collections from homes, schools, commercial buildings, etc
What was the largest portion of municipal solid waste generated? - Answers Paper
Where does most of the solid waste from Ames go? - Answers A garbage incinerator here in Ames,
where it is burned to make electricity
How much municipal solid waste is produced per person each day in the US? - Answers About 4.5
pounds/person/day
Which is a type of waste? - Answers Municipal, toxic, agricultural, hazardous, industrial, mining
Which type of waste is responsible for producing 1/2 of all waste? - Answers Agricultural
Why are nitrogen oxides bad? - Answers They form smog, form acid rain, hurt your health
Where do CO and NOx come from? - Answers Cars
When is photochemical smog at its worst? - Answers Summer, around mid-day
What was not a part of the Clean Air Act? - Answers Micro-purifying particles
What is the main thing causing Ozone depletion? - Answers CFCs
T or F: The Copenhagen Agreement was successful when trying to phase out the production of CFCs -
Answers True
T or F: Photochemical smog is a mixture of sulfur oxides and particulates, being most severe in winter -
Answers False
What are characteristics of invasive species? - Answers They are weedy and tend to take over and they
out compete the natives
How did the zebra mussel arrive in North America? - Answers In freighter's ballast water
What is an endemic species? - Answers species found in one place and nowhere else
T or F: Invasive species arrived to America both by accident and design - Answers True
T or F: Invasives are easy to get rid of - Answers False
What is not a characteristic of many invasive species? - Answers In plants, later emergence
Where do invasive species rank in terms of threats to biodiversity? - Answers Second
What is municipal solid waste? - Answers Collections from homes, schools, commercial buildings, etc
What was the largest portion of municipal solid waste generated? - Answers Paper
Where does most of the solid waste from Ames go? - Answers A garbage incinerator here in Ames,
where it is burned to make electricity
How much municipal solid waste is produced per person each day in the US? - Answers About 4.5
pounds/person/day
Which is a type of waste? - Answers Municipal, toxic, agricultural, hazardous, industrial, mining
Which type of waste is responsible for producing 1/2 of all waste? - Answers Agricultural
Why are nitrogen oxides bad? - Answers They form smog, form acid rain, hurt your health
Where do CO and NOx come from? - Answers Cars
When is photochemical smog at its worst? - Answers Summer, around mid-day
What was not a part of the Clean Air Act? - Answers Micro-purifying particles
What is the main thing causing Ozone depletion? - Answers CFCs
T or F: The Copenhagen Agreement was successful when trying to phase out the production of CFCs -
Answers True
T or F: Photochemical smog is a mixture of sulfur oxides and particulates, being most severe in winter -
Answers False
