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Environmental Problems

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"A quiz on some of the problems facing our world."


1. The greatest danger facing most endangered species is...
    Capture for the pet trade
    Hunting
    Habitat loss
    Disease


2. Which of the following is not listed as an endangered species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act?
    Cheetah
    Bald eagle
    Blue whale
    Hawaiian monk seal


3. The Bronx Zoo once had a picture frame covered by cloth. It was labelled 'The most dangerous species in the world'. If you removed the cover, you saw...
    A mountain lion
    A great white shark
    A mirror
    A virus


4. Which of the following substances is not biodegradable?
    Food refuse
    Paper
    Sawdust
    Styrofoam


5. What environmental problem is the result of chemical reactions in the atmosphere that involve sulfur?
    Smog
    Deforestation
    Acid rain
    Holes in the ozone layer


6. What chemicals have been banned in most of the world because of their role in destroying the ozone layer?
    Metal oxides
    DDT
    Chlorofluorocarbons
    Peroxides


7. Who wrote 'Silent Spring', the first book documenting many of the problems caused by pesticides?
    Aldo Leopold
    Henry David Thoreau
    Rachel Carson
    Jaques Cousteau


8. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
    Timber
    Wild mushrooms
    Fish
    Gold


9. Which of the following practices produces the most organic water pollution?
    Recreational boating
    Intensive livestock farming
    Paper mills
    Humans bathing in the water


10. 'Ecology' comes from two Greek words meaning...
    Study of the world
    Study of the house
    Nature study
    Natural life


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