Rain that is far more acidic than normal?

Question

smog

pesticides

acid rain

pollution

2. Products used on crops to control insects and other pests (1 point)

hazardous wastes

pesticides

pollution

nonrenewable resources

3. Huge pits where wastes are dumped and buried (1 point)

landfills

conservation

nonrenewable resources

smog

4. Substances that cannot be replaced once they are used (1 point)

pollution

nonrenewable resources

smog

hazardous wastes

5. Reducing waste before it occurs (1 point)

ozone layer

nonrenewable resources

recycling

precycling

6. The saving of resources (1 point)

conservation

landfills

ozone layer

precycling

7. Any dirty or harmful substance in the environment (1 point)

hazardous wastes

pollution

smog

ozone layer

8. A yellow-brown haze that forms when sunlight reacts with air pollution (1 point)

acid rain

smog

ozone layer

pesticides

9. Human-made liquid or solid wastes that may endanger human health or the environment

(1 point)

smog

acid rain

hazardous wastes

pesticides

10. A shield that protects living things from ultraviolet (UV) radiation (1 point)

ozone layer

nonrenewable resources

pollution

smog

True/False

Indicate whether a statement is true or false.

11. The Environmental Protection Agency is the governmental agency that is committed to protecting the environment. (1 point)

True

False

12. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. (1 point)

True

False

13. The earth would be too hot to support life if there were no greenhouse effect. (1 point)

True

False

14. An alternative to burying trash is burning it in special furnaces called generators. (1 point)

True

False

15. Batteries are an example of a household item that should not be discarded in the regular trash. (1 point)

True

False

16. The three R's for preventing and reducing pollution include reducing, reusing, and redesigning. (1 point)

True

False

17. Carpooling is one strategy for promoting cleaner air. (1 point)

True

False

18. If something is biodegradable, it means it is broken down easily in the environment. (1 point)

True

False

19. Heating and cooling uses the least amount of energy in most homes. (1 point)

True

False

20. When smog levels are low, people with respiratory problems are advised to stay indoors.

(1 point)

True

False

Answer 1

False. High smog levels allow particulate matter to enter your lungs, even your blood stream and can actually damage your heart and circulatory system. People are advised to stay inside when smog levels are high.

Answer 2

Bees are vanishing: Colony Colapse Syndrome or CCD. 70% are already gone Globally. - No Bees, no pollination, no plant life, no fruits and vegetables.

Bats are contracting a unexplained white fungus around their mouths that kills them by the 10s of thousands.

Bats and Bees are vital to our existence. We are losing them ... quickly. It's a bit late for quizzes. No offense.

Answer 3

Megan, this is your teacher!  You can't be asking for the answers to this quiz on the Internet!!!!  You're getting an F!  

And a detention!

Answer 4

If this is for homework please understand that these are all very important questions that you shouold have some understanding of. please research them.

1) Acid rain

2) Pesticide

3) Landfills

4) Non-renewable recources

5) Precycling

6) Conservation

7) Hazardous  and pollution (although dirty is a strange term for this instance, for “dirt” is the environment) as hazardous wastes could be pollution.

8) Smog

9) Hazardous wastes

10) Ozone layer

11) TRUE watch Simpsons LOL

12) Well, this can be true and false.... fossil fuels are the remains of old old dead animals squished and time passed and they formed oil..(“fossil” fuel).. so it can technically be renewable if we were to allow, hundreds perhaps thousands of year to pass.  But in a more realistic sense it is not renable.. so True

13) False, the earth would be too cold

14) True i believe, though i don’t know if they burn it i believe they can use capture methane gas some how

15) True

16) False;;;; Reduce reuse and recycle

17) True

18) True

19) False

20) False.. when high stay inside