Week 2:1 Quiz: Urbanization, river, groundwater, pollution, atmosphere
Name: ____________________________________________________ Period: _____ Date: _________
Instructions: Write the letter of your answer on the space before each number.
____ 1. What happens to the trees when urbanization sets in?
A. Trees are cut to provide space for infrastructures.
C. Groundwater resource becomes abundant.
B. Reforestation effort is initiated.
D. All of the above
____ 2. How are we affected by deforestation?
A. Less tress result to higher greenhouse gases.
C. Erosion is higher in deforested areas.
B. Deforestation results to flooding.
D. All of the above.
____3. A local government voted against the large-scale development of buildings and
roads in the area. What could have been the motive behind their decision?
A. It could lead to the formation of heat islands, creating a microclimate in the area.
B. It could lead to the introduction of invasive species.
____ 4. A company has several factories around the world and has decided to transition from burning fossil fuels to
using alternative energy resources. How could a decrease in burning fossil fuels impact the atmosphere?
A. It could decrease the oxygen levels of the atmosphere causing global warming.
B. It could decrease the carbon dioxide levels of the atmosphere alleviating global warming.
____ 5. How does urbanization change the natural flow of water?
A. Erosion caused by runoff is reduced and precipitation is increased due to rapid evaporation.
B. Surface runoff is increased and infiltration is reduced due to lands covered with concrete.
____ 6. Which consequence could an exponentially growing human population have on drinkable water?
A. It could cause a decrease in the amount of waste and pollutants in the water supply due to salt infiltration.
B. It could cause an increase in cases of waterborne diseases due to more human wastes.
____ 7. The drilling for freshwater increases along a coastal area. What is a likely consequence of this action?
A. The destruction of estuaries because of an increase in sea levels.
B. An intrusion of salt water into aquifers.
____ 8. Some factories can increase the amount of thermal pollution by dumping heated water into
lakes and rivers. How can this type of pollution affect aquatic environments?
A. It can increase the amount of dissolved oxygen in the environment that results to the death or migration.
B. It can decrease the amount of dissolved oxygen in the environment that results to the death or migration.
____ 9. Why are dams (reservoir) built?
A. Reservoir or Reserve water for human consumption and electricity production.
B. Increase the potential energy of water and achieve greater energy.
____ 10. Why does mining of coal and other natural resources often result in environment pollution?
A. Mining creates waste material which can flow into streams.
B. Mining strips the surface of the land to acquire precious minerals.
____11. How can other areas be affected by the pollution of an industrialized city?
A. Acid rain can precipitate in other areas.
B. The wind and water can bring the pollutants in other places.
____12. What are the Effects of Mining?
A. Siltation of lakes.
C. deforestation
B. Polluted lakes
D. All of the above.
____ 13. Which of the following can result to fish kill?
A. eutrophication
C. both A and B
B. Increase in water temperature or thermal pollution
D. none of the above
___ 14. An excavation or cut made at the surface of the ground for the purpose of extracting ore.
A. Shaft or tunnel mining
C. Reforestation
B. Rejuvenation
D. Open pit or surface mining
___ 15. How is the amount of runoff affected by the covering of land with asphalt and cement?
A. Increase in runoff, decrease percolation
C. Increase in erosion, decrease precipitation
B. Decrease in runoff, increase percolation
D. Decrease in erosion, increase evaporation
___ 16. Why is the Sun so important for the water cycle to happen?
A. Because the Sun is responsible for the evaporation of water.
B. Because the Sun warms the planet and prevent it from freezing.
___ 17. How does surface water gets into aquifers?
A. Surface water flows from the rivers to the lakes and ocean.
B. Surface water percolates through porous rocks.
___18. A watershed is:
A. Water around a given land area
B. The total land area that drains into a stream or river system
Use the choices below to answer item 19-23
A. Point Source Pollution
B. Non Point Source pollution
___ 19. Motor oil leak on Parkland High School’s car park.
___ 20. Excess fertilizer that leads to eutrophication.
___ 21. Oil spill from a tanker.
___22. Carbon dioxide and methane in the air that causes global warming.
___23. CFC ( chlorofluorocarbon ) from spray cans, refrigerator, and air conditioning systems.
___ 24. The earth’s atmosphere is mainly composed of which three gases?
A. argon, methane and oxygen
B. nitrogen, oxygen, and argon
___25. Which compound listed below contributes to acid rain in the atmosphere?
A. hydrochloric acid
B. sulfuric acid C. carbon dioxide
D. carbon monoxide
___26. Why can warm air hold more water vapor than cold air?
A. warm air is more dense than cold air
B. warm air is less dense than cold air
___27. Why do planes fly in the stratosphere, the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere?
A. to avoid storms and other weather events B. to avoid changes in air pressure
___ 28. What type of water is contained in the water table and in aquifers?
A. surface water B. ground water C. condensation D. underground stream
___29. What process occurs when rain water infiltrates into aquifers?
A. discharge
B. recharge
C. porosity
D. permeability
___30. _________ is formed when a section of impermeable rock forces groundwater to move laterally and emerge
onto the surface of Earth?
A. A spring
B. An aquifer
C. A geyser
D. A well
___31. How could a long-term decrease in precipitation impact an area?
A. It could increase the average water level of lakes in the area.
B. It could decrease the amount of possible infiltration in the area.
___32. Which problem would occur if the groundwater is drawn too much near the seawater shoreline?
A. Drawdown will cause the well to go dry.
B. Drawdown will cause salt water intrusion.
___33. What problem would occur if the groundwater is drawn too much?
A. Formation of Karst topography.
C. Formation of caves and sinkholes.
C. Drawdown will cause salt water intrusion.
D. All of the above.
Use the choices below to answer item 34-37
A. well
B. recharge
C. precipitation
D. Runoff
___34. Rain, snow, sleet, hail
___35. Percolation or infiltration into groundwater
___36. Water flowing on the surface.
___37. Water drawn from groundwater.
5 points Extra Credit: Do not ask your teacher to explain or elaborate. This is only an extra credit. It is your
choice to answer it or not! Do not answer it if you are not willing to think.
Explain the relationship between greenhouse gases and climate change.
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