IntroToLit 2

1.

1 point

What is the purpose of floatation?

Remove desired elements from the valuable minerals

Heat the ore to its melting point

Concentrate valuable minerals and separate them from non-valuable minerals

Grind the ore into silt-sized particles

Confine tailings from the groundwater system

2.

1 point

A scientific model is

3.

1 point

What three atoms make up most of the atmosphere?

Water, oxygen and argon

Nitrogen, Oxygen and argon

Nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen

Neon, argon and helium

Hydrogen, Helium and oxygen

4.

1 point

What is natural selection?

Species that have died out and no longer exist

An adventurous trait that helps an organism live longer

Remains and indications of former life that are preserved in rocks

structures built from layer after layer of muddy sediment trapped by mats of bacteria

Principle mechanism for evolutionary change in the biosphere

5.

1 point

Which of the following is a good way to improve slope stability?

Clear off most of the vegetation from the sloping property

Scatter large boulders around the sloping property

Evacuate roads near the sloping property

Construct a large building or home on the slope

Check that there are no leaking pipes or leaking septic systems on the sloping property

6.

1 point

Why did dinosaurs go extinct?

7.

1 point

Which of the following does the cap and trade program seek to regulate?

8.

1 point

What is the highest grade (most metamorphosed) coal?

Peat

Anthracite

Bituminous

Lignite

Plant debris

9.

1 point

When the sediment debits exceed the credits in the sediment budget:

Neap tides happens

Erosion occurs

Longshore drift occurs

Sedimentation occurs

Swells occur

10.

1 point

The environmental consequences of a mine that operated a hundred years ago, but damaged the environment is regulated under the:

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

National Environmental Policy Act

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprehension, and Liability Act

All of the above

11.

1 point

What is the largest cause of soil degradation?

Biodiversity depletion

Salivation

Erosion

Contamination

Fertilization

12.

1 point

In what direction does longshore current travel?

13.

1 point

What mineral is associated is associated with the formation of clays and expansive soils?

Pyrite

Calcite

Feldspar

Quartz

Olivine

14.

1 point

Hazard Ranking system defines:

If a site has released hazardous substances

The characteristics of the substance

Evaluates effects of release

All of the above

15.

1 point

Underground mining is done because:

It is economically feasible to mine mineral deposits at depth

The ores were formed due to volcanic processes

The ores are leached

The mineral deposits are shaped as veins, pods and lenses

The ore deposits are either exposed or close to land surface

16.

1 point

Which of the following best describes the Atlantic Coast?

Characterized by large amounts of calcium carbonate and corals

Contains one of the largest delta in the U.S.

Contains one of the largest subsection zones in the world

An active coast and contains transform and convergent plate boundaries

Passive continental margin that formed due to the rifting of North America from Europe

17.

1 point

What is a seismic gap?

18.

1 point

All of the following are examples of non point sources of pollution except:

Several agricultural farms where fertilizers are widely spread

Wastewater discharge pipes form an industrial facility

Sediment from improperly managed construction sites and crop and forest lands

A large city with dirty roads and parking lots

Petroleum products from gas stations spread throughout large neighborhoods

19.

1 point

National Priority List

20.

1 point

Who is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions?

Energy sector

Industry

Residential and commercial buildings

Transport

Agriculture

21.

1 point

If you are caught in a rip current while swimming at the beach remember to:

Swim parallel to the shore

Swim directly back above water

Swim directly back underwater

doggy paddle

Say goodbye

22.

1 point

What are policies?

23.

1 point

Clean Air Act

24.

1 point

What is the Clean Water Act of 1972 also known as the Federal Water Pollutants Control Act

25.

1 point

The most explosive volcanoes build:

Interplate volcanoes

Cinder cones

Stratovolcanoes

Flood basalts

Shield volcanoes

26.

1 point

How will the developing world change global energy consumption?

It will maintain the same energy consumption with better technology

It will decrease energy consumption with better technology

It will increase the energy consumption

It will decrease energy consumption with population decrease

It will maintain the same energy consumption with equal population

27.

1 point

Mafic volcanoes have characteristics of all of the following except:

They form stratovolcanoes

They do not erupt as violently as felsic volcanoes

They are typically found at hot spots

Their magmas do not contain as much gas as felsic magmas

Their magma has lower amounts of silica compared to felsic magmas

28.

1 point

Environmental standards have not been established for soil quality

True

False

29.

1 point

What would you expect to observe in the O horizon of a soil profile?

A lot of rocks grading downward into solid bedrock

Mineral matter dissolving due to downward percolated water

Plants growing in a dark soil

The accumulation of mineral matter that was dissolved at upper layers

All of the above

30.

1 point

Which of the following does NOT contribute to soil erosion?

Deforestation

Thunderstorms

Off-Road vehicles

Contour Farming

Tornadoes

31.

1 point

What element has the most influence on the viscosity of magma?

Altitude

Composition

Humidity

Flow speed

Temperature

32.

1 point

Define Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

33.

1 point

A mineral deposit that can be covered with existing technology and is concentrated enough to be economically developed is called:

Low-grade deposit

Ore

Gold

High-grade deposit

Igneous

34.

1 point

Rocks in which oil and natural gas migrate into are called:

Shale

Porous

Blowout

Hydrocarbons

Refined

35.

1 point

The "new car" smell is likely?

36.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT part of a beach:

Swell

Near shore zone

Surf zone

Berm

Long shore bar

37.

1 point

Feedback mechanisms...

38.

1 point

A cone of depression is caused by:

Pumping a well in a confined aquifer

Low porosity and high permeability

High evaporation rates from an aquifer

Pumping water from the zone of aeration

Pumping a well in a unconfined aquifer

39.

1 point

How long ago did the earth form

40.

1 point

Environmental impact is a function of?

41.

1 point

A new planet is discovered. Its day is 8 hours long, and its moon revolves around it in 40 hours. How many hours apart are the high tides?

5 hours

40 hours

8 hours

4 hours

20 hours

42.

1 point

Regulatory agencies implement environmental standards through the permitting process. Permits are written permission for an agency to conduct an operation or action - and define how the action

will be undertaken

how it will be monitored

in many cases how it will be completed

all of the above

43.

1 point

Ocean water with a higher 0-18 to 0-16 ratio indicates:

Tropical conditions

Cold climate

Arid conditions

Warm climate

None change

44.

1 point

The Earth's atmosphere is divided into four important layers based on?

Pressure

Composition

Bacteria

Different Types of Clouds

Temperature

45.

1 point

In what ways can we see evolution at work in our lifetime?

Darwin's finches

The wooly mammoth and the elephant

Successful generation of giraffes getting longer necks

Disease causing microbes in a lab

All of the above

46.

1 point

The graph is a

47.

1 point

Which type of crust is found in oceanic crust?

Dense rock

Basalt

Granite

Light rock

A and B

C and D

48.

1 point

All of the following support global warming except:

Decrease in sea level

Drought patterns

Melting of ice from mountain glaciers

Floods

Increased pattern of atlantic storms

49.

1 point

A rock sample has 3 billion K^40 atoms (parent isotope) and 9 billion Ar^40 atoms (daughter isotopes). After 4 half-lives, what is the content of the rock sample?

1.5 billion K^40 atoms and 10.5 billion Ar^40 atoms

9 billion K^40 atoms and 3 billion Ar^40 atoms

.75 billion K^40 atoms and 11.25 billion Ar^40 atoms

0 K^40 atoms and 12 billion Ar^40 atoms

3 billion K^40 atoms and 11.25 billion Ar^40 atoms

50.

1 point

RCRA's Goals

Protect human health and the environment from waste disposal

Conserve energy and natural resources

Reduce the amount of wastes

Ensure the wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner

All of the above