Environmental Knowledge Survey

1.

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What is your age range?

17-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70 +

2.

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What is your gender?

Male

Female

3.

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What is the highest level of education you completed?

Some high school

High school

Bachelor degree

Graduate degree

4.

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In what region of the U.S. do you live?

Southeast

Northeast

Central/midwest

Northwest

Southwest

Alaska or Hawaii

5.

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What is your current job title?

6.

1 point

There are many different kinds of animals and plants, and they live in many different types of environments. What is the word used to describe this idea?

Multiplicity

Biodiversity

Socio-economic

Evolution

Don't Know

7.

1 point

Carbon monoxide is a major contributor to air pollution in the U.S. Which of the following is the biggest source of carbon monoxide?

Factories and businesses

People breathing

Motor Vehicles

Trees

Don't know

8.

1 point

How is most of the electricity in the U.S. generated?

By burning oil, coal, and wood

With nuclear power

Through solar energy

At hydroelectric plants

Don't know

9.

1 point

What is the most common cause of pollution of streams, rivers, and oceans?

Dumping of garbage by cities

Surface water running off yards, city streets, paved lots, and farm fields.

Trash washed into the ocean from beaches.

Waste dumped by factories

Don't know

10.

1 point

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

Oil

Iron ore

Trees

Coal

Don't know

11.

1 point

Ozone forms a protective layer in the earth's upper atmosphere. What does ozone protect us from?

Acid rain

Global warming

Sudden changes in temperature

Harmful, cancer-causing sunlight

Don't know

12.

1 point

Where does most of the garbage in the U.S. end up? Is it in...

Oceans

Incinerators

Recycling centers

Landfills

Don't know

13.

1 point

What is the name of the primary federal agency that works to protect the environment?

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Department of Health, Environment, and Safety (DHES)

National Environmental Agency (NEA)

Federal Pollution Control Agency (FPCA)

Don't know

14.

1 point

Which of the following household wastes is considered hazardous waste?

Plastic packaging

Glass

Batteries

Spoiled food

Don't know

15.

1 point

What is the most common reason that an animal becomes extinct? Is it because...

Pesticides are killing them

Their habitats are being destroyed by humans

There is too much hunting

There are climate changes that affect them

Don't know

16.

1 point

Scientists have not determined the best solution for disposing nuclear waste. In the U.S., what do we do with it now? Do we...

Use it as nuclear fuel

Sell it to other countries

Dump it in landfills

Store and monitor the waste

Don't know

17.

1 point

What is the primary benefit of wetlands? Do they...

Promote flooding

Help clean the water before it enters lakes, streams, rivers, or oceans

Help keep the number of undesirable plants and animals low

Provide good sites for landfills

Don't know