Environmental Knowledge

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What is your sex?

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What is your age?

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What is your job?

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In what region of the county do you live?

Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey)

Midwest (Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa)

South (Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana)

West (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii)

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What is your highest level of education achieved?

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

Multiplicity

Biodiversity

Socio-economics

Evolution

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

Factories and businesses

People breathing

Motor vehicles

Trees

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

Burning coal, oil and wood

Nuclear power

Solar energy

Hydropower

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

Dumping of garbage by cities

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

Trash washed into the ocean from beaches

Waste dumped by factories

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Which is a renewable resource?

Oil

Iron ore

Trees

Coal

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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

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

Oceans

Incinerators

Recycling centers

Landfills

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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)

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Which household waste is considered hazardous waste?

Plastic packaging

Glass

Batteries

Spoiled food

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What is the most common reason that an animal becomes extinct?

Pesticides are killing them

Their habitats are being destroyed by humans

There is too much hunting

There are climate changes that affect them

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

Use it as nuclear fuel

Sell it to other countries

Dump it in landfills

Store and monitor it

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What is the primary benefit of wetlands?

Promote flooding

Help clean water before it enters lakes, streams, rivers and oceans

Help keep the number of undesirable plants and animals low

Provide good sites for landfills