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Environmental Literacy Quiz Answers
AIR
- Evergreens, because of their long life span and their needles' year-round exposure to pollution.
- Carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides (any two).
- True, even on smoggy days.
- Stay out of the sun, wear dark glasses that screen ultraviolet light use sunscreen.
- It extends from sea level to five to seven miles above the earth.
- Warm temperature, dry air, low wind.
WATER
- The coastal areas.
- False. Grass lawns use the most
- In the polar ice caps and glaciers.
- Put food coloring in the tamk. If the color appears in the bowl without flushing, you have a leak.
- Contamination of our drinking water.
- Liquid detergent
EARTH
- c) 40 years.
- d) Newspaper, about 16%.
- Any two of the following are correct cows, rice fields, garbage dumps.
- a) Connecticut
- True. Everythmg will biodegrade eventually even plutonium, if you wait a few million years.
- Sunlight and oxygen.
CONSUMERS
- c) 100 lbs.
- c) 50%
- It is too expensive.
- 250,000 homes
- False. The problem is that phosphates quickly biodegrade and turn into excellent plant food. Unfortunately, when too large a quantity of phosphates gets into our lakes amd streams, the algae grow so fast that everything else dies.
- Keep their tires properly inflated.
CONSERVERS
- Alummum, glass, and paper.
- Reduce waste before you buy. For example, buy bunk products to eliminate excess packaging, or buy goods in glass containers or aluminum cans that can be recycled more easily than plastic.
- Gardening.
- c) 95%
- By recycling its office waste paper.
- Made of recycled material.
SCORES
- 25-30 correct answers. You receive an "excellent" rating for your thorough knowledge and awareness of environmental matters.
- 20-24 correct answers. You are very well informed and take environmental matters very seriously.
- 15-19 correct answers. You are somewhat aware of environmental issues, but they are not one of your primary concerns.
- 10-14 correct answers. You don't pay attention to environmental problems or issues and tend to think you will get with the program tomorrow.
- 5-9 correct answers. You aren't concerned at all. You think everyone else is doing their part, so you don't have to do anything.
- 0-4 correct answers. GET INVOLVED! You do make a difference. It takes all of us working together to make and keep our environment clean and safe.
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