ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE FINAL MILESTONE
You passed this Milestone
20 questions were answered correctly.
5 questions were answered incorrectly.
1
Which of the following is an involuntary environmental risk?
● Lauren uses paint with lead in it because she cannot find the right color in
unleaded paint.
● A dam breaks, flooding the business area of a small town.
● Diana opens a business that is located close to a cement factory.
● A man goes fishing in a lake known to be contaminated with mercury.
CONCEPT
Risk
2
Which of the examples below describes an effort to address urban sprawl through urban
revitalization?
● Grass banks with benches line a river running through a city.
● A new parking lot is constructed to meet shoppers’ needs.
● Tons of petroleum-contaminated soil are removed from the site of a former gas
station.
● Community members change an abandoned store into a library.
CONCEPT
Addressing Urban Sprawl
3
, Choose the factor below that is likely to have led to the greatest number of mass
extinctions.
● UV radiation
● Asteroids
● Temperature change
● Earthquakes
CONCEPT
Continental Drift and Major Extinctions
4
Select the example that describes a political cause of famine.
● An administration halts food distribution to certain parts of a country.
● A severe drought limits foods produced in a heavily populated area.
● A country does not have the purchasing power to import food.
● Farmers lack the money to acquire the seeds of a new corn hybrid.
CONCEPT
World Nutrition
5
Which of the following statements about photosynthesis and carbon cycling is true?
● Climate is involved in carbon recycling.
● Carbon cycling occurs in both long-term and short-term cycles.
● All carbon on Earth is contained in living organisms.
● Cellular respiration is the release of sugars as energy.
CONCEPT
Photosynthesis and the Carbon Cycle
6
You passed this Milestone
20 questions were answered correctly.
5 questions were answered incorrectly.
1
Which of the following is an involuntary environmental risk?
● Lauren uses paint with lead in it because she cannot find the right color in
unleaded paint.
● A dam breaks, flooding the business area of a small town.
● Diana opens a business that is located close to a cement factory.
● A man goes fishing in a lake known to be contaminated with mercury.
CONCEPT
Risk
2
Which of the examples below describes an effort to address urban sprawl through urban
revitalization?
● Grass banks with benches line a river running through a city.
● A new parking lot is constructed to meet shoppers’ needs.
● Tons of petroleum-contaminated soil are removed from the site of a former gas
station.
● Community members change an abandoned store into a library.
CONCEPT
Addressing Urban Sprawl
3
, Choose the factor below that is likely to have led to the greatest number of mass
extinctions.
● UV radiation
● Asteroids
● Temperature change
● Earthquakes
CONCEPT
Continental Drift and Major Extinctions
4
Select the example that describes a political cause of famine.
● An administration halts food distribution to certain parts of a country.
● A severe drought limits foods produced in a heavily populated area.
● A country does not have the purchasing power to import food.
● Farmers lack the money to acquire the seeds of a new corn hybrid.
CONCEPT
World Nutrition
5
Which of the following statements about photosynthesis and carbon cycling is true?
● Climate is involved in carbon recycling.
● Carbon cycling occurs in both long-term and short-term cycles.
● All carbon on Earth is contained in living organisms.
● Cellular respiration is the release of sugars as energy.
CONCEPT
Photosynthesis and the Carbon Cycle
6
