Chapter 16—Working Toward a Healthy Environment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which danger from technological developments became evident in the post–World War II
era?
a. changes in our food supply due to indiscriminate use of pesticides and herbicides
b. heavy pollution of our air and water with petroleum by-products
c. changes in standard of living requiring more materials to survive
d. recognition of the potential for global warming
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Higher order
2. How does Canada rank with other member countries of the Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development in energy-related greenhouse gas emissions?
a. Canada has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of all countries.
b. Canada has greenhouse gas emissions similar to the European Union countries.
c. Canada has greenhouse gas emissions similar to Australian and the United States.
d. Canada has the highest greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Higher order
3. According to current research, which problem is linked with climate change?
a. energy shortages around the world
b. temperature and humidity of the air
c. strength of the winds and clouds
d. amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Remember
4. What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere (other than water vapour)?
a. ozone
b. nitrous oxide
c. carbon dioxide
d. methane
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Remember
5. Which greenhouse gas allows a small amount of solar radiation to enter the atmosphere?
a. carbon dioxide
b. nitrous oxide
c. ozone
d. methane
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Remember
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6. What is believed to have caused the enhanced greenhouse effect?
a. volcanic activity
b. deforestation
c. combustion of organic matter
d. burning fossil fuels
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Remember
7. In Canada, what is one of the fastest growing sources of global warming pollution?
a. potash mining
b. tar sands
c. cattle farms
d. pesticides
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Remember
8. What is the term for the rise in the Earth’s average surface temperature?
a. global warming
b. ozone burning
c. green effect
d. fossil fuel effect
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Remember
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the effects of global warming?
a. severe droughts
b. severe flooding
c. reduction in atmospheric pressure
d. worse urban-industrial air pollution
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Higher order
10. What did the 40 industrialized nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 agree to do?
a. continue to import carbon energy products, but reduce the cost to developing
nations
b. limit carbon emissions, or reduce them to levels below those of 1990
c. limit their increase in carbon emissions to 10 percent over the next 5 years
d. develop new ways to produce greenhouse gas emissions
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 420-421
BLM: Higher order
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which danger from technological developments became evident in the post–World War II
era?
a. changes in our food supply due to indiscriminate use of pesticides and herbicides
b. heavy pollution of our air and water with petroleum by-products
c. changes in standard of living requiring more materials to survive
d. recognition of the potential for global warming
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Higher order
2. How does Canada rank with other member countries of the Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development in energy-related greenhouse gas emissions?
a. Canada has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of all countries.
b. Canada has greenhouse gas emissions similar to the European Union countries.
c. Canada has greenhouse gas emissions similar to Australian and the United States.
d. Canada has the highest greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Higher order
3. According to current research, which problem is linked with climate change?
a. energy shortages around the world
b. temperature and humidity of the air
c. strength of the winds and clouds
d. amount of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Remember
4. What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere (other than water vapour)?
a. ozone
b. nitrous oxide
c. carbon dioxide
d. methane
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Remember
5. Which greenhouse gas allows a small amount of solar radiation to enter the atmosphere?
a. carbon dioxide
b. nitrous oxide
c. ozone
d. methane
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 418
BLM: Remember
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6. What is believed to have caused the enhanced greenhouse effect?
a. volcanic activity
b. deforestation
c. combustion of organic matter
d. burning fossil fuels
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Remember
7. In Canada, what is one of the fastest growing sources of global warming pollution?
a. potash mining
b. tar sands
c. cattle farms
d. pesticides
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Remember
8. What is the term for the rise in the Earth’s average surface temperature?
a. global warming
b. ozone burning
c. green effect
d. fossil fuel effect
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Remember
9. Which of the following is NOT one of the effects of global warming?
a. severe droughts
b. severe flooding
c. reduction in atmospheric pressure
d. worse urban-industrial air pollution
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 419
BLM: Higher order
10. What did the 40 industrialized nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 agree to do?
a. continue to import carbon energy products, but reduce the cost to developing
nations
b. limit carbon emissions, or reduce them to levels below those of 1990
c. limit their increase in carbon emissions to 10 percent over the next 5 years
d. develop new ways to produce greenhouse gas emissions
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 420-421
BLM: Higher order
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