ECU GEOG 1000 Chapter 13 Quiz Study Guide | Geography Review, Key Concepts & Practice
Questions
In spite of the Clean Air Acts, total US air pollution emissions from carbon monoxide, lead,
nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide have increased since the 1970s - correct answer ✔✔False
Sunlight makes a photochemical smog situation worse. - correct answer ✔✔True
The greatest source of water pollution in the U.S. and probably the world is - correct answer
✔✔Agriculture
Urban expansion has increased the magnitude of flash flooding. - correct answer ✔✔True
A 2000 mile fence was built across Western Australia to keep which of the following invasive
mammals from spreading westward across the continent: - correct answer ✔✔Rabbits
A pipe carrying pollutants from a factory to a river is an example of a non-point source of
pollution. - correct answer ✔✔False
Acid rain occurs only where the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions occur, and thus
does not affect non-industrial locations. - correct answer ✔✔False
Once the 4th largest lake in the world, this central Asian water body has lost most of its water
because of diversion schemes. - correct answer ✔✔Aral Sea
Smog conditions can be made worse by a sunny climate. - correct answer ✔✔True
The Carolina Parakeet is notable because - correct answer ✔✔it once numbered in the millions,
and now is extinct
Questions
In spite of the Clean Air Acts, total US air pollution emissions from carbon monoxide, lead,
nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide have increased since the 1970s - correct answer ✔✔False
Sunlight makes a photochemical smog situation worse. - correct answer ✔✔True
The greatest source of water pollution in the U.S. and probably the world is - correct answer
✔✔Agriculture
Urban expansion has increased the magnitude of flash flooding. - correct answer ✔✔True
A 2000 mile fence was built across Western Australia to keep which of the following invasive
mammals from spreading westward across the continent: - correct answer ✔✔Rabbits
A pipe carrying pollutants from a factory to a river is an example of a non-point source of
pollution. - correct answer ✔✔False
Acid rain occurs only where the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions occur, and thus
does not affect non-industrial locations. - correct answer ✔✔False
Once the 4th largest lake in the world, this central Asian water body has lost most of its water
because of diversion schemes. - correct answer ✔✔Aral Sea
Smog conditions can be made worse by a sunny climate. - correct answer ✔✔True
The Carolina Parakeet is notable because - correct answer ✔✔it once numbered in the millions,
and now is extinct
