ENVS 1126 Exam 4
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1. Midnight dumping of hazardous wastes and abandoning properties where
wastes are stored once led to locations called ___.
Select one:
a. landmarks
b. orphan sites
c. estuaries
d. landfills: Orphan sites
2. The liquid that drains from a landfill that contains dissolved and suspended
materials is called:
Select one:
a. Leachate
b. Raw sewage
c. Waste water
d. Sludge: Leachate
3. The level below which there are no ill effects, but above which there are ill
effects is called:
Select one:
a. Threshold
b. LD50
c. Dose
d. Response: Threshold
4. Your 55-year-old Granny Bertha has worked at the Chevron gas station for
30 years. In the last few years, she has begun to shrink (she used to be 5' 5''''
and is now 4' 11''''), and now she thinks she is pregnant. You are going to have
an aunt or uncle who is younger than you are. Unfortunately, she will have
complications with her pregnancy (specifically difficulty generating new blood)
because she has most likely been exposed to ___.
Select one:
a. Ozone
b. Asbestos
c. Lead
d. Methyl mercury: Lead
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5. With respect to the health of the environment, which one of the following
would be an advantage of using antifouling agents?
Select one:
a. Less biomagnification up the food chain
b. Less fossil fuel use resulting from less drag and more efficient transit of ships
through water
c. Fewer fish in reefs that form on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
d. Fewer dolphins contributing to a decline in biodiversity: Less fossil fuel use resulting
from less drag and more efficient transit of ships through water
6. With respect to the Kannan paper, what was the difference between biomag-
nification and bioaccumulation?
Select one:
a. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating oysters that had
eatent TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result
of a build-up of TBT in the tails of the dolphins.
b. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating TBT-contaminat-
ed plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result of a build-up of TBT in
the lungs of the dolphins.
c. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating shrimp that had
eaten TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result of
a build-up of TBT in the fatty tissues of the dolphins.
d. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating crabs that had
eatent TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result
of a build-up of TBT in the blowholes of the dolphins.: Biomagnification would be the result
of the dolphins eating shrimp that had eaten TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result of
a build-up of TBT in the fatty tissues of the dolphins.
7. The Mississippi River, as it flows past downtown Baton Rouge, is fed by ___.
Select one:
a. tributaries in 31 of the 48 contiguous states
b. melting glaciers in AK
c. the Gulf of Mexico
d. the Pearl River in Mississippi: tributaries in 31 of the 48 contiguous states
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_i2g7w0
1. Midnight dumping of hazardous wastes and abandoning properties where
wastes are stored once led to locations called ___.
Select one:
a. landmarks
b. orphan sites
c. estuaries
d. landfills: Orphan sites
2. The liquid that drains from a landfill that contains dissolved and suspended
materials is called:
Select one:
a. Leachate
b. Raw sewage
c. Waste water
d. Sludge: Leachate
3. The level below which there are no ill effects, but above which there are ill
effects is called:
Select one:
a. Threshold
b. LD50
c. Dose
d. Response: Threshold
4. Your 55-year-old Granny Bertha has worked at the Chevron gas station for
30 years. In the last few years, she has begun to shrink (she used to be 5' 5''''
and is now 4' 11''''), and now she thinks she is pregnant. You are going to have
an aunt or uncle who is younger than you are. Unfortunately, she will have
complications with her pregnancy (specifically difficulty generating new blood)
because she has most likely been exposed to ___.
Select one:
a. Ozone
b. Asbestos
c. Lead
d. Methyl mercury: Lead
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, ENVS 1126 Exam 4
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_i2g7w0
5. With respect to the health of the environment, which one of the following
would be an advantage of using antifouling agents?
Select one:
a. Less biomagnification up the food chain
b. Less fossil fuel use resulting from less drag and more efficient transit of ships
through water
c. Fewer fish in reefs that form on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
d. Fewer dolphins contributing to a decline in biodiversity: Less fossil fuel use resulting
from less drag and more efficient transit of ships through water
6. With respect to the Kannan paper, what was the difference between biomag-
nification and bioaccumulation?
Select one:
a. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating oysters that had
eatent TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result
of a build-up of TBT in the tails of the dolphins.
b. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating TBT-contaminat-
ed plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result of a build-up of TBT in
the lungs of the dolphins.
c. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating shrimp that had
eaten TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result of
a build-up of TBT in the fatty tissues of the dolphins.
d. Biomagnification would be the result of the dolphins eating crabs that had
eatent TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result
of a build-up of TBT in the blowholes of the dolphins.: Biomagnification would be the result
of the dolphins eating shrimp that had eaten TBT-contaminated plankton, and bioaccumulation would be the result of
a build-up of TBT in the fatty tissues of the dolphins.
7. The Mississippi River, as it flows past downtown Baton Rouge, is fed by ___.
Select one:
a. tributaries in 31 of the 48 contiguous states
b. melting glaciers in AK
c. the Gulf of Mexico
d. the Pearl River in Mississippi: tributaries in 31 of the 48 contiguous states
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