1 Who was the first scientist to suggest that carbon dioxide

from industrial processes could create a "greenhouse

effect"?
a Carl Sagan
b Svante Arrhenius [ans]
c Frank Rowland
d Joseph Fourier

2 Which British scientist discovered the hole in the ozone

layer?
a Irving Stowe
b James Lovelock
c Frank Rowland
d Joe Farman [ans]

3 What Ronald Reagan administration official famously

suggested that a solution to the depletion of the ozone
layer was to don a hat and sunglasses and wear longsleeves?
a Secretary of the Interior James Watt
b Secretary of Energy Don Hodel [ans]
c EPA director Anne Gorsuch
d EPA director William Ruckelshaus

4 What was the name of the town in India where an

industrial disaster poisoned thousands when a Union
Carbide pesticide plant leaked methyl isocyanate gas?
a Bhopal [ans]
b Bangalore
c Mumbai
d Nagpur

5 The U.S. town that was evacuated after dangerous levels

of dioxin were found in its soil in 1982 was
a Times Beach, Missouri [ans]
b Love Canal, New York
c Triana, Alabama
d Afton, North Carolina

6 The greatest danger facing most endangered species is...

a Hunting
b Disease
c Capture for the pet trade
d Habitat loss [ans]

7 Which of the following is not listed as an endangered

species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act?
a Cheetah
b Hawaiian monk seal
c Bald eagle [ans]
d Blue whale

8 Which of the following substances is not biodegradable?

a Paper
b Sawdust
c Food refuse
d Styrofoam [ans]

9 What environmental problem is the result of chemical

reactions in the atmosphere that involve sulfur?
a Acid rain [ans]
b Holes in the ozone layer
c Deforestation
d Smog

10 What chemicals have been banned in most of the world

because of their role in destroying the ozone layer?
a DDT
b Peroxides
c Chlorofluorocarbons [ans]
d Metal oxides

11 Which of the following practices produces the most

organic water pollution?
a Intensive livestock farming [ans]
b Recreational boating
c Paper mills
d Humans bathing in the water

12 Ecology' comes from the Greek words 'oikos' and

'logos'. What is the literal translation of them?
a Science of the world
b Natural life
c Household science [ans]
d Nature study

13 What is the result when industrial chemicals combine

with condensing water vapor?
a Global Warming
b Acid Rain [ans]
c Greenhouse Effect
d Base Rain

14 What is visible air pollution called?

a Rainbow Pollution
b Chemvis Pollution
c Photochemical Smog [ans]
d Smoglight

15 What is the main source of water pollution in

unindustrialized nations?
a Industrial Chemicals
b Pesticides
c Carbon Dioxide
d Untreated Sewage [ans]

16 In 1989 what oil tanker created a major water problem

around Alaska?
a BP Petrol
b Exxon Valdez [ans]
c Persian Sea
d Liberty Light

17 The evaporation of irrigation water leaves salt in soil

producing what type of soil pollution?
a Salinization [ans]
b Monoxide Pollution
c Pressure Pollution
d Oxide Pollution

18 Every seven minutes a(n) _______ of rainforest is gone

forever. What is the missing word?
a Mile
b Half foot
c Square foot
d Acre [ans]

19 When a piece of rainforest is bulldozed, what is the most

common thing that is put in its place?
a a shopping center
b hotels
c farms [ans]
d another rainforest

20 The Superfund for clean-up of hazardous waste sites is

officially known by this acronym:
a HAZSF
b CERCLA [ans]
c SFHWH
d USSF

21 An urban area eligible for tax breaks and incentives for

clean-up and redevelopment is a:
a superfund site
b brownfield [ans]
c greenfield
d business incubator

22 The process of repairing environmental damage to a site

is termed:
a reparation
b redactilization
c remediation [ans]
d rezoning

23 Which of the following alternative fuel technology

platforms was the first to be introduced to the mass
markets?
a Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars
b Toyota Prius
c General Motors EV1 [ans]
d Toyota Corolla

24 What does the symbol of the EPA look like?

a A maple leaf overlaid with an elm leaf
b A sun and water wave inside the head of a flower [ans]
c A panda bear
d An oval containing a bald eagle soaring over tree tops

25 The Kyoto Prococol to the United Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change (aka Kyoto Agreement) was
opened for signature in 1997. Which aspect of the
environment does it focus upon?
a Sewage emissions into waterways
b Greenhouse gas emissions into the air [ans]
c Oil spills in oceans
d Pesticide seepage into the ground

26 What is light pollution?

a artificial light that escapes into the night sky and lingers over cities
[ans]
b light bulbs that are not properly disposed of
c the use of unnecessary outdoor lights, such as Christmas lights
d outdoor lights that are left on all day, wasting electricity

27 What is the main thing that waste water treatment plants

do?
a It's a secret
b Speed up the biological decomposition of waste in water [ans]
c Collect everything and haul it to a landfill
d Use chemicals to clean the waste water