Ge6200 Long Quiz 003

GE6200 - Environmental Science
Long Quiz 003
Uranium undergoes what type of nuclear reaction in order to produce energy?

Select one:
a. Splitting
b. Combining
c. Fission
d. Fusion
What is the second layer of the ocean where there is rapid decrease in temperature as it goes
deeper?
Select one:
a. Thermocline
b. Deep zone
c. Decression
d. Depression
What is the major reservoir of fresh water?

Select one:
a. Glaciers
b. Oceans
c. Permafrost
d. Lakes
Wind energy can be built on any land or hill.

Select one:
True
False
Different areas in the world have the same climatic zones characterized by temperature and
precipitation.
Select one:
True
False
What refers to the height of a place with respect to the sea level?
Select one:
a. Sea level height
b. Altitude
c. Latitude
d. Height
This is the living skin of the planet which resulted from the dynamic interaction of atmosphere,
biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere.
Select one:
a. Soil
b. Crust
c. Pedosphere
d. Mantle
It is the actual amount of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum it can hold.
Select one:
a. Relative humidity
b. Precipitation
c. Air pressure
d. Temperature
Which among the statements is true about climate change?

Select one:
a. It is essential to human life and has made the earth habitable.
b. It is the changes in weather, oceans, land surfaces and ice sheets occurring over decades or
longer.
c. It is bad to the environment because it heats up the earth.
d. Human activities have nothing to do with it.
The atmosphere enables life on earth. Which of the following is not true about it?
Select one:
a. It is composed of various gases.
b. Pressure and amount of sunlight received are the important qualities of atmosphere.
c. It is made up of different layers.
d. It is not homogenous.
What is the movement of water around the Earth's surface and its subsystem?
Select one:
a. Water movement
b. Water cycle
c. Water States
d. Water processes
Republic Act No. 8041 established the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.
Select one:
True
False
What refers to the freshwater found in the rock and soil layers beneath the Earth's surface?
Select one:
a. Miracle water
b. Groundwater
c. Rock water
d. Aquifer
What best describes climate?

Select one:
a. It is the atmospheric condition of an area.
b. It is the atmospheric condition at a certain place and time.
c. It is the average weather of a place based on data recorded over a 30-year period.
d. Temperature and precipitation describes climate.
‘This source of energy which came from remains of land plants provides 40% of the world's
energy needs.
Select one:
a. Crude oil
b. Coal
c. Uranium
d. Natural gas
What best describes weather?

Select one:
a. It is the average weather of a place based on data recorded over a 30-year period.
b. It is the atmospheric condition at a certain place and time.
c. It is the atmospheric condition of an area.
d. Temperature and precipitation describes climate.
The country's biggest energy resource is geothermal.

Select one:
True
False
The Philippines has the Habagat and Amihan monsoons.

Select one:
True
False
What refers to the consistent reversal of wind pattern generated by large weather system
affecting a large area over a period of several months?
Select one:
a. Weather
b. Monsoon
c. Climate
d. Clima-weather
Which among the statements is true about global warming?
Select one:
a. Human activities have nothing to do with it.
b. It is bad to the environment because it heats up the earth.
c. It is the changes in weather, oceans, land surfaces and ice sheets occurring over decades or
longer.
d. It is essential to human life and has made the earth habitable.
This source of energy comes from the Earth's interior.

Select one:
a. Geothermal
b. Wind
c. Biomass
d. Solar
What are the processes that enable water to move in each reservoir and subsystem?
Select one:
a. Water cycle
b. Water pathways
c. Water processes
d. Water States
Which country has the world's greatest supply of oil?

Select one:
a. Iraq
b. Venezuela
c. USA
d. Saudi Arabia
Geothermal energy is harnessed by boiling water in Earth's heat and letting turbines to capture
the energy.
Select one:
True
False
Municipal waste comes from households, commercial establishments, and other institutions.
Select one:
True
False
What is the Earth's subsystem composed of the oceans, lakes, streams, groundwater, snow and
ice?
Select one:
a. Oceansphere
b. Watersphere
c. Oceanographere
d. Hydrosphere
Energy that is produced from natural, renewable sources. It does not run out.
Select one:
a. Sustainable energy
b. Non-renewable energy
c. Replenished energy
d. Renewable energy
What is the layer of the Earth's subsystem that contains the highest amount of ozone?
Select one:
a. Thermosphere
b. Troposphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Stratosphere
What does CFC stand for?

Select one:
a. Chlorofluorocarbon
b. Carbon-fluorine-chlorine gas
c. Chlorine-fluorine-carbon gas
d. Chemical fluorine compound
Energy that is gathered from resources that can be replenished naturally on a human timescale.
Select one:
a. Replenished energy
b. Renewable energy
c. Non-renewable energy
d. Sustainable energy

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Long Quiz 003

Uranium undergoes what type of nuclear reaction in order to produce energy?

What is the major reservoir of fresh water?

Wind energy can be built on any land or hill.

Which among the statements is true about climate change?

What best describes climate?

What best describes weather?

The country's biggest energy resource is geothermal.

The Philippines has the Habagat and Amihan monsoons.

Which among the statements is true about global warming?

This source of energy comes from the Earth's interior.

Which country has the world's greatest supply of oil?

What does CFC stand for?

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