CHAPTER 5

Question 1

is the sum total of conditions and influences -complex physical,
chemical and biotic factors, that make up the surroundings of a living organism
necessary for its progress and development.

Answer 1

Environment

Question 2

Everything in this world is related
and interdependent with one another. The use and abuse of one will greatly affect each
other causing imbalance and threat to the environment.

Answer 2

A. Interdependence or interconnectedness

Question 3

create and promote
environmental stability. Science explains the cycle of life and the indispensable necessity
of variance in creation. This explains the theory of symbiosis wherein things are
necessary and exigent in the maintenance of the existence of another.

Answer 3

Diversity and Stability

Question 4

is the only thing that is permanent in the
world.”It isconstant and its effect in the ecological system is disturbing reason
for governments of different countries to enact laws that safeguard and protect the
environment.

Answer 4

Change

Question 5

Nature has its own way of replenishing and maintaining
itself.

Answer 5

Balance of Nature

Question 6

Everything which has beginning has its end. Natural
resources though abundant and have replenishing capabilities can be depleted when
abused and over exploited.

Answer 6

Finiteness of Resource

Question 7

“The waste you throw will return a greater waste to you,”. It gives us a better
understanding that everything must go somewhere.

Answer 7

Material Cycle

Question 8

The world seems to be getting smaller and smaller
everyday.

Answer 8

Carrying Capacity

Question 9

beautifully describes what man is, his duty and
responsibility.

Answer 9

Stewardship

Question 10

is the rise of the world’s temperature resulting to change
in climate.

Answer 10

Global Warming

Question 11

comes from the emissions of diesel and gasoline by
motor vehicles and various industries

Answer 11

Carbon Dioxide

Question 12

comes from agricultural and decaying trash

Answer 12

Methane

Question 13

comes from biomass burning, intensive agriculture,
emissions of motor vehicles and industrial activities

Answer 13

Nitrous Oxide

Question 14

comes
from aerosols and industrial coolants such refrigerator, airconditioner

Answer 14

4. Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons, Sulfur Hexaflouride.

Question 15

What year did 154 countries including the Philippines signed the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Answer 15

June 1992`

Question 16

It is an undesirable change in the physical, chemical
and/or biological characteristics of air, which will adversely affect plants,
animals, human beings and even inanimate materials.
Example:
a. Industrial Plant Emissions.
b. Motor Vehicles.

Answer 16

Air Pollution

Question 17

Introduction of harmful substances into the soil that
makes it unable to sustain life as it normally should.
Example
Excessive Application of Pesticides
Too Much Application of Inorganic Fertilizers.
Garbage.

Answer 17

Land Pollution

Question 18

A status when water contains harmful substances
such as bacteria and poisonous chemicals that it cannot naturally get rid of.

Answer 18

Water Pollution

Question 19

The presence of sound so loud, so sudden or so
unpleasant that id t becomes an assault on the body, particularly the sense of
hearing causing mental or physical harm.

Answer 19

Noise Pollution

Question 20

The presence of sound so loud, so sudden or so
unpleasant that id t becomes an assault on the body, particularly the sense of
hearing causing mental or physical harm.

Answer 20

Noise Pollution.

Question 21

any material that can be broken down naturally by occurring
organism such as bacteria and fungi in air, water, and soil.

Answer 21

Biodegradable

Question 22

decayed organic material for use as soil conditioner or fertilized.

Answer 22

Compost

Question 23

biological degradation under controlled conditions.

Answer 23

Composting

Question 24

refuse from households, as distinguished from industrial
waste, agricultural waste, hospital waste, etc. which may be classified as
biodegradable.

Answer 24

Domestic Waste

Question 25

– include certain kinds of seeds, pulp, peelings, pickles, sweets
or candies or snacks.

Answer 25

Food materials

Question 26

special types of waste containing the chemical, biological,
radioactive elements which are harmful to human health.

Answer 26

Hazardous waste

Question 27

the controlled process by which combustible wastes are burned
and changed into gases and residues that contain little or no combustible
materials.

Answer 27

Incineration

Question 28

any material that cannot be degraded or decomposed

Answer 28

Non-biodegradable

Question 29

a substance that decomposes at a certain temperature in contact
with air and moisture; generally containing nitrogen.

Answer 29

Putrescible

Question 30

the re-use, retrieval, recommission of element/matter for any and
all purposes necessary to healthful and productive living; the process by which
waste materials are transformed into new products in such a manner that the
original products may lose their identity.

Answer 30

Recycling

Question 31

– includes anything thrown away, such as garbage, rubbish, trash,
litter, junk and refuse of any source.

Answer 31

Solid waste

Question 32

are wastes arising from human and animal activities that are normally
solid and discarded as useless or unwanted.

Answer 32

Solid waste