Quiz 36, Chapter 12, pp. 408-416

Question 1

the process of quickly and safely returning wastewater to the environment is called water

Answer 1

reclamation

Question 2

the document that called for a 50% reduction of CFCs by 1999 was the

Answer 2

Montreal Protocol

Question 3

Environmentalists claim that global warming is caused by human release of the chemical

Answer 3

Carbon dioxide

Question 4

The place where processed wastewater is discharged into the environment is the

Answer 4

outfall

Question 5

resources that regenerate slowly, if at all, are called ____ resources.

Answer 5

nonrenewable

Question 6

name the replacement chemicals for CFCs

Answer 6

HFCs and HCFCs

Question 7

what unit of measurement is used to measure ozone levels

Answer 7

Dobson units

Question 8

name the period, beginning in the 1300s, in which global temperatures dropped drastically

Answer 8

Little Ice Age

Question 9

what term refers to any naturally occurring material that mankind can use

Answer 9

natural resource

Question 10

what branch of science develops new methods of conservation through the application of environmental science?

Answer 10

environmental technology