The Enviroment

Question 0

What four types of pollution are there?

Answer 0

Air pollution,
Noise pollution
Water pollution
Litter

Question 1

What are the earths resources?

Answer 1

Oil, coal, gas, water, metals, trees

Question 2

What are the causes of water pollution?

Answer 2

Human sewage, animal slurry, oil spills

Question 3

How can we stop noise pollution?

Answer 3

Choose products with lower noise emmissions

Question 4

What are the effects of air pollution?

Answer 4

Respiratory diseases, eye irritation, acid rain, climate change

Question 5

How can we stop littering?

Answer 5

Recycle, dispose waste carefully, avoid unnecessary packaging, don’t litter

Question 6

What causes air pollution?

Answer 6

Sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, smoke from coal and oil, carbon dioxide from breathing

Question 7

What are the effects of water pollution?

Answer 7

Dead fish, bad smells, illness

Question 8

What causes litter?

Answer 8

Careless disposal of waste?

Question 9

What are the effects of noise pollution?

Answer 9

Depression, anxiety, insomnia, irritation

Question 10

How can we stop air pollution?

Answer 10

Use natural gas and smokeless coal, use energy effecient appliances, use pump action sprays

Question 11

What are the effects of littering?

Answer 11

Damages cities, towns and counteysides, negative effect on tourism

Question 12

How can we prevent water pollution?

Answer 12

Choose phosphate-free detergents, use safe garden chemicals, use the right amount of fertiliser

Question 13

What are the causes of noise pollution?

Answer 13

Factories, transport and loud music

Question 14

What is acid rain?

Answer 14

It is formed when carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or sulphur dioxide mixes with the moisture in the atmosphere to make weak carbonic acid, this damages trees, limstone, fish and metals in buildings

Question 15

What causes the greenhouse effect?

Answer 15

These are oils, gases and petrols, deforestation, methane, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, cfc’s or cfc products

Question 16

What are the two types of waste?

Answer 16

Organic waste and inorganic waste

Question 17

What is organic waste?

Answer 17

Organic waste is waste that can be broken down

Question 18

What is inorganic waste?

Answer 18

Waste that can’t be broken down

Question 19

What is biodegradable waste?

Answer 19

Waste that can be broken down and made harmless by bacteria or other natural means, organic waste is biodegradable

Question 20

What is landfill?

Answer 20

Burrying waste but can be hazardous to humans and the enviroment.

Question 21

What is an incinertator?

Answer 21

A method of disposing waste by burning it but is hazardous to humans and the enciroment

Question 22

What does the hierarchy of waste managment refers to?

Answer 22

Reduce, reuse and recycle

Question 23

Name from top to bottom what is in the pyramid for disposong waste?

Answer 23

Prevention, reduce, reuse, recycle, energy recovery and disposal

Question 24

What is prevention?

Answer 24

To avoid needless package

Question 25

How does reductions save the enviroment?

Answer 25

Buy less and use less

Question 26

What is reusing?

Answer 26

Reuse goods for other purposes

Question 27

Where can we recycle?

Answer 27

In bottle banks, clothes banks, battery collection points and composting.

Question 28

What is energy recovery?

Answer 28

Burning of waste or manure for home heating, methane collection.

Question 29

Name a disposal of waste that should be a last resprt

Answer 29

Landfill

Question 30

What can be recycled?

Answer 30

Metals, glass, paper, oil, plastics, clothes, rags, batteries and mobile phone

Question 31

What are the benefits of recycling?

Answer 31

It saves on energy, trees, import bills it also reduces litternand creates jobs

Question 32

What things can be composted?

Answer 32

Grass clippings, egg shells, fruit and vegetable waste, dead leaves, coffee grounds, tea bags, uncooked food scraps(not meat or fish), general garden waste

Question 33

What are the benefits of composting?

Answer 33

It saves landfill space, reduces greenhouse gases emmission from landfill, reduces incinerators, enriches soil, saves money

Question 34

Name some enviromentally shopping guidelines

Answer 34

Walk to the shop, bring reusable shopping bags, buy concentrated products, buy loose goods, buy recycable goods, don’t overpack, buy CFC-free products,

Question 35

What are the EU Ecolabels?

Answer 35

They indicate that products and goods sre enviromentally friendly

Question 36

How many products have the ecolabel?

Answer 36

26

Question 37

What is the function of the ozone layer?

Answer 37

It protects the earth from the ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun.

Question 38

What would the consequences be if there was no ozone layer?

Answer 38

Skin cancers, cataracts, eye disorders, crops won’t grow, damage marine life and building materials

Question 39

What destroys the ozone layer?

Answer 39

CFC

Question 40

Where are CFC’s found in?

Answer 40

old refrigerators and air conditioners, aerosals, foam packaging and halons(found in fire extinguishers)

Question 41

What does CFC stand for?

Answer 41

ChloroFluoroCarbons

Question 42

When did scientists discover the hole in the ozone layer

Answer 42

In the 1970s

Question 43

How can we save the ozone layer?

Answer 43

Choose ozone-friendly aerosols, use pump action sprays or roll on deodorant, choose products with CFC free containers, try to recycle cfc equipment when replacing fridges or air conditioners

Question 44

What is the greenhouse effect or global warming

Answer 44

When greenhouse gases such as petrol, oil and gases add to the sun absorbed to the earth this can slowly cause the layer to keep the excess heat