Hydrology Lol
Hydrology Lol
4. Percentage of Earth surface which is 5. What percentage of the fresh water on 6. Percentage of surface of Earth which is
covered by oceans and seas is Earth is trapped in glaciers. salt water
A. 10% A. 5% A. 70%
B. 40% B. 10% B. 85%
C. 70% C. 100% C. 97%
D. 97% D. 68.7% D. 60%
13. Infiltration of soil by less water is 14. Process in which water is released in
15. Supplies of freshwater is reduced by
classified as atmosphere by trees is classified as
A. air pollution
A. rapid rate of pollutants A. deforestation
B. water pollution
B. rapid rate of runoff B. desertification
C. noise pollution
C. rapid rate of turnoff C. evapotranspiration
D. both a and c
D. rapid rate of rainfall D. forestation
31. The average person in Europe uses 33. Policy makers must figure out how to
32. Global fresh water resources are
approximately ___________ of supply water without ____________.
threatened by _________.
domestic water per day. Degrading the natural ecosystem that
Rising demands
200 litres provides it.
34. ___________ can be collected at the 36. In addition to encouraging the public to
point where water flows naturally to the 35. ____________ refers to process that conserve water, municipalities need to
Earth’s surface or from a borehole that remove chemicals and pathogens. pay attention to __________.
taps into the underground source. Water purification. Losses that occur within the distribution
Spring water. system.(Leaks)
39. Give some sources of
groundwater contamination:
37. Leaking water and mains pipes account 38. The primary cause of water pollution is
1. Agricultural products
for _____________. ___________.
2. Underground storage tanks
Significant losses of water. Agricultural activities.
3. Landfills
4. Septic tanks
52. What is the percentage of salt 53. What is the percentage of fresh
54. 100 years ago the earth had ...
water on Earth? water on Earth?
A. much more water today
A. 97.5% A. 2.5%
B. much less water today
B. 65% B. 35%
C. about the same water today
C. 40% C. 60%
56. The water molecule consists of
55. How much of the human body is ...
made of water? A. 2 oxygen atoms
A. 45% B. 2 atoms of oxygen and one of 57. True or False - Fresh water is
B. 60% hydrogen present in the oceans.
C. 75% C. 2 atoms of hydrogen and one of
oxygen
61. The boiling temperature of the 63. Some insects can walk on water
water is on average much more thanks to:
A. high A. Their speed in walking
62. True or False - Water is an
B. low B. The strong surface tension of the
excellent solvent.
compared to that of other similar water
molecules. C. Genetic modifications
64. True or False - The snowflake is
65. True or False - The terms mist,
a particle of water in the gaseous 66. True or False Fog is a cloud.
haze and fog can be synonymous.
state.
76. How much could you live 77. The water you can drink is called
without drinking? ...
A. one day A. Potable 78. True or False - Water is a non-
B. a week B. Drinkable energetic micronutrient.
C. a month C. Rain Water
97. True or False - "Process waters" 99. True or False - Water pollution is
means all waters that undergo 98. True or False - There are white, a deterioration linked to the
qualitative alterations as a result of gray and black waters. ecosystems whose main element is
their use in technological cycles. water.
100. The disturbing agents are:
A. Substances present in water, which
are not normally harmful to health but
may alternate taste, odor and color
B. A loud noise of sea waves
C. Substances present in water that
are generally harmful to health,
recognizable because they alter taste,
smell and color.
2.What does the 2008 European Ambient Air
Quality Directive (2008/50/EC) do?
3. Paris Agreement within the United
a) Identifies the key pollutants in the air
Nations Framework Convention on
we breathe indoors
Climate Change (UNFCCC) deals with
1. What does EEA stand for? b) Sets limits for key pollutants in the air
green house gas emissions mitigation.
a) European Ethical Agency we breathe indoors
When is the agreement signed?
b) European Environment Agency c) Recommend mitigation measures for
a) 2013
c) European Esthetics Agency key pollutants in the air we breathe
b) 2014
d) European Entertainment Agency indoors
c) 2015
d) Recommend control measures for key
d) 2016
pollutants in the air we breathe
indoors
25. In a report by Telegraph (2009), trees 26. A carbon sink is a fundamental factor
are responsible for absorbing x% of for the balance of every greenhouse 27. Which of the following is NOT a source
man’s climate change emissions. What gas in the atmosphere. Which of the of green house gases?
is x? following is not a type of carbon sink? a) Electricity storage
a) 10 a) Rock b) Electricity generation
b) 20 b) Ocean c) Transportation
c) 30 c) River d) Agriculture
d) 40 d) Grass
30. When fuels are burned, chemicals are
28. How can trees help reduce climate
29. Which of the following is NOT a produced and emitted into the air.
change? It is through one of the
contributor to indoor air pollution? Which of the following pollutants is
following processes:
a) Copper pipes NOT caused by fuel combustion?
a) Transpiration
b) Mould and pollen a) Benzene
b) Respiration
c) Tobacco smoke b) Carbon Tetrafluoride
c) Photosynthesis
d) Detergents c) Nitrogen oxide
d) Absorption
d) Sulphur dioxide
49. In 1997, the US Environmental 51. The Clean Air Act was an Act of the
Protection Agency (EPA) introduced air Parliament of the United Kingdom
50. Which of the following are ultrafine
quality standards for particulate matter. passed in response to London's Great
particles?
Which of the following is the new Smog of 1952. When was the first Clean
a) PM0.1
annual PM10 standard? Air Act passed?
3 b) PM0.5
a) a. 1953
3 c) PM0.9
b) b. 1954
3 d) PM1.3
c) c. 1955
3
d) d. 1956
58. Black carbon is the sooty black material 60. Which one of the following is NOT a
emitted from gas and diesel engine, coal-fired good local transport strategy to
power plants, or burning fossil fuel. One of the 59. Which one of the following is NOT a mitigate air pollution problem?
following is NOT an impact of Black Carbon on regulated air pollutant? a) Have adequate and affordable
the environment a) Carbon monoxide public transport
a) Absorbs solar energy and harms b) Formaldehyde b) Provide safe cycling and
ecosystem c) NOX pedestrian routes
b) Reduces agricultural productivity d) Hydrocarbons c) Promote car pooling
c) Causes more snow fall d) Produce bigger and more
d) Exacerbates global warming powerful cars
61. Diesel engines are a major source of 62. Ethanol is a type of renewable fuel that
63. What is FALSE about ground-level
particle pollution and they create up to is also known as grain alcohol. It is a
ozone?
x times more particles than gasoline- biofuel produced by ___________ or
a) It can harm health
powered engines. What is the value of converting starch from grains. Fill in
b) It affects sensitive vegetation and
x? the blanks with one of the following:
ecosystems
a) 100 a) Breaking down sugar
c) It is the same as stratospheric
b) 200 b) Fermenting sugar
ozone
c) 300 c) Combining sugars
d) It reduces air quality
d) 400 d) Processing sugar
66. In Canada, an Air Quality Health Index
provides a number from 1 to 10+. What
64. How is ground-level ozone formed? It is 65. State Implementation Plan (SIP) is a is the health message for the index 4-6?
a chemical reaction between plan to control air pollution in a state a) Avoid strenuous activities
a) Water and hydrogen peroxides within the US. Which of the following is outdoors
b) Oxides of nitrogen and volatile NOT a program in SIP b) Consider reducing or
organic compounds a) Air quality monitoring rescheduling strenuous activities
c) Sulfur dioxide and oxygen b) Air quality modelling outdoors
d) Nitrous oxide and hydrogen c) Emission inventories c) Enjoy your usual outdoor
peroxides d) Emission risk assessment activities
d) Reduce or reschedule strenuous
activities outdoors
14. The pollute-pays principle mandates that 15. Which of the following methods is not
13. Resource efficiency is the reduction of
the municipality pays for the impact on used for waste disposal?
the environmental impact from the
the environment A. Landfilly
production and consumption of goods
A. FALSE (not the municipality - B. Incineration
A. FALSE
correct one “polluting party”) C. Cemetery
B. TRUE
B. TRUE D. Composting
31. The GREY waste bin is used to collect 32. The BLUE waste bin is used to collect
33. The RED waste bin is to collect
A. All type of waste A. Paper and cardboard
dangerous wastes
B. Only bottles B. Paper, cardboard and bottles
A. FALSE
C. Only plastic C. Paper, cardboard and cork
B. TRUE
D. Only paper D. Paper, cardboard and dvds
67. According to the EU packaging 68. According to the EU packaging 69. According to the EU packaging
directive, by not later than 31st directive, by not later than 31st directive, by not later than 31st
December the target on the recycling of December the target on the recycling of December the target on the recycling of
packaging waste overall is plastic is wood is
A. a minimum of 45% A. a minimum of 45% A. a minimum of 10%
B. a minimum of 55% B. a minimum of 50% B. a minimum of 15%
C. a minimum of 65% C. a minimum of 55% C. a minimum of 20%
D. a minimum of 75% D. a minimum of 60% D. a minimum of 25%