Environmental Issues

Question 1

According to this passage, how do cell phones endanger lowland gorillas?Extracting raw materials to make cell phones damages the gorillas’ habitat.Factories that manufacture cell phones create waste that pollutes the gorillas’ habitat.Clearing land for cell phone factories displaces gorillas from their land.Trucks that distribute cell phones drive through the gorillas’ habitat.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Extracting raw materials to make cell phones damages the gorillas’ habitat.

Question 2

To help solve this problem, the expert in this passage suggests that consumersrecycle their old cell phones.stop purchasing cell phones.refuse to buy cell phones made with coltan.avoid using cell phones made in the Congo.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: recycle their old cell phones.

Question 3

This graph suggests that from 2008 to 2012, the use of wind powerslightly increased.slightly decreased.sharply increased.sharply decreased.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: sharply increased.

Question 4

Based on this graph, you can predict that by 2016, solar power plants will be able to generateless than 60 gigawatts of energy.about 80 gigawatts of energy.about 100 gigawatts of energy.more than 120 gigawatts of energy.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: more than 120 gigawatts of energy.

Question 5

Based on this graph, how has automobile usage changed?It has decreased by about 20% among young people.It has increased by about 20% among young people.It has decreased by about 40% among young people.It has increased by about 40% among young people.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: It has decreased by about 20% among young people.

Question 6

Which conclusion does this graph support?Young people are making an effort to protect the environment.Young people are less mindful of the environment than older adults are.Young people rely primarily on burning fossil fuels for transportation.Young people have begun to use wind power as an alternate source of energy.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Young people are making an effort to protect the environment.

Question 7

Which statement best explains the impact of globalization on the environment?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: Globalization can harm the environment by leading to pollution and other problems, but it can also help governments work together to identify solutions.

Question 8

This graph shows that the use of alternative sources of energy as a percentage of the total source of energy [___].

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: has changed very little

Question 9

In almost twenty years, the use of crude oil [___].

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: has changed very little

Question 10

renewable✔ nonrenewable

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: ✔ nonrenewable

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