Environmental Engineering Reference
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E.
Next to nuclear power plants
33.
Which of the following is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
A.
Oxygen
B.
Nitrogen
C.
Argon
D.
Hydrogen
E.
Helium
34.
What is meant by the phrase
fishing down the food chain?
A.
Humans have harvested the majority of the smaller fish and are now fishing for larger fish.
B.
Techniques such as long-lining and drift-netting are catching fish of all sizes, so humans are deplet-
ing the entire fish population.
C.
Humans are depleting larger fish stocks, leading to the harvesting of smaller and smaller fish.
D.
Fishing efforts are now focusing on the benthic environment, depleting the organisms at this level.
E.
Only small fish are being harvested.
35.
The Hawaiian Islands were formed from which of the following processes?
A.
Diverging plates
B.
Hot spots
C.
Earthquakes
D.
Plate subduction
E.
Sea-level change
36.
Which part of the ocean contains most of the ocean's primary productivity?
A.
Benthic zone
B.
Abyssal zone
C.
Hadal zone
D.
Photic zone
E.
Intertidal zone
37.
The main goal of the creation of golden rice is to provide
A.
A more nutritious rice that contains vitamin B
B.
A frost-resistant rice
C.
A form of rice that contains a preservative
D.
A more nutritious rice that contains vitamin A
E.
Pest-resistance
38.
Permit trading is used as a way to
A.
Provide capitalistic incentives for companies to reduce emissions
B.
Create a top-down approach to emission standards
C.
Enable different countries to trade
D.
Enforce socialism
E.
Provide incentives for companies to work cooperatively
39.
All the following are important and unique properties of water EXCEPT:
