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A photochemical smog like the one that
developed in Metro Manila before the
Covid19 pandemic has the following
characteristics except for
Composed of NO2 and VOCs
Yellow brown haze
The source of pollution is mainly industry
Weakly and less reactive gas responsible for
the clouds seen over cities
In our discussion of the impacts of man on
agriculture this is the largest cause of erosion
that carries away sediments downhill. It can
erode rocks and soil.  This process happens
very slowly.
Flowing water
Loss fertility
Weathering
Soil erosion
The following are advantages of organic
farming except for
Increases water retention in soil
Increases biodiversity above and below the
ground
Increases Carbon dioxide emission
Increases soil fertility
This is a serious problem in the waterways of
a megalopolis like Metro Manila during the
rainy season due to clogged waterways.
High population density
Crime
Flooding
Traffic
When the air above is warmer than the air
below, it is called
Temperature shift
Temperature inversion
Temperature change
Temperature reversal
The following are some of the reasons for
considering Singapore as the best planned
city in the world except for
Careful consideration of the balance of building
functions
Creation of more land through reclamation
Incorporation of plenty of greenery
Construction of individual houses instead of
high rise residential buildings to save space
The following are impacts of urban sprawl
except for
Air pollution
Traffic congestion
Increasing traffic congestion and commute time
Economic development
What was agreed to in the “Paris Agreement”
that came out of COP-21, held in Paris in
2015?
To keep global temperature rise well below 2℃
pre-industrial levels and to pursue a path to limit
warming to 1.5℃
To protect biodiversity and end the deforestation
of the world’s rainforests
To limit sea level rise to 3 feet above current
levels
To pursue a goal of 100% clean, renewable
energy
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Due to urbanization, hectares of farmlands
have been converted into urban areas. This is
an impact of loss of farmland on
AGRICULTURE caused by urbanization.
Development of shopping centers
Housing developments
Development of parking lots
Reduction of agricultural production
The following are advantages of organic
farming except for:
Improves soil fertility
Elevates CO2 emissions
Reduces soil erosion
Reduces water pollution
All of the following are reasons for
urbanization except for
There are more jobs in urban areas
Urban areas have better healthcare and
educational facilities
Rent is more affordable in urban areas
There are more opportunities for entertainment
in urban areas
Trees play a critical role in absorbing the
greenhouse gases that fuel global warming.
Fewer forests mean larger amounts of
greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere.
What do these effects refer to?
Soil erosion
Loss of habitat
Climate change
Water cycle
What is the condition of the environment
when harmful substances build up in the air
to unhealthy levels?
Smog
Secondary pollution
Primary Pollution
Air pollution
The most important advantage of sustainable
agriculture is
Efficient irrigation
Improving food production without being
wasteful
Reducing cost and focuses on profits
Conservation of the environment such as soil
and other natural resources
The following are forces that lead from rural
to urban transformation except for
Improvements in agriculture requiring less farm
labor
Decline in urban growth in industrialized
areas
Growth in cities due to the influx of immigrants
Industrial jobs became available in the city
This is a renewable energy source that is
stored in organic molecules of plant as wood,
starch oils and other compounds.
Geothermal
Solar
Biomass
Wind
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This is the most important advantage of What effect of air pollution causes millions of
Genetically modified crops and foods. people to die each year?

More resistant to insects, disease, frost and Global warming

drought Acid rain
Need less water Respiratory infections, lung cancer and heart
May reduce energy needs disease
Need less fertilizer Damage to the ozone layer

The following should be avoided since they What effect of air pollution is caused when
contain CFC that destroys stratospheric sulfur dioxide gets into the atmosphere and
ozone except for combines with water?

Aerosols Global warming

Refrigerants Damage to ozone layer
Solvents Acid rain
Pesticides Respiratory infections

The most important advantage of sustainable For urban planning, the following should be
agriculture is considered by urban planners except for

Efficient irrigation Incorporating plenty of greenery

Improving food production without being
wasteful
Reducing cost and focus on profits
Conservation of the environment such as soil
and other natural resources
The following are the impacts of urban
sprawl except for
Ensuring enough housing
Carefully considering the balance of building's
functions
Restricting towns within the central business
district
Among the disadvantages of GM crops,
which is the most important one to humans?

Increasing traffic congestion and commute times
Air pollution
Availability of sufficient open space and
habitat
Inefficient energy consumption due to greater
reliance on oil
 
Harmful toxins and new allergens in food
Could disrupt the seed market
Lower genetic diversity
Unpredictable genetic and ecological effects
 
The following are considered to be the root
cause of traffic in Metro Manila except for

Effective urban planning

Lack of infrastructure
Absence of an efficient and integrated transport
system
Abandonment of old transportation corridors
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When an air-conditioning unit is no longer Pollution over urban areas that cause
emitting cold air, it may either need cleaning reduced visibility is called
or addition of this is a non-combustible gas
used as a refrigerant that may destroy ozone Temperature inversion
gases in the stratosphere. What is this gas? Smog
Light pollution
Air pollution
 
What effect of air pollution is caused by
CFCs from spray cans that are released into
Halon the air?
Freon
Aerosol Respiratory infections
Carbon dioxide Acid rain
Global warming
What is the most important advantage of Damage to ozone layer
organic agriculture?

Prevention of soil erosion and the use of The following are actions to protect the ozone
organic fertilizers such as animal manure and layer except for
compost but no sewage sludge to help replace
lost plant nutrients Avoid CFC containing products
Produces less air and water pollution and Minimize the use of cars
greenhouse gases Maintain air conditioning units
Uses no antibiotics or growth hormones to Use cleaning products with solvents
produce meat and meat products
Uses no genetically modified seeds This is the fossil fuel that is the least
  disruptive to the environment.
The following are the goals of land use except
for Coal
Crude oil
Environmental conservation Natural gas
Restraint of urban sprawl Coke
Maximization of transport cost  
Reduction in exposure to pollutants These are pollutants that combine to form
secondary pollutants
What odorless and colorless gas is produced
by cars and can kill humans if you breathe NO2
too much of it? Smog
Carbon monoxide
Sulfur dioxide Primary pollutants
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
CFCs
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The following are solutions regarding water

The following are effects of urbanization to
ecosystems except for
Loss of existing vegetation
Fragmentation of habitats and vegetation
Competition for resources
Enhanced Biotic diversity
Which of the following is NOT a problem
involved in urbanization?
problems in agriculture except for
Agricultural water management
Improvements in irrigation methods and
technologies
Water monitoring
Water parched crop types
By the end of the 30 days, the following are
the byproducts of composting except for

Traffic congestion CO2

Economic development Water vapor
Water pollution Humus
Air pollution Loam
 
The following should be ECOLOGICALLY Which of these countries emit the most
considered in making good decisions on the carbon dioxide due to its massive coal
use of land production needed?

Unique species in the land USA

Scenic beauty China
Outstanding potential for agriculture Russia
Presence of fossil fuels UK

This is the most harmful effect of food

production in water.

Increased runoff, sediment pollution and

flooding from cleared land
Algal blooms an fish kills in lakes and rivers
caused by runoff of fertilizers and
agricultural wastes
Waste water
Aquifer depletion
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Decline in natural habitat

The following are technological approaches in
This is regarded as the most abundant
addressing air pollution, global warming, and greenhouse gas, but most scientists believe
climate change except for that  produced directly by human activity
contributes very little to the amount of water
vapor in the atmosphere.
Wind energy
Solar energy Water vapor
Fossil fuel energy
Methane
Wave energy
Nitrogen
When we tackled organic agriculture Carbon dioxide

/farming in class, some of you mentioned that The following are the effects of acid rain on
denoted NATURAL way of farming. The aquatic ecosystems except for
following are involved in organic agriculture
More complicated food webs
except for
Reduction in reproductive capability of
organisms
Uses no antibiotics or growth hormones
Death of many organisms
Employs crop rotation and biological pest
control Sterility of fishes
Uses genetically modified seeds
Emphasizes prevention of soil erosion and the The following are environmental impacts of
use of organic fertilizers mining of fossil fuels in any nation especially
in the Philippines except for
The following are the environmental
problems associated with the mining, Increase in biotic diversity
Leakage of chemicals
transportation and use of coal except for Increase in the formation of subsidence
Increase in erosion
Subsidence of land as mine collapses
Air pollution due to the generation of a great The following are the effects of acid rain on
deal of dust
terrestrial ecosystems except for
Acid Mine Drainage due to Carbon dioxide
Acid Deposition
Acidic soil
Ca and Mg deficient soil
The conversion of a forest into an urban area Nutrient reduction
has several effects on the forest and other
factors in the environment. Which of the Retain the kind of good bacteria
following is an impact of urbanization on
natural habitat and ecosystem?
Increase in water retention
Soil conservation – to avoid soil degradation,
erosion and depletion of nutrients
Carbon sequestration -the process of capturing
and storing atmospheric CO2
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Climate change can overwhelm the capacity
of TERRESTRIAL ecosystems such as
grasslands and forests to mitigate the
following extreme events and disturbance
except for
Drought
Floods
Coral bleaching
Wildfires
One of the consequences of global warming
and climate change is the disruption of the
hydrologic cycle. The following are the effects
of climate change in the hydrologic cycle
except for
Increased evaporation
Increased moisture
Droughts in some areas and flooding in other
areas  change agreement except for
Air pollution
The following are the effects of global
warming and climate change to ecosystems
except for
Drives terrestrial biodiversity
Dissolution of skeletons of corals and shells in
coral reefs
Overwhelm the capacity of ecosystems to
mitigate extreme events and disturbances
Occurrence of wildfires, floods and drought
These are two pollutants that are results of
manmade air pollution
Nitrogen and carbon
Oxygen and Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxides and Nitrogen
Carbon monoxide and Nitrogen oxide
Which of the following will not prevent the
further buildup of greenhouse gases?
Buy an air conditioner that uses
chlorofluorocarbons.
Use your automobile less, and ride a bicycle
more.
Produce less waste that goes to landfills.
Buy an automobile that is more fuel-efficient.
One way for humans to have a positive
impact on local environments is to
Generate waste products as a result of
technological advances
Use resources that are renewable
Increase planting large areas of one crop
Increase the use of pesticides
The following are covered in the Paris climate
Continue all efforts to limit the rise of
temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Keep warming “well above 10 degrees
Celsius"
Aim for greenhouse gases emissions to peak as
soon as possible
Rapid reductions to achieve a balance between
emissions from human activity and the amount
that can be captured by sinks
Why is crop rotation such an important
farming technique?
It enclosed all the common land so peasants had
to move to the cities
It helped to keep the soil fertile
It planted seeds in a straight line
It helped water the plants
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Compared to other greenhouse gases, what is The following are the negative effects of
the gas which is the most effective at trapping agriculture caused by man on ecosystems
heat near the Earth's surface? except for

Nitrogen Average precipitation decreases

Carbon dioxide Loss of biodiversity
Water vapor Increase of biodiversity
Methane Nutrient runoff

Which of the following is not a renewable Underground coal miners suffer from various
energy source? respiratory and skin diseases. Such diseases
include the following except for
Solar
Wind Cirrhosis
Biomass Asthma
Natural gas Black lung disease
Silicosis
As tackled in class, photochemical smog is
formed due to thermal inversion of warm air What is the biggest single cause of air
with trapped pollutants on top of cold air pollution?
above the ground. Aside from that, the
following are the conditions for Air conditioning units
photochemical smog to develop in Metro Forest fires
Manila except for Factories
Automobiles

What should you not do to help fight climate

change?

Vote for political candidates who will advocate

During morning rush-hour traffic, there is an
increase in NO and VOCs.
In the evening as the sun sets and temperatures
rise, the production of ozone lessens.
Ozone, PANs and aldehyde levels rise and
remain high throughout the middle of the day.
There is an increase in the amount of NO2 due
to the presence of NO and VOCs.
for climate-related legislation and policy
improvements
Use automobiles more often
Engage yourself in the science behind climate
change
Divest from fossil fuel companies
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In order to control air pollution, the following
should be observed except for
Refrain from purchasing energy saving
devices
Always tighten the car's gas cap securely during
refueling
Use environmentally safe paints and cleaning
products
Observe composting leaves and yard waste
Energy efficiency in unplanned urban areas is
evident for the following reasons except for
The separation of blocks of homes from places
of business and shopping requires that additional
distances be driven
Congestion traffic routes result in hours
being spent in stop and go traffic.
The least energy efficient means of transporting
people is automobiles.
Nuclear family homes require more energy for
heating and cooling than single family dwellings
What was NOT a reason for rural-to-urban
migration?
Better jobs available in factories
Increase in farming jobs
The enclosure movement
Better farming inventions and technique
The following are solutions for farmers who
engage in sustainable agriculture except for
Soil conservation
Biological pest control
Fossil fuels
Efficient crops
One of the main sources of this greenhouse
gas is the agricultural industry due to the use
of fertilizers in addition to wastewater
management and the burning of fossil fuels.
What is this greenhouse gas?
Water vapor
Nitrogen oxide
Carbon dioxide
Methane
When human activity and natural process
damage land to the point that it no longer
support the local ecosystem
Erosion
Urbanization
Land degradation
Deforestation
The following involve industrialized
agriculture except for
Rely on non-therapeutic antibiotics
Rely on chemical pesticides
Rely on chemical inorganic fertilizers
Rely on biological pest controls
Urbanization is referred to as
The growth of urban areas caused by people
moving into cities
The process by which human activity and
natural processes damage land to the point that it
can no longer support the local ecosystem
Replacing forest, fields and grasslands with
houses, roads, schools and shopping areas
The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity
transports soil and sediment from one location to
another