| 201 |
Pollination of crops by wild bees is classified as which type of ecosystem service? |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Easy |
| 202 |
Soil formation and nutrient cycling belong to which category of ecosystem services? |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Easy |
| 203 |
The ecological footprint is expressed in which unit? |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Medium |
| 204 |
A region's ecological footprint is 4 global hectares per person while its biocapacity is 2.5 global hectares … |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Medium |
| 205 |
A downstream city pays upland villagers to protect forests that keep its water supply clean. This arrangement… |
Environmental Studies
Natural capital regeneration |
Hard |
| 206 |
Stratospheric ozone is measured in: |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Easy |
| 207 |
In the chlorine cycle Cl + O₃ → ClO + O₂ followed by ClO + O → Cl + O₂, chlorine acts as: |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Medium |
| 208 |
The international treaty that set timetables to phase out CFCs and halons is the: |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Easy |
| 209 |
The Kigali Amendment of 2016 brought which gases under the Montreal Protocol? |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Medium |
| 210 |
Why does the most severe ozone loss occur over Antarctica in spring rather than over the tropics? |
Environmental Studies
Ozone depletion |
Hard |
| 211 |
Greenhouse gases warm the Earth mainly by absorbing: |
Environmental Studies
Global warming and climate agreements |
Easy |
| 212 |
Which agricultural practice is a major source of methane? |
Environmental Studies
Global warming and climate agreements |
Easy |
| 213 |
Under the Kyoto Protocol, legally binding emission targets applied to: |
Environmental Studies
Global warming and climate agreements |
Medium |
| 214 |
The Paris Agreement differs from the Kyoto Protocol mainly because under Paris: |
Environmental Studies
Global warming and climate agreements |
Medium |
| 215 |
Arrange these in chronological order: (1) Paris Agreement adopted (2) Kyoto Protocol adopted (3) IPCC establi… |
Environmental Studies
Global warming and climate agreements |
Hard |
| 216 |
The international convention that aims to eliminate or restrict persistent organic pollutants is the: |
Environmental Studies
Waste dumping and POPs |
Easy |
| 217 |
The Bamako Convention differs from the Basel Convention because it: |
Environmental Studies
Waste dumping and POPs |
Medium |
| 218 |
POPs have been detected in polar bears and Inuit people far from any industry. This is mainly due to their: |
Environmental Studies
Waste dumping and POPs |
Medium |
| 219 |
Which group of substances was part of the original "dirty dozen" POPs? |
Environmental Studies
Waste dumping and POPs |
Easy |
| 220 |
A European firm ships drums of toxic sludge to a developing country that has agreed in writing to receive it … |
Environmental Studies
Waste dumping and POPs |
Hard |