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Land, Air, and Water Resources

Chapter Test A

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. D
11. primary
12. ice
13. ultraviolet
14. ozone
15. municipal solid waste
16. T
17. T
18. T
19. F, unequally
20. T
21. Answers will vary but should be two
ways to reduce emissions from motor
vehicles, such as carpooling, riding
bicycles, walking, using public
transportation, requiring the use of
cleaner fuel, and requiring motor
vehicles to have better emissioncontrol systems.
22. 17.9 percent
23. 63.8 percent

24. Non-diesel vehicles release 295 times

more emissions than diesel vehicles
(59/0.2).
25. One way is to leave fields fallow, or
unplanted with crops. A second way is
to leave unused parts of crops in the
fields rather than clearing them away.
A third way is through crop rotation,
which is planting different crops in a
field each year.
26. Oil from an oil spill can pollute water
in a river or the ocean. Oil can be
stored in underground storage tanks
and leak, polluting soil and
groundwater.
27. Sample answer: Never pour chemicals
down the drain or flush them down the
toilet. Save these materials for the
communitys hazardous household
waste collection.
28. Most of Earths water is not available
for human use. Most of Earths water is
salt water or in the form of ice. The
fresh liquid water that is available is
not always close to where people live.
The water cycle cannot always replace
water as fast as people use it. Areas
that receive less rainfall than normal
might experience a water shortage. If
water is polluted, the water might not
be cleaned as fast as people need it.

Land, Air, and Water Resources

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