5.22 Quiz: Environmental Challenges for Students

Study Notes

Environmental Challenges Faced by the World Today

Industrial and transportation toxins, plastic, oil spills, acid rain, and urban waste are causing depredation and defiling of the sea, rivers, and water beds.
Global weather pattern changes, extreme snowstorms, the spread of deserts, and ocean and land temperature surge leading to a rise in sea levels.
Overpopulation is one of the biggest environmental challenges faced by the world today.
The exhaustion of the world’s natural non-renewable resources from oil reserves to minerals to potable water.
A waste disposal catastrophe due to excessive waste unloaded by communities in landfills and oceans, including nuclear waste.
Destruction of million-year-old ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and extinction of particular species.
Reduction of oxygen and the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of deforestation, leading to the rise in ocean acidity.
Depletion of the ozone layer due to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere.
Deadly acid rain due to fossil fuel combustion, toxic chemicals from erupting volcanoes, and rotting vegetables in garbage dumps.
Water pollution arising from industrial and community waste residues seeping into underground water tables, rivers, and seas.
Urban sprawls that continue to expand, destroying farmlands, increasing traffic gridlock, making smog cloud a permanent urban fixture.
Pandemics and other threats to public health arising from wastes mixing with drinking water, polluted environments, and pollution.

Man-made Pollution:

Sandstorms and combustion exhaust from traffic and industrial waste have made Riyadh one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Coal fumes from industries have contaminated 20% of China's soil, threatening the food supply.

Description

Test your knowledge on the pressing environmental challenges faced by the world today with this informative quiz. From industrial toxins to overpopulation to climate change, this quiz covers a range of topics that are affecting our planet. Learn about the depletion of natural resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and the impact of pollution on public health. With questions on specific examples of environmental challenges, this quiz will help you understand the gravity of the situation and what we can do to mitigate it. Take the quiz now and see how much