Environmental Risk and Mitigation Practices Presentation Quiz
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What is Environmental Risk Mitigation?

  • A process of identifying, controlling, analysing, and mitigating risk related to the environment (correct)
  • A process of ignoring environmental risks
  • A process of increasing pollution in the air and water
  • A process of depleting environmental resources

What can Environmental Risk Mitigation help prevent?

  • Increase in environmental sustainability
  • Depletion of energy
  • Increase in pollution
  • Depletion of resources (correct)

What does the Environmental Risk Management Plan include?

  • Increasing environmental risks, developing a risk management plan, ignoring progress
  • Analyzing and identifying risks or threats, developing a risk management plan, monitoring and reviewing progress (correct)
  • Identifying risks but not developing a risk management plan
  • Mitigating risks, analyzing and increasing threats, not monitoring progress

Why is it important to identify environmental risks?

<p>To control or prevent risks that can cause damage to the environment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some examples of risks related to the environment?

<p>Polluting the air and water (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of Environmental Risk Mitigation Practices and Activities?

<p>To identify and mitigate risks related to the environment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main cause of climate change since the 1800s?

<p>Burning of fossil fuels (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the harmful materials introduced into the environment called?

<p>Pollutants (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main negative effect of deforestation?

<p>Negative impact on biodiversity and climate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary cause of soil erosion?

<p>Dynamic activity of erosive agents (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are examples of pollutants?

<p>Volcanic ash and trash (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do pesticides affect the environment?

<p>Contaminate soil, water, turf, and other vegetation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a consequence of increased soil erosion?

<p>Increase in amount of dust carried by wind (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does climate change increase the risk of illness?

<p>By increasing temperature and heavy rains (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in the Earth’s atmosphere?

<p>Burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary cause of pollution in the environment?

<p>Runoff produced by factories (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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