Environmental Science Quiz For Avid Learners

Into a large pool of red latex, the balloon-shaped fingers dip in and out, taking a coating of latex. Earlier in the method, these fingers are dipped into a coagulant so that the latex adheres. This coagulant might include any except which of the followin

Alcohol

Mercuric oxide

Salt water

Calcium nitrate

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Lysosome means:

Enzyme-Holding Organelle

Paralytic Agent

Gene Structure

Disinfectant

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A happy customer takes our little red balloon out of the florist's shop. A strong blast of wind removes it from its ribbon tether. The happy little balloon floats free in the breeze! But which of these ecological risks have freely drifting balloons been p

Free-floating balloons have injured migratory waterfowl.

The millions of released balloons have caused significant atmospheric ozone depletion.

None of these

Free-floating balloons have lured away bee swarms, depleting hive populations.

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Our balloon's story starts when a milky white drop falls from a lacerated rubber tree into a waiting cup. Latex is being obtained for use in the production of a latex balloon. How do contemporary balloon producers explain the process by which raw material

A thin layer of bark is carefully shaved from a rubber tree and a small cup left underneath the cut to collect the milky white fluid that exudes from the unharmed tree.

Metal taps are cruelly inserted deep into the trunk of a rubber tree at multiple sites. The latex rich living sap is sucked into receptacles. The tree soon dies and is left to rot.

Virgin bamboo forests in Brazil are ruthlessly clear-cut. The entire tree is ground into bits and compressed to squeeze out latex rich fluid.

Small bamboo tubes are thrust through the living bark into the vital cambium layer to extract the latex rich sap. Repeated "taps" first interfere with growth; and after several months, the exploited trees die.

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Our little red balloon is floating in the breeze but rising firmly. Based on National Weather Service data, what altitude would our amazingly buoyant 11-inch, intact, helium-filled balloon typically arrive?

5,000 feet

28,000 feet

2000 feet

1000 feet

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Based on data supplied by the National Weather Service and on laboratory studies, what is considered to be the future of most of the millions of latex balloons released both deliberately and accidentally each year?

The balloon floats until enough helium has diffused out for it to sink back to earth in an intact, single piece.

The balloon floats and is carried about by prevailing winds until encountering a natural or man-made object which pops it.

Atmospheric ozone at higher altitudes decomposes the latex. Ultimately a small hole develops causing the balloon to deflate and fall back to earth.

The balloon rises until falling atmospheric pressure results in a degree of expansion of the balloon that causes the stretched and now frozen rubber of the balloon to burst into numerous small fragments.

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What is Mycotoxin ?

Semi-Hazardous Substance

Yellow-Colored Poison

Fungal-Produced Poison

Insecticide

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Our little red helium balloon has exploded, and its fragments are now plunging toward the ground. Which of the following have been documented to have happened as the outcome of falling balloon fragments?

Injury to migrating waterfowl

Snapping of power lines

None of these

Injury to small terrestrial animals on which the fragments fall

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Our small red balloon is packaged and shipped to a florist. The florist roughly forces the balloon opening over the nipple of a helium tank and clamps down on the balloon neck. The balloon is vigorously engorged with helium to near bursting. Secured to a

Yes

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In addition to recognizing what ecological risks a free-floating balloon might pose, there might be threats to humans and human property as well. Which of the following damaging results have free-floating balloons been shown to produce?

None of these

In 1961, near Roswell, New Mexico, an Army Helicopter crashed when a stray floating balloon became entangled in its rotor.

In 2003, a balloon floated into a nuclear power plant, jammed a reactor fuel rod and required an emergency shutdown of the reactor.

In 1967, a floating balloon picked up on radar triggered a Norad missile launch.

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Environmental Science Quiz For Avid Learners

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Into a large pool of red latex, the balloon-shaped fingers dip in and out, taking a coating of latex. Earlier in the method, these fingers are dipped into a coagulant so that the latex adheres. This coagulant might include any except which of the followin

Lysosome means:

A happy customer takes our little red balloon out of the florist's shop. A strong blast of wind removes it from its ribbon tether. The happy little balloon floats free in the breeze! But which of these ecological risks have freely drifting balloons been p

Our balloon's story starts when a milky white drop falls from a lacerated rubber tree into a waiting cup. Latex is being obtained for use in the production of a latex balloon. How do contemporary balloon producers explain the process by which raw material

Our little red balloon is floating in the breeze but rising firmly. Based on National Weather Service data, what altitude would our amazingly buoyant 11-inch, intact, helium-filled balloon typically arrive?

Based on data supplied by the National Weather Service and on laboratory studies, what is considered to be the future of most of the millions of latex balloons released both deliberately and accidentally each year?

What is Mycotoxin ?

Our little red helium balloon has exploded, and its fragments are now plunging toward the ground. Which of the following have been documented to have happened as the outcome of falling balloon fragments?

Our small red balloon is packaged and shipped to a florist. The florist roughly forces the balloon opening over the nipple of a helium tank and clamps down on the balloon neck. The balloon is vigorously engorged with helium to near bursting. Secured to a

In addition to recognizing what ecological risks a free-floating balloon might pose, there might be threats to humans and human property as well. Which of the following damaging results have free-floating balloons been shown to produce?

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