B) sulfur dioxide

C) carbon monoxide

D) carbon dioxide

21. The major problem associated with the use of natural gas as fossil fuel is:

A) Low heating capacity

B) High level of pollution produced when burning gas

C) Transportation problems

D) None of the above

22. Fuel efficiency of 5 L gasoline per 100 km is equivalent to

A) 0.05 km/L

B) 20 km/L

C) 5 mpg

D) none of the above

23. At the present consumption rate, it is likely that coal reserves in the world could supply energy for human use for another ______ years.

A) 200 years

B) 50 years

C) 60 years

D) 20 years

24. Resources in Neoclassical Economics are considered as:

A) Resources exist in fixed (finite) amounts.

B) Expanded idea of resources: labor, knowledge, and capital.

C) Renewable and non-renewable resources.

D) None of the above

25. According to classic supply and demand theory, when demand is high supply is low, and market equilibrium occurs when supply equals demand.

A) True

B) False

26. All the following represent features of a Sustainable Commons EXCEPT for:

A) community members should live on resource

B) each community member may bring as many animals to the Commons as he/she needs

C) resource and use are to be actively monitored

D) effective conflict resolution mechanisms

E) Communal Resource Management Systems

27. The biggest off-shore oil deposit in Kazakhstan is

A) Tengis

B) Kashagan

C) Karachaganak

D) Kalamkas

28. Dominating Biome in Kazakhstan:

A) deserts

B) steppes

C) semi-deserts

D) forests

29. What is the major cause of all other environmental problems?

A) wars

B) overpopulation

C) depletion of resources

D) loss of biodiversity

E) pollution

30. Primary reason of Aral sea ecological catastrophe is

A) industrialization of Aral sea basin area

B) global climate change

C) overfishing and overhunting

D) poorly managed irrigation system

1. Ecology is the science that studies:

A) pollution of the environment

B) life on our planet

C) interaction between the organisms and the environment

D) global changes

2. ___________________ implies that only humans are morally significant, and nature is an instrument for human manipulation.

A) Biocentrism

B) Anthropocentrism

C) Modern environmentalism

D) Utilitarian conservation

Short-run atmospheric conditions existing at a given time and location

A) wind

B) climate

C) weather

D) tornado

4. The following street in Almaty is less polluted with lead:

A) Raimbek street

B) Al Farabi street

C) Tole Bi street

D) Seifullin street

5. Thermal inversion occurs when _______ air becomes sandwiched between two layers of ______ air and acts like a lid on a valley.

A) warm, cold

B) cold, warm

C) dry, humid

D) humid, dry

6. Wind represents a horizontal air movement from low to high pressure area.

A)True B) False

7. Which of the following air pollutants combines with atmospheric water to produce acid rain?

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