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Environmental issues in Russia - Quiz
Contributed by: Chadwick
  • 1. What is the primary factor that differentiates high-level waste from low-level waste?
A) The volume of the waste
B) The weight of the material
C) The geographical location of production
D) The level of radioactivity exposure
  • 2. Which minerals were extracted at the Moscow Polymetal Plant?
A) Lead and mercury
B) Coal and iron ore
C) Plutonium and radium
D) Uranium and thorium
  • 3. What is the primary cause of soil erosion in northern Russia near the Ural Mountains?
A) Heavy rainfall
B) Industrial mining
C) Nuclear radiation
D) Snow run-off
  • 4. What limit defines low-level alpha activity per tonne according to the World Nuclear Association?
A) Two giga-becquerels
B) Four giga-becquerels
C) Ten giga-becquerels
D) Twelve giga-becquerels
  • 5. Which entity is responsible for the ownership of the Moscow Polymetal Plant?
A) Greenpeace
B) Rosatom State Energy Corporation
C) The Center for Disease Control
D) The Ural Environmental Bureau
  • 6. What potential health risk is mentioned as a result of DNA damage from radiation?
A) Respiratory failure
B) Neurological paralysis
C) Autoimmune disease
D) Cancer
  • 7. Why is the SouthEast Chord highway construction project considered controversial?
A) It destroys natural forest habitats
B) It disrupts local water supplies
C) It passes through a site with nuclear waste
D) It exceeds the national budget
  • 8. What activities have led to wind erosion in southern Russia?
A) Urban sprawl and building construction
B) Overgrazing and deforestation
C) Chemical runoff and mining
D) Drought and wildfires
  • 9. Low-level radioactive waste includes materials that have done what?
A) Been used for nuclear fuel rods
B) Been buried for over 50 years
C) Undergone chemical refining
D) Come in contact with radioactive waste
  • 10. What is the maximum limit for gamma-beta activity in low-level waste?
A) Four giga-becquerels per tonne
B) Eight giga-becquerels per tonne
C) Sixteen giga-becquerels per tonne
D) Twelve giga-becquerels per tonne
  • 11. How long ago was the Moscow Polymetal Plant shut down?
A) Over 10 years ago
B) Over 50 years ago
C) Over 5 years ago
D) Over 100 years ago
  • 12. According to the text, what can radiation damage in the human body?
A) Blood pressure and heart rate
B) Bone density and skin pigment
C) DNA and major organs
D) Muscle fibers and vision
  • 13. Which organization reported on the radiation levels surrounding the Moscow Polymetal Plant?
A) The World Nuclear Association
B) Greenpeace
C) The Russian Ministry of Defense
D) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • 14. Where is the SouthEast Chord highway being constructed?
A) Southern Russia
B) Northern Russia
C) Moscow
D) The Ural Mountains
  • 15. What is typically done with high-level radioactive waste?
A) Exported to international facilities
B) Stored at the site of production
C) Recycled for industrial manufacturing
D) Incinerated in specialized plants
  • 16. By the 1990s, what percentage of Russia's territory showed significant ecological stress?
A) 40%
B) 25%
C) 60%
D) 10%
  • 17. How much faster is Russia warming compared to the rest of the globe?
A) 1.5 times faster
B) 2.5 times faster
C) 3 times faster
D) 5 times faster
  • 18. How many zapovedniks currently exist in Russia?
A) 150
B) 200
C) 101
D) 50
  • 19. Which of these animals is mentioned as facing extinction in Russia?
A) Siberian husky
B) Russian brown bear
C) Amur tiger
D) Arctic fox
  • 20. In which city was the tiger summit held in 2010?
A) Novosibirsk
B) Vladivostok
C) St. Petersburg
D) Moscow
  • 21. What is the estimated annual financial loss due to illegal logging in Russia?
A) $100 million
B) $1 billion
C) $500 million
D) $2 billion
  • 22. According to the Center for Russian Environmental Policy, how many hectares of forest are lost annually?
A) 20 million
B) 5 million
C) 10 million
D) 16 million
  • 23. What was Russia's 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index score?
A) 9.50/10
B) 9.02/10
C) 7.95/10
D) 8.50/10
  • 24. How much more pollution per unit of GNP did the Soviet Union generate compared to the U.S. before 1991?
A) 1.5 times as much
B) 0.5 times as much
C) 3 times as much
D) 2 times as much
  • 25. By what percentage could upgrading energy sector equipment cut carbon emissions?
A) 50%
B) 40%
C) 15%
D) 25%
  • 26. What percentage of Russia's energy is produced by polluting fossil fuels?
A) 68%
B) 80%
C) 55%
D) 45%
  • 27. What is the primary cause of the increase in air pollution in modern Russian cities?
A) Deforestation
B) Increased industrial production
C) Increased coal usage
D) More vehicles on the roads
  • 28. What was the main source of air pollution in Russia before the 1990s?
A) Agriculture
B) Nuclear testing
C) Industries
D) Motor vehicles
  • 29. Air pollution is linked to what percentage of childhood diseases in Russia?
A) 10%
B) 17%
C) 50%
D) 41%
  • 30. Air pollution is linked to what percentage of respiratory diseases in Russia?
A) 41%
B) 17%
C) 10%
D) 16%
  • 31. What percentage of surface water in Russia is estimated to be polluted?
A) 8%
B) 75%
C) 50%
D) 10%
  • 32. What percentage of wastewater is fully treated in Russia before being returned to waterways?
A) 17%
B) 75%
C) 8%
D) 50%
  • 33. Which disease outbreak in 1995 was linked to the Moskva River?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Typhoid
C) Dysentery
D) Cholera
  • 34. What substance has been linked to large-scale fish deaths in the Black and Caspian seas?
A) Lead
B) Radioactive iodine
C) Mercury
D) Hydrogen sulfide
  • 35. What industrial activity previously caused environmental pollution in Lake Baikal?
A) Paper plants
B) Nuclear weapons production
C) Coal mining
D) Oil extraction
  • 36. Until what year was military nuclear waste dumped into the Sea of Japan?
A) 1993
B) 1990
C) 1999
D) 1995
  • 37. Where is the Mayak atomic weapons production plant located?
A) Near Moscow
B) Near Chelyabinsk
C) Near Yekaterinburg
D) Near Volgograd
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