Unit 2 Review: Welcome to the Anthropocene

Unit 2 Review: Welcome to the Anthropocene

By Ms. Saunders

Multiple Select

Which of the following are TRUE about synthetic materials? Select all that apply.

• They are made from natural resources

• They are made by humans through chemical reactions

• A chemical change doesn't need to occur to make a synthetic material

• Physical changes to natural resources can make synthetic materials.

Multiple Choice

Chemical change or physical change?

• Chemical Change
• Physical Change

Multiple Choice

Chemical change or physical change?

• Chemical Change
• Physical Change

Multiple Choice

Chemical change or physical change?

• Chemical Change
• Physical Change

Multiple Choice

Chemical change or physical change?

• Chemical Change
• Physical Change

Open Ended

What's a sign that a chemical change has occurred?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are TRUE about synthetic materials? Select all that apply.

• They are made from natural resources

• They are made by humans through chemical reactions

• A chemical change doesn't need to occur to make a synthetic material

• Physical changes to natural resources can make synthetic materials.

Multiple Choice

Approximately how old is Planet Earth?

• 62,000 years

• 4.54 million years

• 6.2 billion years

• 4.54 billion years

Multiple Select

What is the Geologic Timescale determined by?

• Characteristics and changes in Earth's surface

• Characteristics and changes in Earth's climate

• Characteristics and changes in the types of organisms on Earth

• Nothing; the units of time are the same regardless of what was happening on Earth

Multiple Choice

What epoch began 11,750 years ago?

• Holocene

• Pleistocene

• Miocene

• The Big Cene

Multiple Select

What is a major characteristic of the Holocene epoch? Select all that apply!

• A warmer climate (the "Ice Age" was before)

• A more stable climate

• A cooler climate

• A less stable climate

Multiple Choice

What do scientists believe humans were able to do because of the warmer, more stable climate of the Holocene?

• Invent agriculture

• Shift to a more nomadic lifestyle

• Control fire

• Start making tools

Explanation Slide...

It's hard to grow things when it's too cold!

Multiple Choice

There is light that we cannot see.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?

• X-rays
• Visible Light
• Gamma Rays
• Ultraviolet Rays

Multiple Choice

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

• Gamma Rays
• Radio Waves
• Visible Light
• Infrared rays

Multiple Choice

The modern technology that helps scientists gather data about the temperature, weather, land cover, oceans, and more about planet Earth is......

• weather vanes

• instachat stories reports

• satellites in space

• wind socks

Multiple Choice

Impacts on our Earth in the Anthropocene are primarily being caused by:

• squirrels

• sea life

• humans

• insects

Open Ended

What are some signs of the Anthropocene? (You can name human impacts on the environment)

Multiple Choice

Scientists all agree exactly when the Anthropocene is said to start.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What happened July 16th, 1945 that has led some scientists to believe that is the start date of the Anthropocene?

• Plastic was invented

• The first oil spill occurred

• Humans started agriculture

• The first nuclear bomb was tested

This was at the Trinity Site in New Mexico

Multiple Choice

What are the steps, in order, of the linear consumption economy?

• Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption Disposal

• Production, Consumption, Distribution, Disposal, Extraction

• Production, Distribution, Consumption, Extraction, Disposal

• Disposal, Extraction, Distribution, Consumption, Production

Multiple Choice

The cultural orientation that leads people to find meaning, satisfaction, and satisfaction for what they consume

• 
  consumption
• consumerism
• 
  ecological footprint
• 
  ecological overshoot

Open Ended

What is one way we are driven to the "golden arrow of consumption"?

Multiple Choice

A place where garbage is buried

• local living economies
• distribution
• disposal
• landfill

Multiple Choice

An apparatus for burning waste material, esp. industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash

• Recycling
• Midden
• Incinerator
• Waste Disposal

Open Ended

What happened in Flint, MI, starting in 2014?