Environmental Science

Unit 1 Review:

Intro to Environmental Science and Sustainability

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Multiple Select

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

• Science is of no benefit to be if I'm not going to be a scientist.

• In thinking like a scientist, I can make any claim I want.

• With science, claims cannot be made without evidence.

• Science is an objective search for truth.

Environment

Society

Economics

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not an example of a commons?

• the air

• Privately owned farms

• the oceans

• shared grazing land

Multiple Choice

One way to describe the "Tragedy of The Commons" is...

• An economic issue where people do not have enough money to buy basic needs so they resort to stealing and breaking the law.

• A type of play where someone tragically dies or gets killed.

• Economic issue where individual self-interest is pitted against social good.

• A so common, basic, everyday tragedy

Multiple Choice

What best describes the concept of "sustainability"?

• It's the ability to read minds

• It's a process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• It's the ability for an individual to hoard resources.

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When something is "unsustainable", it can mean....

(Select all that apply)

• It cannot be continued

• all the resources are gone

• resources are used or depleted faster than they can be replenished

• resources can continue to be used for many generations

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What statements are true about Environmental Science? Select all that apply.

• Environmental Science is interdisciplinary.

• Environmental science and environmentalism are basically the same thing.

• Environmental science studies both abiotic and biotic parts of an ecosystem.

• You always have to be outdoors to practice environmental science.

Multiple Choice

What is overgrazing?

• When cows eat so much they get sick and throw up

• When a section of land is used for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.

• When horses eat too much grass

Multiple Choice

What is a negative consequence of overgrazing?

• vegetation or grass is damaged and the ground can no longer be used for feeding or agriculture.

• your animals cannot graze for one day

• your animals get sick

Multiple Choice

What is overfishing?

• The removal of bad fish from a environment

• The removal of dead fish from a body of water

• The removal of fish/ species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species cannot replenish in time.

Multiple Choice

What is one negative consequence overfishing can lead to?

• Fish can grow two heads

• Fish species can adapt in order to escape fishermen

• Fish species can either become depleted or very underpopulated in that given area.

Multiple Choice

The overuse of antibiotics in large-scale animal farms and the medical industry can lead to.....

• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria

  (Bacteria that are stronger against antibiotics)

• Healthier people

• Healthier people

• Bacteria that are vulnerable (weaker) against antibiotics

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Which of the following might be considered examples of "Tragedy of the Commons"? Select all that apply.

• Pollution of waterways

• When someone doesn't clean up after themselves in a shared space

• When someone breaks pencils that are shared in the classroom.

• How excess greenhouse gas emissions lead to climate change

• The overuse of antibiotics which can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a potential solution to misuse the commons?

• Improving literacy rates

• Inventing stronger antibiotics

• Passing a law to set limits for fisherpeople

• Getting rid of a resource

Multiple Choice

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Economics for showing how commons can be managed successfully?

• Georgina Harding

• Garrett Harding

• Elinor Ostrom

• Elaine Curie

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According to Elinor Ostrom's research, what are successful ways to manage a commons? Select all that apply.

• Having clear boundaries

• Having an escalating series of punishments for cheaters or offenders

• Harsh punishments for those who break rules

• Reliable monitoring of shared resources

Multiple Select

Which of the following items should NOT be placed in a blue Charleston County Recycling bin? Select all the apply.

• plastic bags

• chip bags

• aluminum cans

• paper

Multiple Select

Which of the following items can be recycled through Charleston County's MRF? Select all that apply.

• aluminum cans

• plastic bottles

• cardboard

• plastic film such as plastic bags

Multiple Choice

What does "MRF" stand for?

• Magical Recycling Factory

• Materials Recovery Facility

• Materials Recycling Fantasyland

• Management Reclamation Force

Multiple Choice

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly are called....

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• sustainable

• a waste

Multiple Choice

A world in which human populations can continue to exist indefinitely with a high standard of living and health may be called....

• population crisis

• consumption

• sustainable

• environment

Multiple Choice

A set of moral principles or values held by a person or a society is called

• ethics
• culture
• justice
• biocentrism

Multiple Choice

A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment is known as

• biocentrism
• environmentalism
• anthropocentrism
• ecocentrism

Multiple Choice

The value we place on an object or organism because it serves a purpose

• Instrumental value

• Intrinsic value

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The value that naturally exists in an object or organism

• Instrumental value

• Intrinsic value

Multiple Choice

Which of the following views are most consistent with an anthropocentric worldview?

• Nature exists for all of the Earth's species.

• A river has a right to exist due to its own intrinsic value.

• We are the planet's most important species.

• We must learn to cooperate with one another and with nature.