Intro to Environmental Science

Define environment.

• All the living things in an area.
• All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area.
• All of the water and air in an area.
• All of the trees and animals in an area

What is environmental science?

• The study of how humans interact with the environment.
• The study of how humans use resources.
• The study of how humans pollute.
• All of these.

What is environmentalism?

• Standing up for the environment in some way.
• Actively conducting experiments to pinpoint pollution.
• Hiking, fishing and canoeing.
• None of these.

An example of a natural resource is

• oil
• air
• aluminum
• all of these

An example of a renewable natural resource is

• Oil
• Coal
• Wind
• Natural gas

What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

• Coal
• Wind
• Solar
• Geothermal

What is sustainability?

• Using up resources.
• Slowly using resources.
• Only using one resource at a time.
• Managing resources so that they last a very long time.

What is a fossil fuel?

• Coal
• Oil
• Natural gas
• All of these

A hypothesis is

• a possible answer to a question
• testable
• part of the scientific method
• all of these

An independent variable is 

• the one that the scientist changes
• the one that is measured
• the one that is not measured
• the one that is not included in the experiment