Unit 1 Quiz: What's the Problem Here?

When people are able to use a resource in a way that keeps it available for future generations to use the same way, they are practicing:

• Environmental Science

• Ecology

• Sustainability

• Ecological precautions

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Which choice best describes a country's ecological footprint?

• it's the footprint(s) of the scientist(s) who have studied the country's environment

• it's a way to measure the effect natural processes affect the environment

• it's a way to measure how many kinds of plants and animals live in a particular country

• it's a measure of the impact human lifestyles have on their natural environment

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Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.

• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.

• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.

• We are using the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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A researcher suspects that students who practice volleyball for 30 minutes before taking a test will score higher than students who do not. What is the dependent variable in her experiment?

• how long students play volleyball

• how long students study for the test

• how well students do on the test

• the team that wins the volleyball game

A student decides to test the water fountains at school to see which one has the coldest water. He thinks the water fountains farthest away from the water heater will have the coldest water. What is the independent variable in his experiment?

• the distance between water fountains and the water heater

• the temperature of the water

• the brand of water fountain and temperature of the air in the building

• the temperature of the water heater

This field of study is interdisciplinary. It involves the study of biology, chemistry, and other natural sciences as well as economics, ethics, engineering, and other disciplines.

• environmentalism

• linguistics

• environmental science

• sustainability

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During the period of human history known as the ________, human populations grew rapidly because people learned to grow crops in one place rather than moving to find food.

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural revolution

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Hunter-gatherer period

This event is associated with a rapid increase in human population as we began to use fossil fuels and other technologies to increase food production and support more people.

• Agricultural Revolution

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Industrial Revolution

• Environmentalism

Which describes the situation that any resource open to everyone will eventually be overused and depleted because everyone can use the resource but no one is responsible for it?

• “Tragedy of the Commons”

• Sustainability

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

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Which of the following is not a renewable natural resource?

• plastic

• wood

• energy from sun

• fresh water