Understanding Our Environment 1

___________Is the Study of air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community

• The Goal of Environmental Science

• Environmental Science

• Biology

Study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environments

• Sustainability
• Ecology
• Environmental Science
• Renewable Resource

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The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes

• Loss of biodiversity
• Supply and demand
• Agriculture
• Ecology

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Which of the following sciences contribute to the field of environmental science?

• Physics and Chemistry
• Biology and Earth Science
• Social Sciences
• All options are correct

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During the period of human history known as the _____________, human populations grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods.

• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution
• "Tragedy of the Commons"
• Hunter-gatherer period

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What did hunter-gatherers do to alter the environment?

• Started using fossil fuels

• Over-hunt large mammals/Burn prairie to maintain grassland

• Replaced wetlands with farmlands

Because Environmental Science encompasses so many different fields of study, it is said to be a(n) ________________ science.

• Ecological
• Interdisciplinary
• Social
• Human

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Which time period in human history occurred prior to the others listed below?

• Hunter-gatherer
• Industrial Revolution
• Post-Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution

Which major changes in human society and the environment occurred during the Industrial Revolution?

• People lived in small tribes; many mammals went extinct
• Domesticated plants were altered; forest was replaced with farmland
• Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased
• Common grazing areas were replaced with closed fields

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What did the Agricultural Revolution do to alter the environment?

• Started using fossil fuels

• Over-hunt large mammals/Burn prairie to maintain grassland

• Replaced grasslands, forest,and wetlands with farmlands