Environmental Science Unit 1 Test Study Guide

A movement that uses political methods to influence legislation and public opinion to protect the natural world.

Coal, oil and natural gas are nonrenewable resources because they form more __________ than they can be replaced.

These are parts of the environment:

• forests

• the oceans

• people

• air

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Sunlight is a ______________ resource because it is constantly replenished.

Science assumes that the world around us operates according to ___________ principles.

• predictable

• random

• constantly changing

• unknowable

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An example of qualitative data is

• length

• mass

• odor

• velocity

Peer review is a process in which a scientist's work is reviewed by

• the media

• political leaders

• the public

• other scientists with similar levels of training

Anthropocentrism puts ______________ at the center of environmental questions.

• people

• animals

• plants

• natural resources

What is true about changes in scientific thought?

• Scientific thought should never change under any circumstances.

• Scientific thought usually changes suddenly and dramatically.

• Scientific thought can change after evidence shows the need to correct and improve.

• Scientific thought changes when a majority of scientists change their mind on an issue.

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A field such as environmental science that uses information from many other fields is ______________________.