Environmental Science Test 1

What is ecology?

• the study of how living things interact in its environment

• living things in the environment

• how the environment affects living things

• non living things in the environment

How did hunter and gatherers affect the environment? Choose all that apply.

• they grew crops

• over hunted species to extinction and set fires to prevent trees from growing

• chopped down trees

• none of the above

What is environmental science?

• the study of science

• how science and space interacts

• studying the environment

• the physical,and biological study of the environment

The practice of growing,and caring for plants and animals that are used for food.

• farming

• environmental problems

• agriculture

• farmland

How many major fields of study contribute to environmental science?

• 14

• 8

• 5

• 1

What are natural resources?

• materials from the ground

• materials that are made by hand

• any natural materials that are used by humans

• materials from the sea

Which answer is considered a biodegradable pollutant?

• bones

• human sewage

• sticks

• none of the above

An undesired change in air, water, or soil

• resources

• hazard

• pollution

• depleted materials

renewable resources

• can be replaced quickly

• needed to survive

• birds

• none of the above

When trees are harvested faster than they can grow?

• diversity

• agriculture

• deforestation

• extinction