Ecology Ch1 Sect1 Science & the Environment, the 4 Revolutio

Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?

• filling a car with gasoline

• building wooden furniture

• mining copper

• burning coal in a power plant

During the _____ period(s), humans altered their habitats.

• hunter-gatherer

• agricultural revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• All of these

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The _____ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution.

• overhunting of large mammals

• shift in the use of fossil fuels

• improved quality of life

• growth of cities

Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

• Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen.

• Species extinctions have been rare throughout history.

• Loss of biodiversity is not a concern because extinctions are common.

• Animal adaptations are occuring faster

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During the agricultural revolution,

• fossil fuel use increased.

• plants and animals were domesticated.

• human populations decreased due to disease.

• Ice Age animals went extinct

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Which of the following describes the depletion of a renewable resource?

• hunting of excess deer to maintain a healthy population size

• mining coal

• increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power

• intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients

Most of today’s environmental problems began during which period(s) in human history?

• hunter-gatherer period

• agricultural revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• green revolution

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The term “biodiversity” refers to

• The number of species living on Earth.

• The number and variety of species living on Earth.

• The number and variety of species that are considered renewable.

• The number and variety of species that live in an area.

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An important effect that hunter-gatherer societies may have had on the environment was

• soil erosion

• extinction

• air pollution

• over population

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An important effect of the agricultural revolution was

• soil erosion

• habitat destruction

• plant and animal domestication

• all of these

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