Ecology Chapter 1 Quiz

Natural science

• can only be conducted by trained specialists.

• all of the choices

• is a study of anything a person can think of.

• is a study of nature.

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Natural capital consists of natural ________ and natural services.

• Resources

• Economic services

• Climate change

• Gross national product

Which of the following is considered a nonrenewable resource?

• Solar energy

• Fresh air

• Biological diversity

• Metallic minerals

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The tragedy of the commons refers to the overuse of

• Solar capital

• Government regulation

• synthetic chemical

• common property

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An ecological footprint is

• The amount of wilderness available on the earth

• The amount of biologically productive land and water a person uses

• A measure of the earth's biological capacity

• A measure of a person's contribution to creating a sustainable environment

Nonrenewable resources

• Exist in a fixed quantity.

• Are renewable, but only over millions or billions of years.

• Can be depleted within dozens or hundreds of years.

• All of these choices.

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Ecology is the study of how:

• the physical environment changes over time
• biotic factors change over time
• matter interacts with energy in our environment
• living things interact with each other and their environment

What is NOT an example of a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydroelectric

What is NOT an example of a non renewable resource?

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Wind

Sustainability is defined as…

• Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.

• Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.

• Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

• Not consuming any resources at all.