Intro to Environmental Science

A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest would be considered a(n) __________

• environmentalist
• ecological footprint
• peer reviewer
• environmental scienctist

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A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called __________

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• ecological
• stustainable

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Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?

• wind energy
• sunlight
• natural gas
• geothermal energy

The ____________________ includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.

• Economy
• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Ecological

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There are limits to many of our ____________________, materials and energy sources provided by nature, that humans need to survive.

• Natural Resources
• Ecology
• Environment

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____________________ is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad, right and wrong.

• Ecology
• Environmental
• Ethics
• Biology

Which of the following are considered part of the environment?

• forest
• people
• buildings
• all of these

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In the last several hundred years, human population has ___________________ dramatically.

• Increased
• Decreased
• Stayed the same
• none of the above

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True or False? Humans affect the environment but the environment does NOT affect us.

• True

• False

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Which of these is not an example of a commons?

• Aquifers
• The ocean
• Privately owned farms
• Highways