CIA #1 - Envi Sci

What is made up of all of the living and nonliving things on Earth?

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

Sustainability is...

• Not using resources at all.

• Rapidly consuming to meet current demand without thought of the future.

• The ability to meet the current demand without depleting the future supply.

• Not possible.

Environmental science is interdisciplinary, this means

• It is restricted to one branch of science only.

• Many branches of science and other non-science disciplines, such as economics and politics, play a role.

• It has nothing to do with science.

• Environmental issues are specific to one branch of science only.

Trees are considered _______________________ resources because they will grow back in time.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Exhaustible

• Limited

Which of the following is an example of The Tragedy of the Commons?

• A farmer cutting down trees to plant crops

• A country declaring war on another country.

• Nations overusing oil reserves in international waters leading to resource depletion.

• A farmer overplanting his field and having a poor crop harvest.

A natural resource that is formed more slowly than it is used is called

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Exhaustible

• Limited

What is the relationship between economies and the environment?

• Economies depend on the environment for goods and services.

• Economies harm the environment.

• The environment is independent of economies.

• There is no relationship.

When demand for a product is high, producers will

• decrease supply and decrease prices

• increase supply and decrease prices

• increase supply and increase prices

• no change in prices or supply

When demand for a product is low, producers will

• decrease supply and decrease prices

• increase supply and decrease prices

• increase supply and increase prices

• no change in prices or supply

An ecological footprint shows

• the land and water needed to support a person or community

• only the land needed to support a person or community

• the raw materials a person or community consumes

• only the water needed to support a person or community