GEEC 101: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MIDTERM EXAM

The following are the Health reasons why we need to preserve Biodiversity, EXCEPT?

• Higher biodiversity has also been linked to lower instance of diseases.

• Both medicinal plants and manufactured pharmaceuticals rely on biodiversity.

• Many marine species use chemical-based, defense mechanisms.

• The higher the diversity in an ecosystem the greater the potential for the manufacture of products in the future.

The following are essential life-supporting biophysical environment, EXCEPT?

• habitat

• technology

• oxygen

• food & water

Which of the following is NOT part of the physical element of the environment?

• water bodies

• landforms and rocks

• plants and animals

• soils and minerals

The non-essential life-assisting environment, includes all the entities or processes that assist human life in various ways, EXCEPT?

• anthropogenic environment

• biophysical entities

• man-made environment

• social environment

The following are significant scopes of Environmental Science, EXCEPT?

• Home and family structure

• Management of natural resources

• Prevention and control of pollution

• Conservation of ecosystem and biodiversity

The following are Importance of Environmental Science, which is NOT?

• A. Industry-friendly mode by adopting efficient technologies.

• B. Create a pollution-free environment by adopting different methods of preventing and controlling pollution.

• C. Utilize our natural resources such as water, forest, minerals, and fossil fuels efficiently, with maximum utility and minimum wastage, by adopting conservation and recycling strategies.

• D. Solve complex global environmental problems such as climate change, ozone-layer depletion, desertification, and energy crisis by using different interdisciplinary tools and approaches.

The environmental principle that deals with all biotic and abiotic components interact with each other to guarantee that the system is preserved. Any outside intervention may result in an imbalance and the degeneration of the system.

• Nature knows best

• Everything changes

• All forms of life are important

• Everything is connected to everything else

Which among the following which is/are Biological element in the environment

• Animals

• Plants

• Microorganisms

• All of the above

Nutrients pass from the environment to the bios and back to the environment. Any disturbance in the cycle can bring about imbalance. Our nature knows everything.

What principle of environment is this?

• Nature knows best

• Everything changes

• All forms of life are important

• Everything is connected to everything else

The world is steadily changing, and nothing is stable anymore. Even in each passing day, humans try to improve their living to fit into the world. Organisms also develop through time. What principle of environment is this?

• Nature knows best

• Everything changes

• All forms of life are important

• Everything is connected to everything else