ES: Chap 1

What is the number and variety of species that live in an area?

• zoology

• biology

• environmental science

• botany

Which is not a major field of study which contributes to environmental science?

• chemistry

• earth science

• social sciences

• astronomy

The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment is called ________.

• botany

• biology

• ecology

• zoology

The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes is called ____.

• biology

• agriculture

• pollution

• ecology

Because the only thing that enters Earth’s atmosphere in large amounts is energy from the sun, and the only thing that leaves in large amounts is heat, we consider Earth a(n) ______.

• hemisphere

• astronomical system

• open system

• closed system

Any natural material that is used by humans is called a ________. These can be classified as renewable and nonrenewable resources.

• natural resource

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• depleted

What Is an undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms?

• pollution

• biodegradable pollutants

• pollutants

• nonbiodegradable pollutants

What is the number and variety of species that live in an area?

• ecology

• biome

• biology

• biodiversity

What law states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth.

• law of economics and demand

• law of finance

• law of supply and demand

• law of nature and technology

What shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country?

• ecology

• biodome

• ecological footprint

• environmental science