E-Unit 1 Test

Choose which of the following  is NOT an example of a natural resource.

• coal
• sunlight
• timber (trees)
• plastic

Environmentalism is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect the environment.

• true
• false

Choose the best definition for sustainability

• using as many resources as you want, whenever you want
  
• only using renewable resources and not using many nonrenewable resources
  
• only using nonrenewable resources and not using many renewable resources
  
• using only just enough resources for survival
  

In order to use a resource sustainably you should

• use it a a rate where it can be replenished
• use as much as you want, the people in 3rd world countries do not need it
• use it before someone else does and there is none left for you
• don't use any at all

Sunlight, wind and water are __ resources 

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• semirenewable
• unrenewable

Coal, gasoline and oil are ___ resources

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• semirenewable
• unrenewable

The amount of resources that you use is called your ___

• resource debt to use ratio
• ecological footprint
• nonrenewable/renewable data
• use / nonuse data

The study of ____________ is how humans interact with the Environment

• Ecology

• Biology

• Environmental Science

• Earth and Space

The study of how animals interact with the environment is

• Ecology

• Environmental Science

• Geology

• Zoology

People who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting animals.

• cavemen

• hunter-gatherers

• botanists

• mathematicians