Environmental Science Chapter 1

Which of the following are considered part of the environment?

• forest
• people
• buildings
• all of these

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

• sustainable
• ecological
• nonrenewable
• renewable

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

• Copper

• Crude Oil

• Coal

• Wave Energy

1. Sustainability is defined as…

• Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.

• Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.

• Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

• Not consuming any resources at all.

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An average person from _______________ would be expected to have a higher ecological footprint than the other two countries.

• Country "A"

• Country "B"

• Country "C"

• None of the above; They would have roughly equal ecological footprints.

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Which example best illustrates the point behind the Tragedy of the Commons essay?

• Various nations overfishing in international waters, leading to a collapse of fish stocks.

• A property owner clear-cutting all of the trees on his land to sell for timber

• A farmer that overplants his fields one year, leading to a poor harvest

• One country declaring war on another

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The study of how living things interact with each other and with their non living environment?

• Zoology

• Botany

• Microbiology

• Ecology

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

• cavemen

• hunter-gatherers

• botanists

• mathematicians

The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, etc.

• Farming

• Agriculture

• Horticulture

• Zoology

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What occurred in the 1700's and led to expansion in the US.

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• Pearl Harbour

• World War 1