ENV101 Exam 1: Chapters 1,2,5

The ______ was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.

• hunter-gathering period
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution

The ______ was the time when humans started using machines to produce goods.

• scientific period
• Agricultural Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

_____ is the fair treatment of all people concerning environmental problems.

• A sustainable society
• Environmental justice
• Applied science

Overpopulation, overconsumption, pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of ______________________.

• environmental challenges 
• pollution 
• envirnomental factors 

Using more resources than the environment can support is known as______________________.

• exessive use 
• over consumption 
• wasteful 

Moral principles that guide people’s actions are called ______________________.

• compass 
• ethics
• instincts 

What is being tested in an experiment?

• ideas 
• hypothesis 
• rules 

A(n) ______ is the environment where an organism lives.

• diversity 
• ecosystem 
• EPA 
• Earth 

Which one of the following environmental issues is the primary cause of the others?

• Increasing resource use
• Destruction of habitat
• Premature extinction
• Human population growth

True or False? Humans affect the environment but the environment does NOT affect us.

• True

• False