01 Understanding our Environment

Declining number and variety of the species in an area

• Sustainability
• Developed nation
• Loss of biodiversity
• Renewable resource

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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

• Sustainability

• Environmental Science

• Ecology

• "Tragedy of the Commons"

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Natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processes

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource
• Fossil fuels
• Loss of biodiversity

Which of the following sciences contribute to the field of environmental science?

• Physics and Chemistry
• Biology and Earth Science
• Social Sciences
• All options are correct

Because Environmental Science encompasses so many different fields of study, it is said to be a(n) ________________ science.

• Ecological
• Interdisciplinary
• Social
• Human

Ecology is the study of:

• Plants and animals
• Environmental Science
• Interactions between organisms and their environment
• Energy flow in ecosystems

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Characterized by low population growth rate, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economies

• Developed nation
• Developing nation
• Sustainability
• Ecology

Characterized by high population growth rate, low energy use, and very low personal wealth

• Loss of biodiversity
• Supply and demand
• Developing nation
• Developed nation

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Which major changes in human society and the environment occurred during the Industrial Revolution?

• People lived in small tribes; many mammals went extinct
• Domesticated plants were altered; forest was replaced with farmland
• Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased
• Common grazing areas were replaced with closed fields

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If the human population continues to grow, all of the following could occur EXCEPT INCREASED

• Pollution
• Biodiversity
• Resource depletion
• Human starvation

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