Holt Chapter 1 Environmental Science Review

Which of the following are considered part of the environment?

• forest
• people
• buildings
• all of these

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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 __________ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution.

• domestication of animals and plants

• shift in the use of fossil fuels

• improved quality of life

• growth of cities and human populations

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A focus of environmental science not studied in ecology is the

• interaction among living things.

• use of natural resources.

• influence of humans on the environment.

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The "Tragedy of the Commons" describes the conflict between

• developing and developed nations.

• farmers and industrialized society.

• individuals and society.

• Canada and Mexico.

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A sustainable world would be characterized by the

• preservation of rare animals by relocation from natural habitats to laboratories.

• invention of safer storage facilities for increased amounts of toxic wastes.

• maximum exploitation of natural resources using more advanced technologies.

• indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition.

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According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur it the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same?

• oil prices would drop

• oil prices would increase

• oil usage would drop

• oil usage would increase

An ecological footprint is the

• mark a person's shoe makes in soft earth.

• measure of the impact living things have on the environment.

• amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person in a particular country.

• number of trees people cut down.