Introduction to Environmental Science

_________________ is a tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment

• Supply and Demand

• Cost Benefit Analysis

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Risk Assessment

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Which type of pollutants cannot be broken down by natural processes?

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Biodegradable

• Nondegradable

In terms of meeting needs, for most of history, humans have traditionally been ___________________.

• Industrialist

• Hunter-gatherers

• Agriculturalist

• Farmers

According to ______________________________ the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth.

• Supply and Demand

• Cost Benefit Analysis

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Risk Assessment

What is the condition in which human needs are met in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely?

• Sustainability

• Survivability

• Resourceability

• Dependability

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This balances the cost of the action against the benefits one expects from it.

• Supply and Demand

• Cost Benefit Analysis

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Risk Assessment

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Which of the following describes developed countries?

• higher incomes, rapid population growth, simple industrial economies, and stronger social support

• lower average incomes, diverse agriculture-based communities, and slow population growth

• higher incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social support

• lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth

Examples of nonrenewable resources include:

• Solar energy, water, wood, soil, air

• Iron, salt, clay, fossil fuels, copper

• Water, fossil fuels, wood, iron, soil

• Clay, solar energy, copper, air, salt

What is an invasive species?

• A species that hunts for and kills another species.

• A species that depends on a host for nutrients.

• A species that continuously moves from one ecosystem to the next without settling.

• A species that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm to the ecosystem.

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Which of the following is not a way that hunter-gathers had a negative impact on the environment?

• Use of fire to maintain the prairie and drive out animals

• Settled and depended on one area for an extended period of time

• Carry plants with them when they traveled

• Hunted multiple animals to the point of extinction

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