Environment Science Chapter 3 Study Guide

A resource that is naturally replaced in a relatively short time is a _________. 

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Pollution

• Keystone Species

A natural resource that is not replaced as it is used is a_______.

• Renewable Resource

• Keystone Species

• Environmental Science

• Nonrenewable Resource

Pollution is

• the study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them. 

• resource that is naturally replaced in a relatively short time. 

• any changes to the environment that has a negative effect on living things

• The belief that all parts of the environment are equally important, no matter how useful they are to humans. 

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The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them is _________.

• Environmental Science.

• Physical Science.

• Natural Science

• Chemical Science

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The belief that humans should be able to freely use and benefit from all of Earth’s resources. 

• Conservation viewpoint

• Preservation viewpoint

• Development viewpoint

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The belief that all parts of the environment are equally important, no matter how useful they are to humans

• Conservation viewpoint

• Preservation viewpoint

• Development viewpoint

The belief that people should use resources from the environment as long as they do not destroy those resources. 

• Conservation viewpoint

• Preservation viewpoint

• Development viewpoint

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The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once. 

• Clear-cutting

• Selective cutting

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The process of cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix of tree sizes and species behind.  

• Clear-cutting

• Selective cutting

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A regular amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without reducing the future supply

• Sustainable yield

• Actual Yield

• Percentage Yield

• Oversize Yield