Final ES Exam Review Spring 2022

A goal of many environmental scientists is to understand and solve environmental problems by studying what two types of interactions between humans and the environment. They are

• How we control pollution

• How we use natural resources

• How our actions alter our environment

• Who can own land and resources

The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment is called

• biology

• chemistry

• ecology

• logistics

What two activities of hunter-gatherers altered the environment?

• over-fishing

• burning prairies

• planting crops

• sometimes overhunting

During which period in human history were most of our modern environmental problems introduced?

• hunter-gatherer

• agricultural revolution

• industrial revolution

• nuclear age

A nonrenewable resource is one that

• can never be replaced

• can be replaced rather quickly

• forms much slower than consumed

A renewable is one that

• forms much slower than consumed

• never needs replacing

• can be replaced relatively quickly

An undesired change in air, water, or soil that negatively affects the health, survival, or activities of organisms is

• a mutation

• "Tragedy of the Commons"

• pollution

• environmental science

Substances or products that can be broken down relatively quickly by nature are

• pollution

• biodegradable

• renewable

• nonbiodegradable

Substances or products that can not be broken down relatively quickly by nature are

• biodegradable

• nonrenewable

• nonbiodegradable

• renewable

Check all the substances/products that are biodegradable:

• sewage

• plastics

• food waste

• lead