2022-2023 Environmental Science Midterm Exam

Environmental science is the study of

• how humans interact with the environment.

• life

• how living things interact with each other and their physical environment.

          

• all of the above

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

• biology

• earth science

• chemistry

• all of the above

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Environmental science studies which types of interactions between humans and the environment?

• how humans use natural resources

• how humans relate to the nonliving environment

• how humans actions alter the environment

• all of the above

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This science focuses on interactions between organisms and between organisms and their environment.

• environmental science

• ecology

• biology

• physics

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What are the goals of environmental science ?

• To create environmental problems.

• To understand and solve environmental problems.

• To increase environmental problems.

• all of the above

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During the _________, humans changed their environments.

• hunter-gatherer

  period

• agricultural revolution

• industrial revolution

• all of the above

During this period, droughts had an impact on the environment.

Droughts are long periods of low rainfall.

• agricultural

  revolution

• hunter-gatherer period

• industrial revolution

• ice age

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Which period in time impacted the environment with deforestation?

Deforestation is the action of clearing a wide area of trees.

• hunter-gatherer period

• agricultural revolution

• industrial revolution

• all of the above

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Which was not a result of the industrial revolution?

• increased air pollution

• increased water pollution

• increased human population

• extinction of large mammals

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Which period in time impacted the environment with burned prairies ?

Prairies are large open areas of grassland.

• hunter-gatherer

  period

• agricultural revolution

• industrial revolution

• all of the above