ENV SCI Chapter 1-Science and Environment

the parts of the world thathumans have made

• natural environment
• built environment
• sustainable society

the variety of life on Earth

• biodiversity
• natural environment
• built environment

The ______ was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.

• hunter-gathering period
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution

Which of the following is not a major requirement for the survival of all living things?

• clothes
• oxygen
• nutrients
• energy

Environmental science is a(n) ______________________ because it usesknowledge to solve practical problems.

• Earth 
• Applied 
• Physical 

Overpopulation, overconsumption, pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of ______________________.

• environmental challenges 
• pollution 
• envirnomental factors 

What is a resource?

• something we can take
• something we can find
• something we can use
• something we can give

Something that is renewable is

• something that can be used over again
• something that cannot be used over again
• something that is natural

Something that is nonrenewable is

• something that can be used over again
• something that cannot be used over again
• something that is natural

causes algal blooms in lakes

• sulfur dioxide

• nitrous oxide

• carbon dioxide

• ammonia