Unit 1 Ecology Test Ver. II

When a civilization exceeds the capacity of their environment, the civilization:

• collapses

• grows

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Congress created the EPA in 1970

• environmental policy association

• environmental protection agency

An act created in 1935 to employ young men to creating and construct public buildings and structures.

• WPA

• New Deal

What book helped launch the modern environmental movement and led to the widespread ban of DDT?

• Silent Spring

• The End of Nature

This person wrote the book, Silent Spring, which warned of the ominous effects of pesticide use.

• Rachel Carson

• Garrett Hardin

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The human population experienced exponential growth just after

• agriculture began.
• the Industrial Revolution began.

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Biodiversity refers to

• the variety of species on Earth
• nonrenewable resources

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What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that cannot be replaced quickly

Environment:

• The circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms

• A philosophy that has led social  movement with the consequences Impact of  of human activities on the environment

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Extreme poverty

• An income of less than $1.00 per day

• An inequitable distribution of environmental hazards based on race.