Intro to ENVS

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• sunlight

• wind

The thin layer of life around the Earth

• biosphere

• stratosphere

• atmosphere

• ozone layer

The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or waste material into the environment

• extinction

• biosphere

• pollution

• renewable

a world in which human populations can continue to exist indefinitely with a high standard of living and health

• population crisis

• consuption

• sustainable

• environment

All of the following are resource depletion EXCEPT

• Texas petroleum running out

• a rain forest in Brazil buring down

• plant not growing in overused fields

• eolar energy not reaching Earth's surface because of haze

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

• social science

• biology

• physics

• ecology

Which is considered a Renewable resource?

• air

• plastic

• fossil fuels

• chemistry

Which is considered a nonrenewable resource?

• water

• animals

• fossil fuels

• trees

A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called __________

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• ecological
• stustainable

Which of these is not an example of a commons?

• Aquifers
• The ocean
• Privately owned farms
• Highways