Intro to ES Practice

Which of the following is NOT studied in environmental science?

• Political systems

• Climate

• Soil and landforms

• Water sources

Which development first led to the agricultural revolution?

• Breeding cattle for meat and milk

• Farming with Irrigation

• Subsistence gathering

• Fertilizers

What innovation made Sumeria so productive for a time?

• Large seafaring vessels

• Larger meat producing animals

• Large mines of precious gems

• Irrigation for farming

Which of the following demonstrates the law of unintended consequences in Sumeria?

• New trees take root in previously barren fields

• Too much irrigation causes build up of salt in soil

• Coal is found while drilling for a well

• Birds find new habitat in a newly barren field

Which of the following did not occur in the industrial revolution?

• Vaccines were invented

• Coal began to be used

• Factories started production

• Electricity became commonplace

Which of the following would not be a good example of a commons?

• International waters

• Community park

• Your backyard

• Parking lots

Which of the following resources will never run out?

• Inexhaustible

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Recyclable nonrenewable

Which of the following resources are not replaced within the human time scale but can be used over and over again?

• Inexhaustible

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Recyclable nonrenewable

Which of the following resources are not replaced within the human time scale?

• Inexhaustible

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Recyclable nonrenewable

Which of the following resources are replaced within the human time scale if used sustainably?

• Inexhaustible

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Recyclable nonrenewable