Chapter 1 Quiz

Environmental Science is defined as

• Study of the earth's surface and processes

• Study of how humans interact with the environment

• Study of the chemistry of living things

• Study of human populations

The study of how living things interact with each other and with their non-living environment is ________.

• Biology

• Geophysics

• Ecology

• Geography

What is the definition of agriculture?

• Practice of growing and breeding plants and animals

• Study of living organisms

• Study of the ocean

• Practice of raising and cutting plants

A natural material that is used by humans is called a

• Class Resource

• Wind Resource

• Non-renewable Resource

• Natural Resource

An undesired change in air, water or soil that adversely affects the health, survival or activities of humans or other organisms is called

• Resources

• Global Warming

• Pollution

• Natural

The definition of biodiversity is

• The number and variety of species that live in an area

• The ever changing types of resources that occur

• How our world is designed

• How energy flows throughout the ecosystems of the planet

What is the definition of the word pollutant?

• dark and muddy

• toxin or chemical

• flow or stream

• a type of living organism

Which of the following are Non-Renewable energy resources? (Check all that apply.)

• coal

• wind

• solar

• nuclear

Renewable or Nonrenewable: Coal

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Renewable or Nonrenewable: Natural Gas

• nonrenewable

• renewable