Chapter 1 Science and the Environment

Sustainability

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

Sustainability is...

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

This period in history is when humans grew plants, animals were raised and harvested, and the human population dramatically increased.

• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution
• Hunter-Gather period
• The Renaissance

The time period when machines began to replace machines powered by humans or animals?

• Agricultural Revolution
• Hunter-Gatherer period
• The 80's
• Industrial Revolution

What is a way hunter gatherers affected their environment?

• Introduced new farming practices
• Killed Animals
• Changed Landscape
• Killed Animals and Changed Landscape

What era has created the most pollution problems?

• agricultural

• industrial

• hunter gatherer

In which era did population begin to grow rapidly?

• Industrial
• agricultural
• hunter gatherer

A natural resource that that forms more slowly than the rate at which it is consumed

• biodiversity

• point-source pollutant

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

Which of the following are examples of Non-Degradable Resources?

• Lead

• Food Waste

• Plastic

• Human Sewage

What are the three scales of environmental problems? Select three.

• State wide

• Global

• Regional

• Local