Environmental Science 1

Which of the following is a natural resource

• electricity

• gasoline

• sunlight

• wifi

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• sunlight

• wind

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

• population crisis

• consuption

• sustainable

• environment

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Which of these is not an example of a commons?

• Aquifers
• The ocean
• Privately owned farms
• Highways

Select the best definition for the term sustainable.

• able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply
• the amount of a product or service offered for sale at a given price
• the amount of a product or service people will buy at a given price if free to do so
• upsetting the ecological balance by depleting natural resources

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The ______ was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.

• hunter-gathering period
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution

The ______ was the time when humans started using machines to produce goods.

• scientific period
• Agricultural Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

___________ was the first policy created towards protecting the environment.

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Atomic Energy Act

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

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What President proposed the creation of the protection agency?

• President Kennedy

• President Nixon

• President George Washington

• President Obama

What is the name of the insecticide that the book Silent Springs is about?

• DBT

• BBT

• DDT

• BDT

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