ESA Chapter 1 Test Review

What area of study is covered in environmental science?

• Chemistry

• Geology

• Biology

• All 3 answers are correct.

What ia a goal of environmental science?

• Learn how nature works

• Understand how we interact with the environment

• Live more sustainably

• All 3 are goals

Which of the following is a social movement dedicated to the protection of the earths natural capital?

• natural science

• ecology

• environmentalism

• environmental science

Organisms living within a defined area interacting with one another and their environment.

• natural science

• environmentalism

• environmental science

• ecosystem

Interdisciplinary study of how we interact with the living and nonliving parts of the environment.

• ecology

• natural science

• environmental science

• ecosystem

Which of the following would best be described as a perpetual resource?

• coal reserves

• oil reserves

• forests

• solar energy

The best priority for use of non-renewable resources....

• Reuse Recycle Reduce

• Reuse Reduce Recycle

• Reduce Reuse Recycle

• Recycle Reduce Reuse

Developed countries are

• low-income

• low-income and use about 88% of the worlds

• high-income and use about 88% of the worlds resources

• make up about 80% of the worlds population

Developing countries are

• high-income

• low-income or middle income

• low-income and use about 88% of the worlds resources

• make up about 20% of the worlds population

Developing countries are

• Germany, United States, and Japan

• none of the answers are true

• have a high-average per capita income

• Have about 88% of the worlds wealth and income