Unit 1 Exam: Intro to Env. Science (F23)

An important effect that hunter-gatherer societies may have had on the environment was

• soil erosion

• extinction

• air pollution

• All answer choices are correct

An important effect of the agricultural revolution was

• soil erosion

• habitat destruction

• plant and animal domestication

• All answer choices are correct

Which of the following does not describe an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• Fossil fuels became important energy sources .

• The amount of land and labor needed to produce food went up

• Artificial substances replaced some animal + plant products

• Machines replaced human muscle and animal power.

Developed countries often

• have higher incomes and faster population growth

• have higher average incomes and slower population growth

• faster population growth and diverse industrial economies

• eventually become developing countries

Hardin's essay "Tragedy of the Commons" addressed conflicts related to....

• preventing pollution

• preserving biodiversity

• curbing overpopulation

• protecting shared resources

State in which a population can survive indefinitely

• supply and demand

• sustainability

• agriculture

• developing nation

All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems except

• resource depletion

• pollution

• loss of biodiversity

• overpopulation

renewable resource is to nonrenewable resource as

• iron is to water

• trees is to sunlight

• water is to trees

• trees is to oil

Which of the following is NOT a direct result of the Industrial Revolution?

• over-hunting of large mammals

• improvement in the quality of life

• shift to the use of fossil fuels

• growth of cities

The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the

• control group

• experimental group

• data

• variable