Introduction to Environmental Science

The natural world including all living and nonliving things.

• True

• False

The byproduct of resource consumption contributing to ecological footprint.

• True

• False

Laws and policies implemented by the government to regulate resource usage.

• True

• False

Exhaustion of resources due to unsustainable consumption.

• True

• False

Naturally replenished resources over short periods of time.

• True

• False

Other instances of unregulated resource consumption. Tragedy of the Commons examples

• True

• False

Unregulated fishing practices leading to depletion of marine resources.

• True

• False

An approach that combines biology, chemistry, earth science, economics, and political science in studying the environment.

• Outgoing approach

• Team approach

• Interdisciplinary approach

Measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources.

• Tragedy of the commons

• Environment

• Commercial fishing

Resources that take a long time to replenish.

• Depletion of natural resources

• Environmental science

• Nonrenewable natural resources

• Dependent variable