ET Unit 2 Exam Review

What is the BEST definition of conservation?

• Setting aside land and natural resources.

• Careful management of land and resources.

• Using land and natural resources based on current needs.

• Protecting land and natural resources from human activity.

What is the BEST definition of preservation?

• Setting aside land and natural resources.

• Careful management of land and resources.

• Using land and natural resources based on current needs.

• Multiple use management of land and natural resources.

Any part of the natural environment used to promote the welfare of people or other species is called:

• conservation

• preservation

• a resource

• multiple use management

All of the following are examples of conservation EXCEPT:

• Phoenicians terraced hilly farmland to prevent soil erosion

• Americans set aside areas as national parks to maintain them in a pristine state

• Greeks practiced crop rotation to maintain yields on farmland

• English regulated the number of sheep that can graze in a particular field

Setting aside undisturbed areas, maintaining them in a pristine state, and protecting them from human activities that might alter them from their natural state is known as __________.

Conservation and preservation are considered the same in environmental science.

• true

• false

The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 gave U.S. Presidents the authority to establish forest reserves.

• true

• false

Controversy over damming in National Parks surrounds which clause of the US Park service's mission?

• "for the enjoyment of people"

• "use without impairment"

• "to preserve parks"

• "for the greatest good"

The ________ Act gave authority to U.S. Presidents, allowing them to set aside scientific, historic, or prehistoric sites of importance.

What important environmental book describing the problems associated with pesticide use was written by Rachel Carson?

• A Sand County Almanac

• Silent Spring

• Game Management

• The Population Bomb