Enviro - Unit 1 Intro to ES

Environmental science is the study of the interaction of humans with the environment. Which of these would NOT be included as part of the environment?

• What is the soil made of

• Animals and plants is the region and surrounding area

• The average temperature, wind, precipitation, and other climate factors.

• All of these would be considered a part of the environment

One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem?

• Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.

• Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.

• The human population overall is too small.

• Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources.

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field of study. This means that…

• It is limited to only one branch of science; ecology.

• Each environmental issue is specific to only one type of science.

• Multiple branches of science only (biology, chemistry, etc) are covered.

• Many science and non-science fields of study, such as economics and politics, are included.

What is made up of all the living and nonliving things which an organism interacts with?

• Atmosphere

• Water Supply

• Environment

• Soil

Which example best illustrates the point behind the Tragedy of the Commons essay?

• Various nations overfishing in international waters, leading to a collapse of fish stocks.

• A property owner clear-cutting all of the trees on his land to sell for timber

• A farmer that overplants his fields one year, leading to a poor harvest

• One country declaring war on another

As the human population grows, resources

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• increase, then decrease

What does ecological footprint measure?

• How quantity of natural resources humans need compared to the earth's capacity to provide those resources

• The size of cities across the world

• The amount of fossil fuels that are burned for energy

• The shoe size of the average human

Developed nations make up about ___% of the world's

• 20

• 50

• 75

The human population experienced exponential growth just after

• agriculture began.
• plowing and irrigation began.
• the bubonic plague began.
• the Industrial Revolution began.

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

• hunter-gathering period
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution