Quiz 1

What do you call the branch of Biology that focuses on how living organisms interact with the living and non living parts of the environment?

• Sustainability

• Ecosystem

• Environmental Science

• Ecology

• Earth Science

This refers to a type of source that is expected to last forever within the human timescale (example: solar energy).

• Open-access resources

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Inexhaustible resource

• Shared resources

What type of source is less open to other countries or region, such as deserts and forests?

• Open-access resources

• Inexhaustible resource

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Shared resources

What type of source exists in a fixed amount and cannot be replaced by nature as fast as the humans use these resources (example: fossil fuel)?

• Open-access resources

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Inexhaustible resource

• Shared resources

This refers to the natural resources and ecosystem services that keep and other species alive and that support human economies.

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Natural Capital

• Ecology

• Sustainability

This is the biological community of organisms within a defined area of land or volume of water that interact with one another with the nonliving components.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Environment

This includes energy from the sun and all living things and the nonliving things with which we interact. Simply, this is everywhere around us.

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

• Environment

Identify if the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

“Malnutrition is a condition in which people lack enough money to fulfill their basic needs, health care and education.”

• True

• False

Identify if the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

“Humans are affecting the planet Earth by living unsustainably.”

• True

• False

Identify if the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

“The three major principles of sustainability are solar energy, biodiversity and ecosystem services.”

• True

• False