Introduction to Environmental Science

It refers to the ability of the earth’s various natural systems and human cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely.

• Ecological Systems

• Ecological Footprint

• Sustainability

• Perpetuity

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

• We depend on the solar energy

• Variety of species will help in sustainability

• Controlling the cycle of nature can help in protecting ecosystem

• Chemical cycling will aid in providing healthy ecosystem

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Which of the following will make us live sustainably?

• Living off earth’s natural income without depleting or degrading the natural capital that supplies it

• Living off earth’s natural resources and processing it for the future use

• Living off Earth’s daily supply and sourcing out another ways to provide for the next generation

• Living the way we used to be since human inhabit the earth.

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Our lives and economies depend on energy from the sun and natural resources and natural services (natural capital) provided by the earth.

• TRUE but not always

• Always True

• Not True

• Can’t be determined

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What will happen if our ecological footprint grow?

• Economy will rise

• Earth’s capital will increase

• Earth’s capital will remain remain

• Earth’s resources will be lessen

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The environment contains

• living things only

• non-living things only

• both living and non-living things

• only artificial things

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource?

• coal

• sunlight

• timber

• plastic

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An important effect of the agricultural revolution was

• soil erosion

• farming and harvesting of crops

• animal domestication

• all of the above

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All of the following are renewable resources except

• energy from the sun

• minerals

• crops

• fresh water

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All of the following would be considered resource depletion EXCEPT

• Texas petroleum running out

• a rain forest in Brazil being burned

• plants not growing in overused fields

• solar energy not reaching the Earth's surface because of haze.

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