Unit 1 Study Environmental Science

The branch of science that focuses on the relationship between humans and the environment is:

• Biodiversity

• Ecological Footprint

• Environmental Science

• Agricultural Revolution

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem is:

• Sustainability

• Biodiversity

• Pollution

• Tragedy of the Commons

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Using resources in a way that they will be available for future generations is:

• Renewable Resources

• Ecological Footprint

• Sustainability

• Industrial Revolution

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A social dilemma where individuals overuse shared resources, depleting them for everyone is:

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Agricultural Revolution

• Pollution

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The total area of land and water required to support a person or population is:

• Pollution

• Ecological Footprint

• Industrial Revolution

• Sustainability

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A period of history that marked significant environmental changes due to the use of machines and fossil fuels is:

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Biodiversity

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The contamination of the natural environment that causes harm is:

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Biodiversity

The shift from nomadic lifestyles to settled farming communities, leading to environmental changes is:

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Sustainability

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Resources that cannot be replenished in a short period of time, like fossil fuels are:

• Renewable Resources

• Biodiversity

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Nonrenewable Resources

Resources that can be naturally replenished over short periods of time, like solar energy are:

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Pollution

• Ecological Footprint