Environmental Science Quiz

What does an interdisciplinary approach in Environmental Science include?

• Only biology

• Only chemistry

• Biology, chemistry, earth science, economics, and political science

• Only earth science

What is NOT a characteristic of Environmental Science?

• Focus on human impact

• Interdisciplinary approach

• Purely scientific study

• Advocacy for environmental protection

What are nonrenewable natural resources?

• Resources that are naturally replenished over short periods of time

• Resources that take a long time to replenish

• Resources that are always available

• Resources that are infinite

What does it mean to use resources at a sustainable rate?

• Using resources faster than they can be replenished

• Using resources at a rate that replaces what’s used at the same rate

• Not using resources at all

• Using resources only when necessary

What was one of the effects of the Industrial Revolution on human health?

• Decrease in health standards

• Increase in health standards

• No change in health standards

• Decline in medical knowledge

Which revolution is associated with the rise of machinery?

• The Agricultural Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Green Revolution

• The Information Revolution

Which revolution is linked to the development of agriculture and livestock raising?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Technological Revolution

• The Agricultural Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

What did the Agricultural Revolution allow humans to do?

• Develop new languages

• Live in settled communities

• Discover new continents

• Create new art forms

Which revolution is associated with the shift from hunter-gatherer societies?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Agricultural Revolution

• The Digital Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

What issues arise from using natural resources?

• Economic and political issues

• Technological and scientific issues

• Cultural and historical issues

• Artistic and literary issues