Environmental Science Quiz

What is Environmental Science?

• Study of the economy

• Study of human culture

• Study of the environment and our place in it

• Study of outer space

What do we mean by “Environment?”

• Only natural surroundings

• Social and cultural conditions only

• The circumstances and conditions that surround us

• The human-made world

What is the definition of sustainable?

• Using resources excessively

• Meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations

• Taking resources from the environment freely

• Using resources inefficiently

True or false: We use a sustainable amount of resources

• True

• False

What does the PPP stand for?

• Purchasing Power Parity

• Powerful Price Planning

• Public Participation Program

• Private Production Power

What did Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot believe in?

• Moral and aesthetic nature preservation

• Global environmental citizenship

• Pragmatic resource conservationism

• Modern environmentalism

What is modern environmentalism?

• Saving the environment for jobs only

• Caring only about human health

• Includes natural resources and environmental pollution

• Caring only about nature

What is natural selection?

• Random mutation in organisms

• Differences in survival due to a trait

• Changes in population due to mating preferences

• Migration of species

How do species differentiate?

• They look different

• They live in the same place

• By mating calls and mating differences

• They compete for the same resources

What is a niche?

• A species' shelter

• A species' feeding ground

• The role of a species in an ecological community

• An unused part of an ecosystem