Quiz about Sustainability Environmental Science Lesson

Question 1

_________ science is the interdisciplinary field that includes both scientific and social aspects of human impact on the world

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Environmental

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Earth

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Biological

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Physical

Question 2

Environmental science involves the following disciplines.

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earth science, physics and Politics

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Math, English and psycology

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Sports, fitness and weight training

Question 3

______  is a region in which the organisms and the physical environment form an interacting unit

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ecosystem

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earth

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environment

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cave

Question 4

________ is the development that meets human need without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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sustainability

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renewable resource

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nonrenewable

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carrying capacity

Question 5

Materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans.

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Natural resources

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Natural services

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Natural capital

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None of the above

Question 6

All the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts is _________________.

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Environment

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Environmental ethics

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Population

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Environmental Science

Question 7

What are materials and energy found naturally that we can use to survive? Both renewable and non-renewable

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Natural resources

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Greenhouse effect

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Renewable resources

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Non-Renewable resources

Question 8

The variety of organisms in an area, by species, genes, populations, and communities is called ______________.

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Biodiversity

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Sustainability

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Ecology

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Fossil fuels

Question 9

A carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things is called __________.

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Fossil Fuel

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Biodiversity

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Environment

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Sustainability

Question 10

The study of how the environment and humans affect one another is called ___________________.

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Environmental Science

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Environmental ethics

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Environment

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Ecology

Question 11

What is a social movement or awareness dedicated to protecting the natural world?

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Environmentalism

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Environmental Science

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Environment

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Environmental ethics

Question 12

A material or energy that is replenished (returns) in a short period of time. Example: water, solar, wind

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Renewable resource

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Greenhouse effect

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Natural resource

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Non-renewable resource

Question 13

An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (especially sustained increase that causes climatic changes) is called _______________.

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Global warning

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Greenhouse gases

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Natural resource

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Sustainability

Question 14

The ability to meet the current demands for a resource without depleting the future supply is called _______________.

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Sustainability

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Global warning

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Environmental ethics

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Biodiversity

Question 15

Choose which of the following  is NOT an example of a natural resource.

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plastic

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coal

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sunlight

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timber (trees)

Question 16

When people are able to use a resource in a way that keeps it available for future generations to use the same way, they are practicing:

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Sustainability

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Environmental Science

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Ecology

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Ecological precautions

Question 17

Which choice best describes a country's ecological footprint?

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it's a measure of the impact human lifestyles have on their natural environment

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it's the footprint(s) of the scientist(s) who have studied the country's environment

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it's a way to measure the effect natural processes affect the environment

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it's a way to measure how many kinds of plants and animals live in a particular country

Question 18

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

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We are using the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.

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They are being formed too far beneath the surface.

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The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.

Question 19

This field of study is interdisciplinary. It involves the study of biology, chemistry, and other natural sciences as well as economics, ethics, engineering, and other disciplines.

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environmental science

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environmentalism

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linguistics

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sustainability

Question 20

The "Tragedy of the commons" describes the problem between

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Short-term interests of individuals & long term interests of the Earth

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Farmers & industrialized society

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Poor people & rich people

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People & animals

Question 21

What are the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

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Observation, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, conclusion

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prediction, hypothesis, experiment, observations, conclusion

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imagining, observing, experimenting, hypothesis

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experiment, prediction, hypothesis, observation

Question 22

A testable explanation that is based on observations and research is known as a

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Hypothesis

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Conclusion

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Variable

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Control

Question 23

The climate, air, water, soil, and living organisms are all part of the

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environment

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population

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community

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species

Question 24

_________________________is when human needs are met so that the population can survive indefinitely.

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sustainability

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conservation

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recycling

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Ecological footprint

Question 25

The number and variety of a species that live in a given area is the ________________.

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biodiversity

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Variability

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community

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species

Question 26

Biodiversity refers to

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the variety of species on Earth

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extinct species

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nonrenewable resources

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the rate of species decline

Question 27

Nonrenewable resources

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Coal, oil, natural gas, petroleum

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Solar, wind, geothermal

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There is an indefinite supply

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Made in only a few years

Question 28

Who was Garret Hardin?

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Author of the essay Tragedy of the Commons

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Author of pride & Prejudice

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Father of Evolution

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Won the nobel prize in ecology

Question 29

What is the biocapacity for the United States?

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-4.5 gha

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4.5 gha

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-6.7 gha

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7.3 gha

Question 30

The Truffula trees in the Lorax represents....

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degradation

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tragedy of the commons

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pollution

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resource management

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