Unit 1 Test (B)

1. Any natural material that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals

• a) Sustainability
• b) Environmental Science
• c) Natural Resource
• d) Biodiversity

2. The area of land that is drained by a water system

• a) Watershed
• b) Troposphere
• c) Pollution
• d) Salinity

3. Solid, plastic layer of the mantle; flows very slowly

• a) Hydrosphere
• b) Sustainability
• c) Asthenosphere
• d) Troposphere

4. An undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms

• a) Geological Time Scale
• b) Biodiversity
• c) Lithosphere
• d) Pollution

5. The portion of Earth that is water

• a) Atmosphere
• b) Stratosphere
• c) Tectonic Plate
• d) Hydrosphere

6. Solid, outer layer of the earth

• a) Lithosphere
• b) Environmental Science
• c) Atmosphere
• d) Sustainability

7. Record of Earth's history from its origin to the present

• a) Stratosphere
• b) Geological Time Scale
• c) Natural Resource
• d) Biodiversity

8. The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely

• a) Salinity
• b) Environmental Science
• c) Sustainability
• d) Geosphere

9. The study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's entire biosphere; it includes the study of the impact of humans on the environment

• a) Environmental Science
• b) Tectonic Plate
• c) Geosphere
• d) Geological Time Scale

10. The variety of organisms in a given ecosystem

• a) Hydrosphere
• b) Biodiversity
• c) Troposphere
• d) Asthenosphere