Environmental Science Test Chapter 1

The study of how living things interact with each other and their nonliving environment.

• Zoology

• Physics

• Ecology

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The number and variety of species that live in an area.

• Natural Resource

• biodiversity

• Pollution

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

• Sustainability

• Agriculture

• Pollution

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An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects humans.

• Pollution

• Biodiversity

• Sustainability

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The study of the impact of humans on the environment?

• Ecology

• Biology

• Environmental Science

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A natural material that is used by humans.

• Biodiversity

• Natural Resources

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Which of the following sciences contribute to the field of environmental science?

• Physics

• Chemistry

• All of the above

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All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems except

• Loss of Biodiversity

• Resource Depletion

• overpopulation

• Pollution

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Which major changes in human society and the environment occurred during the Industrial Revolution?

• People lived in small tribes; many mammals went extinct

• Domesticated plants were altered; forest was replaced by farmland

• Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased

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Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” essay addressed the conflicts associated with which environmental challenge?

• Preventing pollution

• preserving biodiversity

• protecting shared resources