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WorksheetsAPES - Ch. 1 - Understanding Our Environment
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms.
a)
Environment
b)
Environmental Science
c)
Niche
d)
Population
2.
The systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it is known as _________.
a)
environmental Science
b)
the environment
c)
a hypothesis
d)
the niche theory
3.
The term used to measure and quantify the demands placed on nature by individuals or by nations.
a)
ecological footprint
b)
carbon demand
c)
global warming
d)
environmental impact
4.
The notion that "resources should be used for the greatest good, for the greatest number for the longest time" is called _________________.
a)
utilitarian conservation
b)
biocentric preservation
c)
moral justification
d)
philanthropic environmentalism
5.
The term "biocentric preservation" stands for the notion that "nature deserves to exist for its own sake, regardless of its usefulness to humans." This concept was first championed by which famous environmentalist who was also the first president of the Sierra Club.
a)
John Muir
b)
Gifford Pinchot
c)
President Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William Brewster
6.
In which state did Aldo Leopold buy a "small, worn-out farm" where he connected with nature, carried out environmental experiments, and attempted to restore the health and beauty of the land?
a)
central Wisconsin
b)
Northern Arizona
c)
central Colorado
d)
upper peninsula of Michigan
7.
What was the name of the famous collection of environmental essays written by Aldo Leopold?
a)
A Sand County Almanac
b)
The Environmental Horizon
c)
To Fly With Birds
d)
An Essay on Wind, Rock, and Water
8.
Rachel Carson is credited with starting the environmental uprising against industrial pollution in the mid 1900's. Her famous environmental book (a best seller) is called ____________.
a)
Silent Spring
b)
A Sand County Almanac
c)
Industrial Wastelands
d)
The Grapes of Wrath
9.
"Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" is known as __________________.
a)
sustainable development
b)
environmentalism
c)
global environmentalism
d)
niche diversity
10.
All of the following are "qualify-of-life indicators" EXCEPT ___________________.
a)
GDP/Person
b)
Life Expectancy
c)
Adult Literacy
d)
Male Secondary Education
11.
SDG stands for _______________________. (in environmental terms)
a)
Sustainable Development Goals
b)
Suspended Development Goals
c)
Secondary Diverse Goals
d)
Subsistence Development Guidelines
12.
How many goals were included in the Millennium Development Goals project?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
4
d)
10
13.
The amount of materials or resources that flow through a system is known as __________________.
a)
throughput
b)
environmental waste
c)
pollution
d)
a positive feedback loop
14.
Services or resources provided by environmental systems are referred to as ___________________.
a)
ecosystem services
b)
environmental conservation
c)
resource depletion
d)
Tragedy of the Commons
15.
"Tragedy of the Commons" was an essay developed in 1968 by ecologist ___________________.
a)
Garret Hardin
b)
Garret Pinchot
c)
Rachel Carson
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
16.
An inequitable distribution of environmental hazards based on race is known as _______________.
a)
environmental racism
b)
environmental injustice
c)
environmental inequality
d)
stewardship
17.
At the Paris Climate Conference in 2015, many, many countries from around the world committed to ________________________.
a)
carbon-reduction
b)
stop cutting down old-growth forests
c)
improving water quality
d)
increased research into space travel.
18.
This environmental steward was the first person ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize for environmental work.
a)
Dr. Wangari Maathai (Kenya)
b)
Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway)
c)
Mr. Barry Commoner (USA)
d)
Rachel Carson (USA)
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