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WorksheetsEnvironmental Problems, Their Causes, & Sustainability
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following best describes what an ecologist might study?
a)
The effects of pesticides on bee populations
b)
The effects of high blood pressure on human populations
c)
Designing efficient combustion turbines for factories
d)
Identification of dinosaur bones
2.
Which of the following human activities contribute to an increased green house effect?
a)
Harvesting energy from the sun.
b)
Deforestation
c)
Walking to work.
d)
Switching to geothermal powered electricity
3.
What shape does the curve on an exponential growth chart have?
a)
V
b)
S
c)
J
d)
U
4.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over
d)
provide all the energy we use
5.
Using resources in such a way that we continue living in a developed world, but at the same time we protect the environment. This is the definition of:
a)
Suspensability
b)
Ecology
c)
Sustainability
d)
Ecological precautions
6.
Biodiversity refers to
a)
extinct species
b)
the variety of species on Earth
c)
nonrenewable resources
d)
the rate of species decline
7.
Sustainability refers to
a)
how many species are present in an ecosystem
b)
when a species goes extinct
c)
how long a species lives
d)
the ability to maintain ecological process over long periods of time.
8.
The California Condor population once dropped so low that there were only 8 individuals in the wild. What term best describes their legal status at that time?
a)
Reduced
b)
Threatened
c)
Endangered
d)
Extinct
9.
What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem?
a)
Biotic Factors
b)
Abiotic Factors
c)
Community
d)
Population
10.
Sustainability
a)
Taking only what you need to survive
b)
Providing for future generations
c)
Conserving common resources
d)
All of these
11.
Nonrenewable resources
a)
Solar, wind, geothermal
b)
There is an indefinite supply
c)
Coal, oil, natural gas, petroleum
d)
Made in only a few years
12.
What best describes what an ecologist might study?
a)
The effects of pesticides on bees
b)
The effects of high blood pressure on human populations
c)
The cause of death for a family of dinosaurs discovered at an excavation site
d)
The genes that are related to diabetes
13.
Which of the following is considered an ecosystem service?
a)
The input of fertilizers for increased plant growth
b)
transplant of nonnative plants
c)
Filtration and purification of water within a river
d)
Organizing a community clean-up event to improve water quality
14.
Identify the scientific principle of sustainability that is involved with recycling aluminum cans:
a)
Dependence on Solar Energy
b)
Biodiversity
c)
Chemical Cycling
d)
Photosynthesis
15.
The average American's ecological footprint is _________ than the citizens of most other countries.
a)
much smaller
b)
a little less
c)
more valuable
d)
larger
16.
Water pollution that comes from many sources is considered...
a)
point source pollution
b)
nonpoint source pollution
c)
thermal pollution
d)
ocean pollution
17.
Water pollution that comes from a single source is considered...
a)
point source pollution
b)
nonpoint source pollution
c)
thermal pollution
d)
ocean pollution
18.
Is solar energy a renewable or a non-renewable source of power?
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-renewable
c)
Half/Half of both
d)
Neither
19.
Which of the following is a developed country?
a)
Cuba
b)
Mali
c)
Iceland
d)
Mexico
20.
What does the term per capita mean?
a)
per capital
b)
per each country
c)
per investment
d)
per person
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