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WorksheetsIntroduction to Environmental Science
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
_________________ is a tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment
Supply and Demand
Cost Benefit Analysis
Tragedy of the Commons
Risk Assessment
Which type of pollutants cannot be broken down by natural processes?
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Biodegradable
Nondegradable
In terms of meeting needs, for most of history, humans have traditionally been ___________________.
Industrialist
Hunter-gatherers
Agriculturalist
Farmers
According to ______________________________ the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth.
Supply and Demand
Cost Benefit Analysis
Tragedy of the Commons
Risk Assessment
What is the condition in which human needs are met in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely?
Sustainability
Survivability
Resourceability
Dependability
This balances the cost of the action against the benefits one expects from it.
Supply and Demand
Cost Benefit Analysis
Tragedy of the Commons
Risk Assessment
Which of the following describes developed countries?
higher incomes, rapid population growth, simple industrial economies, and stronger social support
lower average incomes, diverse agriculture-based communities, and slow population growth
higher incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social support
lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth
Examples of nonrenewable resources include:
Solar energy, water, wood, soil, air
Iron, salt, clay, fossil fuels, copper
Water, fossil fuels, wood, iron, soil
Clay, solar energy, copper, air, salt
What is an invasive species?
A species that hunts for and kills another species.
A species that depends on a host for nutrients.
A species that continuously moves from one ecosystem to the next without settling.
A species that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm to the ecosystem.
Which of the following is not a way that hunter-gathers had a negative impact on the environment?
Use of fire to maintain the prairie and drive out animals
Settled and depended on one area for an extended period of time
Carry plants with them when they traveled
Hunted multiple animals to the point of extinction
Which of the following describes developing countries?
higher incomes, rapid population growth, simple industrial economies, and stronger social support
lower average incomes, diverse agriculture-based communities, and slow population growth
higher incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social support
lower average incomes, simple agriculture-based communities, and rapid population growth
What concept establishes that the difficulty in solving environmental problems is the conflict between the short-term interests of the individual and the long-term welfare of society?
Supply and Demand
Cost Benefit Analysis
Tragedy of the Commons
Risk Assessment
An ecological footprint shows the productive area of Earth needed to support ____________ in a particular country.
one person
half the population
the entire population
double the population
Environmental science looks closely at how __________________ influence(s) or interact(s) with the environment.
plants
animals
humans
the weather
Which point in time allowed humans to begin establishing communities?
Hunter-Gatherer Period
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Technological Revolution
Examples of renewable resources include:
Solar energy, water, wood, soil, air
Iron, salt, clay, fossil fuels, copper
Water, fossil fuels, wood, iron, soil
Water, fossil fuels, wood, iron, soil
Loss of biodiversity can best be described as the loss of _____________ in a given environment.
resources
species
life
shelter
Which of the following is not a problem caused by the establishment of human communities?
Succession
Pollution
Resource depletion
Habitat destruction
_________________ is a technique currently occurring in rainforests which involves the cutting down and burning of environments to plant crops.
Slash-and-burn
Cut-and-fire
Burn-and-farm
Chop-and-crop
Which point in time involved a shift from energy resources such as animals and running water to fossil fuels?
Hunter-Gatherer Period
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Technological Revolution
