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Reading Environmental Science History

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest would be considered a(n) __________
a)
environmentalist
b)
ecological footprint
c)
peer reviewer
d)
environmental scienctist
2.
From where do producers get their energy?
a)
the ground
b)
other animals
c)
decomposers
d)
the sun
3.
The ____________________ includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.
a)
Economy
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Environment
d)
Ecological
4.
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?
a)
wind energy
b)
sunlight
c)
natural gas
d)
geothermal energy
5.
The ____________________ includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.
a)
Economy
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Environment
d)
Ecological
6.

The branch of philosophy that deals with good, bad, right, and wrong is called

a)

logic.

b)

ethics.

c)

science.

d)

culture.

7.

Which of the following is the primary difference between a theory and a hypothesis?

a)

A theory deals only with the natural world, a hypothesis does not.

B.

b)

A theory is tested, a hypothesis is not.

c)

A theory is not tested, a hypothesis is.

d)

A theory is broader than a hypothesis, dealing with a wider range of situations and observations.

8.

Environmentalism is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

At the start of the Industrial Revolution, about 10,000 years ago, humans began planting crops and domesticating animals.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

There is historical evidence that civilizations can crumble when pressures from population and consumption overwhelm resource availability. Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. Archaeologists, historians, and paleoecologists study past societies and landscapes and have accumulated evidence of environmental collapse, from the Greek and Roman empires to the Maya, the Anasazi, and other civilizations of the New World. Scientist and author Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse, formulated sets of reasons why civilizations succeed and persist, or fail and collapse. Success and persistence, it turns out, depend largely on how societies interact with their environments.From the passage, it is possible to infer that the Anasazi were an ancient civilization that

a)

collapsed after the Greek Empire.

b)

lived in the New World.

c)

were part of the Roman Empire.

d)

persisted and live in the New World today.

11.

Read the following selection and answer the questions that follow.There is historical evidence that civilizations can crumble when pressures from population and consumption overwhelm resource availability. Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. Archaeologists, historians, and paleoecologists study past societies and landscapes and have accumulated evidence of environmental collapse, from the Greek and Roman empires to the Maya, the Anasazi, and other civilizations of the New World. Scientist and author Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse, formulated sets of reasons why civilizations succeed and persist, or fail and collapse. Success and persistence, it turns out, depend largely on how societies interact with their environments.Which of the following would be the BEST title for this passage?

a)

"The Mayan Civilization"

b)

"Paleoecology Today"

c)

"The Danger of Depleting Resources"

d)

"Plato's Warning"

12.

Read the following selection and answer the questions that follow.There is historical evidence that civilizations can crumble when pressures from population and consumption overwhelm resource availability. Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. Archaeologists, historians, and paleoecologists study past societies and landscapes and have accumulated evidence of environmental collapse, from the Greek and Roman empires to the Maya, the Anasazi, and other civilizations of the New World. Scientist and author Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse, formulated sets of reasons why civilizations succeed and persist, or fail and collapse. Success and persistence, it turns out, depend largely on how societies interact with their environments.Which of the following is a synonym (word with a similar definition) for the word degradation?

a)

health

b)

ruin

c)

gradation

d)

evaluation

13.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word degradation.

a)

Ruin

b)

Gradation

c)

Evaluation

d)

Health

14.
Select the best definition for the term biodiversity.
a)
able to decompose or break down naturally
b)
the variety of organisms in an area
c)
organic
d)
a native species
15.

Environmental science is the study of ___.

a)

how the natural world works

b)

how the environment affects humans

c)

how humans affect the environment

d)

all of these choices

16.
Results published in __________ are the most respected in science because they have passed through a rigorous evaluation process involving feedback from multiple sources
a)
news magazines
b)
peer-reviewed journals
c)
web journals
d)
weekly newspapers
17.

Tragedy of the Commons refers to what environmental challenge?

a)

protecting shared resources

b)

curbing overpopulation

c)

perserving biodiversity

d)

preventing pollution

18.

The variety of genetic variation, variety of

species in a community, or a variety of

communities in an ecosystem

a)

biodiversity

b)

tragedy of the commons

c)

sustainability

d)

agricultural revolution

19.

The environment includes

a)

only living things

b)

only nonliving things

c)

only humans

d)

all living and nonliving things

20.

Information gathered from experiments

a)

data

b)

hypothesis

c)

conclusion

d)

research

21.
Human-centered
a)
Ecocentric
b)
Eccentric
c)
Anthropocentric
d)
Dysfunctional
22.
This described the likeliness of a common area being exploited for short-term gain.
a)
Hetch Hetchy 
b)
Silent Spring
c)
The Tragedy of the Commons
d)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
23.

What are materials and energy found naturally that we can use to survive? Both renewable and non-renewable

a)

Greenhouse effect

b)

Renewable resources

c)

Natural resources

d)

Non-Renewable resources

24.

The variety of organisms in an area, by species, genes, populations, and communities is called ______________.

a)

Sustainability

b)

Biodiversity

c)

Ecology

d)

Fossil fuels

25.

The study of how the environment and humans affect one another is called ___________________.

a)

Environmental Science

b)

Environmental ethics

c)

Environment

d)

Ecology