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Elba Environmental Science Chapter 1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Zoology is the study of

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

microorganisms

d)

Earth's interior processes, surface, and history

2.

Sociology is the study of

a)

Plants

b)

chemistry of living things

c)

human population dynamics and statistics

d)

Earth's water sources

3.

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

sunlight

d)

wind

4.

Using a common resource to the point where you benefit but everyone else feels the negatives.

a)

Ecological Footprint

b)

Tragedy of the Commons

c)

Polliution

d)

Ecosystems

5.

A resource that is made faster than it is used

a)

Non-renewable Resource

b)

Renewable

c)

Coal

d)

Oil

6.

Which of the following is not a fossil Fuel?

a)

Tree

b)

Coal

c)

Oil

d)

Gas

7.

Studying the chemistry of rocks, soil and water

a)

Botany

b)

Anthropology

c)

Ecology

d)

Geochemistry

8.

The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for food, clothing and transportation

a)

Botany

b)

Ecology

c)

Agriculture

d)

Pollution

9.

The number and variety of species that live in an area

a)

Law of supply and demand

b)

biodiversity

c)

agriculture

d)

ecology

10.

The greater the demand for something, the greater the price

a)

Biochemistry

b)

Tragedy of the Commons

c)

Sustainability

d)

Law of Supply and Demand

11.

Where human needs are met to live to the current standard

a)

Biochemistry

b)

Tragedy of the Commons

c)

Sustainability

d)

Law of Supply and Demand

12.

plants and animals were domesticated, human populations grew

a)

agricultural revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

hunter-gatherer period

13.

the study of living things and their interaction with their nonliving environment

a)

biology

b)

pollution

c)

ecology

14.

During the _____ period(s), humans altered their habitats.

a)

Hunter-gathers

b)

Industrial revolution

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

All of the above

15.

Trees are considered ________________ resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time.

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

inexhaustible

d)

recyclable

16.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

a)

Wind

b)

Sunlight

c)

Water

d)

Coal

17.

Which of the following is the study of Plants

a)

Botany

b)

Zoology

c)

Hydrology

d)

Paleontology

18.

Which of the following is the study of fossils and ancient life

a)

Botany

b)

Zoology

c)

Hydrology

d)

Paleontology

19.

The study of Earth's atmosphere and climate

a)

Botany

b)

Zoology

c)

Climatology

d)

Paleontology