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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Field of study involving the physical, biological, and social sciences"The Tragedy of the Commons"Environmental ScienceEcologySustainability
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environmentsSustainabilityEcologyEnvironmental ScienceRenewable Resource
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposesLoss of biodiversitySupply and demandAgricultureEcology
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Declining number and variety of the species in an areaSustainabilityDeveloped nationLoss of biodiversityRenewable resource
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.State in which a human population can survive indefinitelySustainabilityEnvironmental ScienceEcology"Tragedy of the Commons"
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processesNonrenewable resourceRenewable resourceFossil fuelsLoss of biodiversity
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Energy from the SunBiodegradableNonbiodegradableRenewable resourceNonrenewable resource
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following sciences contribute to the field of environmental science?Physics and ChemistryBiology and Earth ScienceSocial SciencesAll options are correct
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.During the period of human history known as the _____________, human populations grew rapidly because of advances in farming methods.Industrial RevolutionAgricultural Revolution"Tragedy of the Commons"Hunter-gatherer period
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What did hunter-gatherers do to alter the environment?Introduce new plants to new regionsOver-hunt large mammalsBurn prairie to maintain grasslandAll options are correct
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Because Environmental Science encompasses so many different fields of study, it is said to be a(n) ________________ science.EcologicalInterdisciplinarySocialHuman
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which time period in human history occurred prior to the others listed below?Hunter-gathererIndustrial RevolutionPost-Industrial RevolutionAgricultural Revolution
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Ecology is the study of:Plants and animalsEnvironmental ScienceInteractions between organisms and their environmentEnergy flow in ecosystems
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Conflict between short-term interests of individuals and long-term welfare of societyDeveloped nationSupply and demand"Tragedy of the Commons"Ecology
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Law describing the relationship between an item's availability and its valueDeveloping nationSupply and demandLoss of biodiversityAgriculture
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Characterized by low population growth rate, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economiesDeveloped nationDeveloping nationSustainabilityEcology
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Characterized by high population growth rate, low energy use, and very low personal wealthLoss of biodiversitySupply and demandDeveloping nationDeveloped nation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Mercury, lead, and some plasticBiodiversityBiodegradableNonbiodegradableRenewable resources
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which major changes in human society and the environment occurred during the Industrial Revolution?People lived in small tribes; many mammals went extinctDomesticated plants were altered; forest was replaced with farmlandFossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increasedCommon grazing areas were replaced with closed fields
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" essay addressed the conflicts associated with which environmental challenge?Preventing pollutionPreserving biodiversityCurbing overpopulationProtecting shared resources
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What represents Earth's "modern commons"?Shared natural resourcesProtected grasslandsThreatened speciesUnpolluted habitats
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is a renewable resource that is in danger of being used up faster than it can replace itself?SoilGroundwaterTropical Rain ForestsAll choices are correct
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is a "developing" nation?The United StatesFranceCanadaEthiopia
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.If the human population continues to grow, all of the following could occur EXCEPT INCREASEDPollutionBiodiversityResource depletionHuman starvation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Developed nations make up about ________ percent of the world's population and consume about _________ percent of its resources.20, 7550, 7575, 2075, 50