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10th -
12thgrade
Unit 1- Introduction to Environmental Science
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is made up of all the living and nonliving things which an organism interacts with?
Atmosphere
Water Supply
Environment
Soil
- 2. Multiple Choice
Environmental science applies to all of the following EXCEPT...
How the natural world works
How much greenhouse gas is produced
How our environment affects us
How we affect our environment
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions
Environmental Science
Environmental Policy
Environmental Ethics
Environmentalism
- 4. Multiple Choice
Sustainability is defined as…
Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.
Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.
Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.
Not consuming any resources at all.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which country would you expect to experience the most severe short-term problems like overpopulation, deforestation, poverty, and disease?
Japan
Pakistan
Peru
Mexico
- 6. Multiple Choice
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field of study. This means that…
It is limited to only one branch of science; ecology.
Each environmental issue is specific to only one type of science.
Multiple branches of science only (biology, chemistry, etc) are covered.
Many science and non-science fields of study, such as economics and politics, are included.
- 7. Multiple Choice
An average person from _______________ would be expected to have a higher ecological footprint than the other two countries.
Country "A"
Country "B"
Country "C"
None of the above; They would have roughly equal ecological footprints.
- 8. Multiple Choice
One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem?
Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.
Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.
The human population overall is too small.
Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Trees are considered ________________ resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time.
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Inexhaustible
Recyclable
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which example best illustrates the point behind the Tragedy of the Commons essay?
Various nations overfishing in international waters, leading to a collapse of fish stocks.
A property owner clear-cutting all of the trees on his land to sell for timber
A farmer that overplants his fields one year, leading to a poor harvest
One country declaring war on another
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following types of environmental ethics places an emphasis on human interests?
Ecocentric
Anthropocentric
Biocentric
None of these
- 12. Multiple Choice
A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called
renewable
ecological
non-renewable
sustainable
- 13. Multiple Choice
Global population is projected to be about ________in 2050
7 billion
8 billion
9 billion
10 billiion
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a MAIN environmental problem?
Resource Depletion
Pollution
Climate Change
Poverty
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?
Copper
Crude Oil
Coal
Wave Energy
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
Wind
Sunlight
Water
Coal
- 17. Multiple Choice
As the human population grows, resources
decrease
increase
stay the same
increase, then decrease
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which policy requires government agencies to evaluate the impacts of a project on the environment before proceeding with a design?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Clean Water Act
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Clean Air Act
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which ethical attitude believes 'bigger is better?'
The Business Ethic
The Development Ethic
The Conservation Ethic
The Preservation Ethic
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is perhaps the biggest environmental issue we are faced with today is
Empathy
Sympathy
Telepathy
Apathy
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