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Materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans.
Natural resources
Natural services
Natural capital
None of the above
What could be a scientific solution to the problems of depletion of forest.
a. Stop burning or cutting down biologically diverse forest and to allow nature to replenish them
a. Do not support the logging / lumber industry
Enact and enforce laws and regulations on cutting matured trees
all of the above
Anything that is obtained from the environment to meet the needs and wants of human beings.
Renewable resources
Non-renewable resources
Resources
None of the above
Which of the following is the best definition of a natural resource:
something we get from the environment
something that we can use from the environment
something humans use to meet our needs
Anything humans get or use from nature to meet our needs or wants
A resource that can restore or renew itself (unless badly mismanaged) or can be used over and over is called a:
Renewable resource
Non-renewable resource
Perpetual resource
Indestructible resource
A resource that can only be used once and cannot be replaced once used is called a...
Renewable resource
Non-renewable resource
Perpetual resource
Infinite resource
What does sustainability mean?
Using lots of resources.
Maintaining the world we live in for future generations.
Cutting down trees.
Using lots of water and electricity.
Which of these is not a goal of environmental science?
Learn how life on earth has lived and thrived for billions of years.
Understand how humans interact with the environment.
Understand how animals interact with humans.
Find ways to deal with environmental problems.
What are the three factors of sustainability?
Social Factors
Economic Factors
Environmental Factors
Chemical Factors
The study of how humans interact with our environment is called
environmentalism
environmental science
ecology
biology
To reduce your carbon footprint, you should eat food that is....
grown in other countries
yummy
grown locally
Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?
Eating less meat and processed foods
Walking or biking to school
Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it.
Driving a large car around for fun.
The "Tragedy of The Commons" is...
An economic issue where people do not have enough money to buy basic needs so they resort to stealing and breaking the law.
A type of play where someone tragically dies or gets killed.
Economic issue where individuals tend to take advantage of the natural resource and it becomes unavailable for everyone.
In the movie "The Lorax" was was one unintended consequence of clear cutting the tuffula trees?
The environment was destroyed
The Once-ler made a lot of money
The Once-ler got his family jobs
What is overfishing?
The removal of bad fish from a environment
The removal of fish/ species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species can not replenish in time.
The removal of dead fish from a body of water
In the story of Easter Island, what was the unintended consequence of clear cutting all the trees?
They were able to erect a lot of statues
They built many boats
Their environment was destroyed
They were able to get more cows
What is one negative consequence of overfishing?
Fish can grow two heads.
Fish species can either become depleted or very underpopulated in that given area.
Fish species can adapt in order to escape the fisherman.
Fish species will move to a new environment in order to escape fishermen.
Along with population growth, which of the following is a major root of the environmental problems caused by humans?
our sustainable development practices
or reforestation projects
our exploitation and consumptions of resources
our renewable energy initiatives
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