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Which period in human history occurred first?
Hunter-gatherer
Industrial Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Pre-industrial Revolution
Which of the following happened during the Agricultural Revolution?
Fossil fuels increased
Animal populations decreased
Plants and animals were domesticated
Plants were collected and animals were hunted
Which of the following was a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Growth of cities
Shift to using fossil fuels
Improvement in the quality of life
All of the above
Which type of resource may be broken down by natural processes?
biodegradable
nondegradable
nonrenewable
renewable
Which term refers to the number and variety of species that live in the area?
Adaptations
Spaceship Earth
Biodiversity
Biosphere
An important effect that hunter-gatherer societies may have had on the environment was
soil erosion
extinction
air pollution
all of the above
Which of the following does NOT describe an effect of the Industrial Revolution?
fossil fuels became important energy sources
the amount of land and labor needed to produce food increased
artificial substances replaced some animal and plant product
machines replaced human muscle and animal power
Resources that theoretically can last forever are called ___ resources.
Nonrenewable
Natural
Renewable
Nondegradable
Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?
Energy from the sun
Minerals
Crops
Fresh water
Which term refers to an undesired change in the air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health or survival of humans or other organisms?
Nonrenewable resource
Pollution
Biodiversity
Biodegradable
Which of the following is NOT considered one of the categories into which environmental problems fall?
Loss of Biodiversity
Pollution
Resource depletion
Population growth
Which term represents Earth as a closed system in regard to matter (it cannot take on new supplies and cannot dispose of waste).
Pollution
Spaceship Earth
Biosphere
Quality of Life
Environmental Science encompasses many different fields of study, so we say it is a ____ science.
interdisciplinary
ecological
social
biological
When do biodegradable pollutants cause problems?
When they are dumped into the ocean
When they are put into the soil
When they accumulate faster than they are broken down
When they are broken down faster than they accumulate
What is the process of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes called?
Industry
Ecology
Environmental Science
Agriculture
What is a natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processes?
Biodegradable
Nonrenewable
Renewable
Natural
The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environments is called ____.
Biodiverity
Ecology
Environmental Science
Agriculture
Which field of study involves the physical, biological, and social sciences?
Biology
Ecology
Physics
Environmental Science
The declining (decreasing) number and variety of species in an area is ___
Loss of biodiversity
Loss of nonrenewable resources
Loss of quality of life
None of the above
Which of the following are nondegradable?
Mercury
Lead
Plastics
All of the above
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