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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between Ecology and Environmental Science?
1)Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with their environments.; and environmental science is the study of how the natural world works, and how humans and the environment affect each other.
2)Ecology studies nature; environmental science studies an organism only
3)Ecology is the study of an organism and environmental science does not study any organisms
4)None of these answers are correct
- 2. Multiple Choice
Sustainability is defined as…
1) Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.
2) Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.
3) Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.
4) Not consuming any resources at all.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is made up of all the living and nonliving things which an organism interacts with?
1) Atmosphere
2) Water Supply
3) Environment
4) Soil
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions
1) Environmental Science
2) Environmental Policy
3) Environmental Ethics
4) Environmentalism
- 5. Multiple Choice
A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called
1) renewable
2) ecological
3) non-renewable
4) sustainable
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
1) Wind
2) Sunlight
3) Water
4) Coal
- 7. Multiple Choice
As the human population grows, resources
1) decrease
2) increase
3) stay the same
4) increase, then decrease
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which one is a completely renewable resource?
1) Oil
2) Sunlight
3) Coal
4) Fresh water
- 9. Multiple Choice
Any materials or energy from nature that humans need to survive.
natural resource
environment
nonrenewable resource
inference
- 10. Multiple Choice
True or False? Humans affect the environment but the environment does NOT affect us.
True
False
- 11. Multiple Choice
The environment contains
1) biotic organisms.
2) abiotic things.
3) both biotic and abiotic things.
4) none of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
The environment contains
1) living things only.
2) non-living things only.
3) both living and non-living things.
4) only artificial things.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following resources are considered renewable natural resources?
• Sunlight • Wind energy • Wave energy • Geothermal energy
Sunlight only
Petroleum Oil, sunlight, geothermal energy
none of the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of nonrenewable natural resources ?
1) • Sunlight • Wind energy • Wave energy • Geothermal energy
2) • Crude oil • Natural gas • Coal • Copper, aluminum, and other metals
3) Wind Energy only
4) None of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
What's the difference between renewable and nonrenewable natural resources?
1) Non-renewable natural resources are naturally formed much more slowly and once they are used up--, they are gone forever!
2) options 1 and 4 of the answer choices
3) Non-renewable natural resources are naturally formed much more slowly and once they are used up--, they are gone forever!
4) Renewable natural resources are naturally replenished, or renewed, over short periods.
- 16. Poll
Mrs. Taylor should give us soft pretzels once a month?
yes
no
- 17. Multiple Choice
Completely renewable resources, such as sunlight and wind energy, will always be there for us.
True
False
- 18. Multiple Choice
What will happen if we use resources globally at an unsustainable rate?
1) a lot can happen
2) No one is responsible for using up all of the resources--its the Earth's own fault.
3) when resources are unregulated, everyone takes what he or she or they can until the resources are depleted. No one takes responsibility, so everyone eventually loses.
4) resources can replenish itself it just takes time.
- 19. Open Ended
As an environmentalist explain what you can do to help save the planet. What would be your cause? How would you do it? Would your ideas be sustainable over time?
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