Intro to Environmental

What is the definition of ecological footprint?

• is the footprint of ecologist

• is a measure of the impact living things have on the environment.

• is a kind of plant that grows in the rainforrest.

• a measure of the amount of land needed to support one person in a particular country.

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In the last several hundred years, human population has ___________________ dramatically.

• Increased
• Decreased
• Stayed the same
• none of the above

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The steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question.

• scientific method

• recipe

• data

• observation

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Lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants

• Scientists
• archeologist
• Romans
• Hunter-gatherers

The ______ was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals.

• hunter-gathering period
• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution

The ______ was the time when humans started using machines to produce goods.

• scientific period
• Agricultural Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

Overpopulation, pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of ______________________.

• environmental challenges

• pollution

• envirnomental factors

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More- Developed Countries are....

• industrialized with high average income

• industrialized with low average income

• have high poverty rates

• have low ecological footprints

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As the demand for a good or service increases, the value of the good or service also increases.

• Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Law of Supply and Demand

• Risk Assessment

• Tragedy of the Commons

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.