Environmental Science Unit 1 test

What is NOT a way to reduce your environmental/ecological footprint?

• reducing what you consume.

• increasing what you consume.

• recycling.

• reusing materials.

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The relationship between 2 items is

• your ecological footprint

• developing countries

• developed countries

• correlation

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Natural material that forms at a much slower rate than is depleted is

• a nonrenewable resource

• a renewable resource

• correlation

• conservation

Conflicts that arise from sharing resources are described by

• hunter-gatherer period

• Industrial Revolution

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• agricultural revolution

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Your county is considering buying land to form a nature preserve.  On this land, an endangered species of mammal is known to breed.  Which of the following is a possible positive long-term consequence of this decision?

• The population of the endangered species increases.

• Environmental controls are made less strict outside the preserve area.

• Habitat destruction is immediately slowed.

• Habitats outside the preserve are damaged by over-development.

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What is the carrying capacity?

• The maximum number of species that can co-exist in an area

• The maximum number of individuals that can fit into an area

• The greatest number of individuals that an area can sustain over the long term

• The ability of an environment to accommodate a growing population

Environmental science is a study of which types of interactions between humans and the environment?

• how human actions alter the environment

• how humans use natural resources

• how human beings relate to the nonliving environment

• All of the choices are correct.

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The chance an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of

• skepticism

• distribution

• correlation

• risk

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The graph shows

• positive correlation

• negative correlation

• no correlation

• scattered correlation

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Why is studying environmental science important?

• We can understand our world better.

• We can understand why people commit crimes.

• We can understand how the president is elected.

• We can understand what a verb is.

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