Introduction to Environmental Science

What are Renewable Natural Resources?

• Resources that take a long time to replenish.

• Resources that are naturally replenished over short periods of time.

• A rate of resource use that replaces what’s used at the same rate.

• A measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources.

What is an Ecological Footprint?

• A) A rate of resource use that replaces what’s used at the same rate.

• B) A measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources.

• C) A situation where individuals consume a shared resource at a selfish rate, leading to depletion.

• D) A systematic way scientists gather and use information to form hypotheses and test predictions.

What is a Controlled Experiment?

• A testable explanation for a question or problem.

• Making generalizations based on specific observations.

• Making specific predictions based on general principles.

• An experiment that changes only one variable at a time.

What is Peer Review?

• The process of subjecting scientific research to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field.

• A decision-making process that compares the costs and benefits of a resource or action.

• The benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems, such as provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services.

• A systematic way scientists gather and use information to form hypotheses and test predictions.

Which of the following statements is true about renewable and nonrenewable resources?

• Renewable resources take a long time to recover, while nonrenewable resources replenish quickly.

• Renewable resources replenish quickly, while nonrenewable resources take a long time to recover.

• Both renewable and nonrenewable resources replenish quickly.

• Both renewable and nonrenewable resources take a long time to recover.

Which revolution is associated with technological advances affecting health, agriculture, and resource consumption?

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Green Revolution

• Digital Revolution

Why is controlling variables important in experiments?

• To increase the complexity of the experiment.

• To understand outcomes and derive conclusions.

• To make the experiment more interesting.

• To ensure the experiment takes longer.

What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data?

• Qualitative data is numerical, while quantitative data is descriptive.

• Qualitative data is descriptive, while quantitative data is numerical.

• Both qualitative and quantitative data are numerical.

• Both qualitative and quantitative data are descriptive.

What is the role of peer review in scientific research?

• To invalidate scientific findings.

• To validate scientific findings.

• To delay the publication of research.

• To simplify scientific findings.

What is deductive reasoning?

• Reasoning from general principles to specific cases.

• Reasoning from specific cases to general principles.

• Reasoning that does not involve evidence.

• Reasoning that is always incorrect.