Environmental Science Chapter 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource?

• coal

• plastic

• sunlight

The type of philosophy that deals with good, bad, right and wrong is called.

• culture

• ethics

• logic

Which word means the same as the word degradation?

Indeed, many great civilizations have fallen after depleting resources from their environments, and each has left devastated landscapes in its wake. Plato wrote of the deforestation and environmental degradation accompanying ancient Greek cities, for example. 

• gradation

• ruin

• evaluation

What does it mean to use a resource sustainably?

• Using resources at a rate that does not deplete them for future generations.

• Avoiding the use of any natural resources to preserve them completely.

• Using resources only when they are abundant and cheap.

The environmental justice means that everyone—regardless of race, color, national origin, or income—has the right to...

Environmentalism is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

• True

• False

Anthropocentrism describes a world view in where all parts of an ecosystem have value.

• True

• False

Which is always a nonrenewable resource?

• Water

• Wind

• Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)

A testable idea that attempts to answer a scientific question is

• an experiment

• a hypothesis

• a theory

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

The environment contains

• both living and non-living things

• living things only

• non-living things only

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3