Chapter 12 Holt Environmental Science

A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called

• sustainable

• ecological

• nonrenewable

• renewable

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Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?

• Copper

• Crude Oil

• Coal

• Wave Energy

Sustainability is defined as…

• Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.

• Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.

• Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

• Not consuming any resources at all.

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An average person from _______________ would be expected to have a higher ecological footprint than the other two countries.

• Country "A"

• Country "B"

• Country "C"

• None of the above; They would have roughly equal ecological footprints.

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Which example best illustrates the point behind the Tragedy of the Commons essay?

• Various nations overfishing in international waters, leading to a collapse of fish stocks.

• A property owner clear-cutting all of the trees on his land to sell for timber

• A farmer that overplants his fields one year, leading to a poor harvest

• One country declaring war on another

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Environmental science applies to all of the following EXCEPT...

• How the natural world works

• How much greenhouse gas is produced

• How our environment affects us

• How we affect our environment

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Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions

• Environmental Science

• Environmental Policy

• Environmental Ethics

• Environmentalism

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This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• data

• control group

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An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant

• The amount of sunlight

• The type of music

• The type of liquid

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What type of investigation does this represent?

• model

• experimentation

• observation

• recording

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