Intro to Environmental Science Review

The environment includes

• the plants and animals in the natural world

• the nonliving portion of an area

• humans and man-made structures

• both A&B

• all of the above

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Which of the following is never considered a renewable resource?

• fresh water

• natural gas

• soil

• sunlight

A natural resource that is used at the same rate that it is replenished is called a resource.

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• ecological

• sustainable

Which of the following is true about nations that have the largest ecological footprints?

• They have the largest populations.

• They use the most fossil fuels.

• They have the highest amount of natural resources.

• They have the fewest number of environmental laws.

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What is environmental science?

• The study of the impact of humans on the environment

• The study of the human body

• The study of living organisms

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You are collecting information on the number of moose in a particular location, so you put out a motion-activated game camera to capture pictures of the moose that pass. When you are finished, you tally the number of moose photographed per day. What type of information is this?

• qualitative

• quantitative

• descriptive

• theoretical

What is the Responding (Dependent) Variable in this graph?

• Plant Growth

• Growth (cm)

• Hours

• 15

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Josie was performing an experiment where she grew the same kind of tomatoes in the same soil and amount of water.  She sat one in the sun and one in a closet for 14 days.  What is the independent variable in Josie's experiment?

• tomatoes

• soil

• sunlight

• water

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In environmental science, what is a nutrient?

• organic compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon

• the chemicals in food that make it taste good

• an element on the periodic table

• matter that organisms need to carry out their life processes

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The environment contains

• living things only.

• non-living things only.

• both living and non-living things.

• only artificial things.

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