Unit 1 Environmental Science

Overgrazing of public land by privately owned lievestock is an example of the

• right of eminent domain

• rule of seventy

• tragedy of the commons

• principle of manifest destiny

The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment is called _____.

• natural resources

• biodegradeable

• pollution

• nonrenewable resources

Resources, such as copper ore, petroleum, and coal, that are used faster than can be produced, are all ________.

• natural resources

• biodegradeable

• pollution

• Nonrenewable resources

According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same?

• oil prices would increase

• oil prices would drop

• oil usage would increase

• oil usage would drop

Sunlight, air forests, minerals, and water are all ________.

• natural resources

• biodegradeable

• pollution

• nonrenewable resources

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Which of the choices below describes sustainablility?

• reservation of rare animals by relocation from natural habitats to laboratories

• Invention of safer storage facilities for increased amounts of toxic wastes

• Consuming large amounts of natural resources to create more advanced technologies

• Indefinite (without end) existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous environment

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Which of the following describes the depletion (overuse) of a renewable resource?

• hunting deer to maintain a healthy population size in a forest

• intense use of farmland that uses all of the soil nutrients

• mining coal

• increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power

What is an ecological footprintd?

• a mark that a person's shoe makes in soft earth

• the number of animals a person has killed

• the amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person

• the number of trees people cut down

In the experiment, the one variable that is changed by the experimenter is called the....

• experimental variable

• control variable

• independent variable

• dependent variable

In the Amazon Rainforest many plants produce chemicals that are important for medicines for human health. This is an example of.....

• evolution by natural selection

• ecological equilibrium

• adaptive radiation

• ecosystem services

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