Chapter 1 Test

Which of the following are considered part of the environment?

• forests
• buildings
• oceans
• all of these

A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest would be considered a(n)

• environmentalist
• ecological footprint
• environmental scientist
• tragedy of the commons

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

• crude oil
• coal
• wave energy
• fossil fuels

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

• wind energy
• sunlight
• wave energy
• natural gas

What term describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions?

• ecological footprint
• environment
• environmentalism
• environmental science

Which of the following plays an especially important role in the early stages of the scientific method?

• gathering data
• making observations
• interpreting data
• making conclusions

For a hypothesis to work it must be

• observable
• testable
• in the form of a question
• predictable

Which is NOT a step in the scientific process?

• develop a hypothesis
• conducting a controlled experiment
• make observations about a phenomena
• conduct a single experiment to change a hypothesis to a theory

The __________________ refers to the overuse of unregulated resources.

• ecological footprint
• environmentalism
• tragedy of commons
• common denominator

Our _________________________ is affected by the number of people on Earth and how much we consume.

• ecological footprint
• ecocentrism
• tragedy of the commons
• tragedy footprint