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Environmental Science test
- 1.All of the following disciplines are major contributors to the field of environmental science except
- A.
Linguistics and physics
- B.
Biology and earth science
- C.
Social sciences
- 2.Most of today's environmental problems began during which period in human history?
- A.
Hunter-gatherer period
- B.
Agricultural revolution
- C.
Industrial revolution
- 3.Environmental science is a study of which types of interactions between humans and the environment?
- A.
How humans use natural resources
- B.
How human beings relate to the nonliving environment
- C.
How human actions alter the environment
- D.
All of the above
- 4.Which of the following is studied in environmental science?
- A.
Interactions between living organisms and their nonliving environment
- B.
Impact of humans on the environment
- C.
Interactions between organisms
- 5.Population growth in the 20th century accelerated which environmental stress(es)?
- A.
Resource depletion
- B.
Pollution
- C.
Habitat destruction
- D.
All of the above
- 6.Why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concern?
- A.
Humans depend on other organisms for food and oxygen
- B.
Species extinctions have been rare throughout history
- C.
Loss of biodiversity is not a concern because extinctions are common.
- 7.Using economic considerations of resource use, the law of supply and demand describes the
- A.
Availability of abundant resources
- B.
Relationship between the availability and the worth of resources
- C.
Worth of nonrenewable resources
- 8.Listing both the merits and expenses involved in implementing a particular solution is an example of a(n)
- A.
Cost-benefit analysis
- B.
Risk assessment
- C.
Ecological footprint
- 9.Compared with their counterparts in developed countries, individuals in developing nations typically have a
- A.
Higher standard of living
- B.
Larger ecological footprint
- C.
Shorter life span
- 10.Achieving a sustainable world is a goal that will depend on
- A.
Responsible consumption by developed countries
- B.
A higher standard of living in developing countries
- C.
Cooperation between governments, industry, and citizens
- D.
Both (a) and (c)
- 11.A good hypothesis is more than a guess because it
- A.
Is based on intuition rather than observation
- B.
States what is likely to happen
- C.
Makes logical sense
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