Environmental Science Final Exam Chapter 1 Question Preview (ID: 33512)
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What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?
a) It has remained at the same level.
b) It has decreased only slightly.
c) It has increased dramatically.
d) It has decreased dramatically.
Natural resources that are naturally replenished over months, years, or decades are called...
a) Nonrenewable resources
b) fossil fuels
c) footprints
d) renewable resources
which steps are usually near the beginning of a scientific investigation?
a) hypothesizing and theorizing
b) observing and questioning
c) predicting and modeling
d) gathering and interpreting data
In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond in order to compare the algae growth to a pod that doesn't receive fertilizer. The amount of algae that grows would represent a(n)
a) model
b) dependent variable
c) prediction
d) independent variable
A set of moral principles or values held by a person or a society is called
a) ethics
b) justice
c) culture
d) hypothesis
Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?
a) filling a car with gasoline
b) building wooden furniture
c) mining copper
d) burning coal in a power plant
In which country is the average citizen likely to be using up the most natural resources?
a) Peru
b) United States
c) China
d) Egypt
Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?
a) crude oil
b) coal
c) wave energy
d) copper
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?
a) wind energy
b) sunlight
c) natural gas
d) geothermal energy
What does it mean to use a resource sustainably?
a) Using a resource sustainability means to use a resource at the same pace as it's being reproduced.
b) Using it in a very awesome way.
c) Hello, it's me i've been wondering if after all these years if you'd like to meet to go over everything.
d) I ain't worried 'bout nothin, I ain't worried 'bout nada I'm sitting pretty inpatient cause I know you gotta.
Explain the tragedy of the commons.
a) When a public uses a resources until it's depleted- People are greedy- Opposite of sustainability.
b) When i find myself in times of trouble mother mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
c) Waking up to kiss you and nobody is there, the smell of your perfume still stuck in the air, it's hard.
d) I remember years ago someone told me i should take caution when it comes to love, i did, i did.
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