Question | Answer |
Building wooden furniture is an example that best describes the use of this type of resource? | renewable |
During the industrial revolution, the agricultural revolution and the hunter-gatherer period(s), humans altered their? | habitats |
Overhunting of large animals was a direct result of this time period. | Hunter-Gatherer period |
Kenya is an example of this type of a developing nation which means this would be expanding rapidly. | population |
Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes the field of? | environmental science |
Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen making it important to stop the loss of this from occurring? | biodiversity |
Plants were domesticated during this time period. | agricultural revolution |
Exhausting the soil nutrients of farmland due to over cultivation is an example of the depletion of this type of resource. | renewable |
Canada is this type of country/nation. | developed |
The conflict between individuals and society can be described in the writings known as? | tragedy of the commons |
The indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition is an example of this concept. | sustainability |
If the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same oil prices would increase. This is an example of this law? | supply and demand |
The amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person? | ecological footprint |
These types of nations have greater personal wealth? | developed |
Ethiopia is considered this type of nation? | developing |
A large ecological footprint would be left by this type of nation? | developed |
Most of today’s environmental problems began during which period(s) in human history? | industrial revolution |
The relationship between the availability and the worth of resources is known as ? | the law of supply and demand |
Listing both the merits and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of this? | cost benefit analysis |
Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” essay addresses the conflicts associated with what environmental challenge? | protecting shared resources |
The number and variety of species that live in an area? | biodiversity |
Sunlight, air, forests, minerals, and water are all this type of resource? | Natural resources |
The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment is known as this? | pollution |
A society achieves this when people can maintain a high standard of living without depleting available resources. | sustainability |
When the last member of a species dies this occurs? | extinction |
Copper ore, petroleum, and diamonds are all examples of this type of resource? | nonrenewable resources |
A science that examines how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment is called? | ecology |
During the period in history, humans lived in tribes and used fires to maintain prairie habitat. | hunter-gatherer |
During the period in history, plants and animals were domesticated and human populations grew rapidly. | agricultural revolution |
Rapid population growth, poverty, and reduced life expectancy are all characteristic of the types of countries? | developing |
This pollutant is a harmful material that cannot be broken down by natural processes. | nondegradeable |
The applied science that focuses on the environmental effects of human activities is called? | environmental science |
The number and variety of species in an area is called? | biodiversity |
Earth science, physics, chemistry, social sciences, and this science all contribute to the field of environmental science? | biology |
This is an indication of a persons productive area of Earth needed to produce the resources consumed by that individual. | ecological footprint |
According to this law the price of oil is directly related to the rate of its production. | supply and demand |
The essay entitled “The Tragedy of the Commons” was written to illustrate the environmental conflicts that occur when many people in a community take advantage of these in the same area. | natural resources |
Newspapers and human sewage are examples of these types of pollutants. | biodegradable |
High fossil fuel consumption, low population growth rates, and high life expectancy are all characteristic of these types of countries. | developed |
During this period in history, great technological strides were made, but pollution first became a significant envi-ronmental problem. | industrial revolution |
The three major categories of environmental problems are: loss of biodiversity, pollution, and this? | resource depletion |
A science focused on environmental effects of human activities and their surroundings? | environmental science |
a science focused on interactions between organisms and the environment | ecology |
Sunlight and forests are considered this? | renewable resources |
Introduction to harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment. | pollution |
When the last member of a species dies. | extinction |
The term to describe when only the sun’s energy enters and heat leaves. | closed system |
Harmful material that cannot be broken down by natural processes? | nondegradable pollutant |
The number and variety of species in an area? | biodiversity |
Fossil fuels, metals, salt are known as these? | nonrenewable resources |
Using resources in such a way that there will be enough for future generations? | sustainability |