Objectives Ch 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Define environmental science and compare environmental science with ecology. | Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science, which means that it involves many fields of study. However, Ecology is they study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.
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| List the five major fields of study that contribute to environmental science. | Biology, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry and Social Science
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| Describe the major environmental effects of hunter-gatherers, the agricultural revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. | Hunter-gatherers would burn the prairies to prevent trees from growing so they could hunt buffalo and bison. During the Agricultural revolution humans started raising crops and livestock. This allowed humans to live closer together thus enabling the populations to grow more rapidly. The industrial Revolution introduced the use of fossil fuels which in turn enable wider human movement and also pollution.
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| Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources. |
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| Classify environmental problems into three major categories. |
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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