Unit 1 Quiz 1

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

everything around us living and non living

Question 2

Environmental Science

Answer 2

study of how humans interact w the environment

Question 3

3 goals of environmental science

Answer 3

1. Learn how earth has survived/thrived
2. Get how we interact w environment
3. Find ways to deal w environmental problems

Question 4

Environmentalism

Answer 4

social movement dedicated to protect earths life-support systems for all forms of life

Question 5

Principles of Sustainability

Answer 5

1. Dependence on solar energy
2. Biodiversity
3. Chemical Cycling

Question 6

Sustainability

Answer 6

rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation and non-renewable resource depletion

Question 7

Natural resources

Answer 7

inexhaustible, renewable, nonrenewable

Question 8

Natural services

Answer 8

processes provided by healthy ecosystems

Question 9

What degrades natural capital?

Answer 9

overuse, pollution, wastes

Question 10

Solutions

Answer 10

scientific solutions, economic, political

Question 11

Resource

Answer 11

anything we can attain from environment that meets wants and needs

Question 12

Inexhaustible resource

Answer 12

continuous supply: solar energy

Question 13

Renewable resources

Answer 13

can be replenished if we don’t use more than its sustainable yield
Ex: forests, grasslands, fish, etc

Question 14

Nonrenewable

Answer 14

fixed amount: oil, coal, metallic/ nonmetallic resources

Question 15

Priorities for more sustainable use of nonrenewable resources

Answer 15

Refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle

Question 16

More developed countries

Answer 16

more industrialized, high income, longer life, more education, etc

Question 17

Less-developed countries

Answer 17

Not as industrialized, lower income, shorter life, less education, etc

Question 18

Environmental degradation

Answer 18

living unsustainably by wasting, depleting, degrading resources

Question 19

Pollution

Answer 19

chemical, noise, heat

Question 20

ecological footprint

Answer 20

Impact of person or community on environment

Question 21

Per capita ecological footprint

Answer 21

average for country or area

Question 22

IPAT

Answer 22

pop x affluence x technology