Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 1 - Understanding Our Environment
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Because environmental science encompasses so many different fields of study, it
is said to be a(n) ____________ science.
a. | ecological | b. | interdisciplinary | c. | social | d. | human |
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Which period in human history occurred prior to the others listed below.
a. | hunter-gatherer | b. | Industrial Revolution | c. | post-Industrial
Revolution | d. | agricultural revolution |
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To survive hunter-gatherers changed their environment by
a. | burning the prairies to prevent trees from growing. | b. | spreading plants to
areas beyond where they originally grew. | c. | Both (a) and (b) | d. | Neither (a) nor
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During the agricultural revolution,
a. | plants and animals were domesticated. | b. | fossil fuel use increased. | c. | human populations
decreased due to disease. | d. | Both (a) and
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The ____________ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution.
a. | over hunting of large mammals | b. | shift to the use of fossil
fuels | c. | improvement in quality of life | d. | growth of
cities |
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Matching
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Section 1 - Understanding Our Environment
Choose the
letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | biodiversity | d. | nondegradable | b. | biodegradable | e. | “spaceship
Earth” | c. | renewable resource |
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Earth as a “closed system”
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energy from the sun
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mercury, lead, and some plastics
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may be broken down by natural processes
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the number and variety of species that live in the area
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