1. Chapters 1, 2, 25
Review

2. Name the Term
The study of relationships between living organisms and the environment.
The interdisciplinary subject that combines information from the physical and social sciences to learn how the Earth works.
Natural resources and natural services that keep us and other forms of life alive and support our economies.

3. Alls of the following are examples of sustainability EXCEPT
Renewable Energy
Green design
Water Conservation
Climate Control
Exponential Growth

4. The population of the world has been increasing
At a constant rate
Equally among the countries of the world
Exponentially
Slowly since 1963
Until 2000, when it began to stabilize

5. Which of the following factors is used by the UN to classify a nation as developed or developing?
Population gain
Resource use
Distribution of wealth in the population
Degree of industrialization
Annual birth rate

6. A resoure that can be replaced in a human lifetime is known as
Conservation resource
Nonrenewable resource
important resource
Renewable resource
Sustainable resource

7. Plants and trees can be cut down and replanted. These resources are
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Perpetual
Exhaustible
sustainable

8. An ecological footprint is
The impact a individual may have on a given area of land
The amount of biologically productive land and water needed to sustain an individual within a population
The carrying capacity of the Earth for a given population
The amount of land and water that has been converted to nonproductive use with a given geographical region

9. A measure of a nation’s economic development based on a measure of per capita GDP PPP which includes all of the following EXCEPT
Annual market value of all goods produced with in the country
Annual market value of services operating within the country
Disparity of wealth beween individuals within the country
The total population at midyear
Comparison of individual purchasing power based on currency rates

10. The “Tragedy of the Commons” refers to the overuse of
Free-access resources
Government subsidies
Privately owned resources
Venture capital
Corporate revenue

11. Environmental Degradation is
Pollution which cannot be broken down in the environment
Harmful materials which can be broken down in the environment
When we exceed or compromise a renewable resource’s natural replacement rate, the available supply shrinks
A type of environmental ethic in which human needs and intelligence allow us to use resources as we wish.

12. Point pollution sources
Can usually be identified within a given area
Can never be located
Are dispersed and difficult to identify
Are much more expensive to control than non-point sources
Cannot be controlled

13. All fo the following are true with respect to pollutants EXCEPT
They disrupt life-support systems for living organisms
They can damage property
They create nuisances within an environment
They contribute to the balance within an ecosystem
They can be a hazard to human health

14. A pollution prevention strategy would include
Governments spending more money on clean-up initiatives
Burning waste thereby reducing the volume of solid waste and moving the pollution to a smaller air pollution problem
Replacing old polluting systems with new technology which does not result in as much waste
Creating efficient waste collection and management systems in communities

15. Name the key causes of environmental problems

16. The environmental impact of a population on a given area depends on which of the following?
Population size
Combined environmental effects of technologies
Affluence-level or consumption of patterns within a population
(Choose 1, 2, or all 3)

17. Environmental ethics is best defined as
Using the environment wisely
Maintaining environmental sustainability
Examining the moral basis of environmental responsibility and its extent

18. All of the following are tenants of the Principles of Sustainability EXCEPT
Biodiversity
Population control
Nutrient recycling
Fossil fuel recharging
Reliance on solar capital

19. Nutrient cycling is
The circulation of chemicals necessary for life through living and non-living systems in the environment
One of the natural services of our ecosystems
A scientific principal of sustainability
Illustrated by the process of decaying matter returning nutrients to the soil to be taken up again by plants

20. According to the WHO, poverty often results in premature death due to all of the following reasons EXCEPT
Malnutrition
Limited access to adequate sanitation
Severe respiratory disease from indoor air pollution
Available clean drinking water
Lack of access to health care

21. Affluence results in a safer, often more environmentally managed society in all ways EXCEPT
Clean drinking water
Abundant and safe food supply
Increased resource use
Reduction in life-threatening disease
Education which spurs new technology, research and environmental awareness

22. Which graph represents exponential growth?

23. Which of the following contains the LEAST amount of matter?
Atom
Element
Electron
Molecule
cell

24. Which of the following would limit a scientific investigation?
Inadequate data and scientific understanding
No peer review of the results
Performing an investigation only one time
Poorly defined model system

25. Science is defined as
Knowledge of the living and nonliving components of the Earth
An attempt to discover how the natural world works
The classification of nature
A basis for explaining physical events

26. Which of the following is a component of the Scientific Method?
Ask a question
Do experiments
Create a new theory
Choose 1, 2, or all 3

27. A ____ feedback loop causes a system to change further in the same direction
Negative
Postive

28. An ion is defined as The smallest unit of matter
An element with a unique atomic number
An element with a net electrical charge
An element having the same atomic number but a different mass number
Another name for a positively charged subatomic particle

29. Matter is anything that
Has mass and takes up space
Gives off energy
Is a solid at room temperature
Cannot be chemically changed

30. Which of the following is not an organic compound?
Hydrocarbons
Carbohydrates
Vitamins
Lipids
Water

31. The basic structural and functional units of life are called
Organelles
Bacteria
Eukaryotes
Cells
Molecules

32. All of the following are macromolecules EXCEPT
Lipids
Chromosomes
Nucleic acids
Proteins
Carbohydrates

33. Which of the following is NOT a natural state of matter?
Gas
Solid
Compound
Liquid
Vapor

34. Which of the following is an example of a chemical reaction?
Combustion of gasoline
Sugar dissolving in water
Toasting a piece of bread
Melting butter

35. Which law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed?
1st law
2nd law
Law of Conservation of Matter

36. A large boulder rolling down a hill is an example of
Potential energy
Kinetic energy
Radioactive energy
Heat energy
Chemical energy

37. The measure of how much useful work is accomplished by a particular input of energy into a system is known as
Energy efficiency
Sustainability
Energy conservation
Energy quality
Energy law

38. The Law of Conservation of matter says
Matter quality increases when energy changes from one form to another
Energy is neither created nor destroyed in a physical or chemical reaction
Matter quality decreases when energy changes from one form to another
Atoms can neither be created nor destroyed in a physical or chemical reaction.

39. While testing a pond site, students find that the water is slightly acidic. Which of the following must be true?
The water has more hydrogen ions (H+)
The water had a pH of 6.
The water has fewer hydroxide ions (OH-)
Choose 1, 2, or all 3

40. Name the importance Rachel Carson John Muir Aldo Leopold
Gifford Pinchot
Garrett Hardin

41. When did the following occur?
Wilderness Act
EPA established
CCC, TVA established
Love Canal
Chernobyl
Sagebrush rebellion

42. Why are these acts important?
ESA
CERCLA
RCRA
Wilderness Act
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Acts