3rd Period - CH 1 + 2 Trivia

Question 1

Interdisciplinary science means ______.

Accepted Answer

A science with multiple academic fields of study.

Question 2

After single-use, where can a plastic bottle end up?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What is one of the best defenses to withstanding change in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Diversity of flora and fauna

Question 5

Fossil fuels are a renewable resource.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 6

An effect of the agricultural revolution was _______.

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 7

What is good for all of us is ___________.

Accepted Answer

Good for each of us

Question 8

Approximately how long are fossil fuels going to last (at the present level of consumption)?

Accepted Answer

A century

Question 9

What are 3 inexpensive and available renewable resources

Accepted Answer

Hydro-power, solar energy, and wind power

Question 10

What happens if a commoner is to overfish?

Accepted Answer

The fish will die off

Question 11

What term is used for materials that do not decompose?

Accepted Answer

Non-biodegradeable

Question 12

Which of the following are both examples of the tragedy of the commons?

Accepted Answer

Pollution and overpopulation

Question 13

An effect that hunter-gatherer societies may have had on the environment was _________.

Accepted Answer

extinction

Question 14

In what ocean is there a garbage patch?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 15

What's one way we can reduce plastic's impact on the environment?

Accepted Answer

By recycling it

Question 16

What is renewable energy from the sun called?

Accepted Answer

Solar energy

Question 17

_____ is the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.

Accepted Answer

Ecology

Question 18

Who deserves credit for discovering the tradegy of the commons?

Accepted Answer

Both (a) and (b)

Question 19

One example of a global environmental issue is _________.

Accepted Answer

Pollution and climate change

Question 20

Two main types of interactions that environmental scientists study are ______.

Accepted Answer

how we use natural resources & how we alter the environment

Question 21

Ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity all intertwine to create ______.

Accepted Answer

Biodiversity

Question 22

What may cause a species to become less genetically diverse?

Accepted Answer

Both (a) and (b)

Question 23

What can recylced plastic be turned into?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 24

Environmental science is ecology.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 25

The agricultural revolution was the most destructive to our Earth.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 26

The law of supply and demand means ___.

Accepted Answer

the greater demand for limited supply, the more expensive

Question 27

Hunter-gatherers lived in the same place forever.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 28

What time period introduced machine-powered energy?

Accepted Answer

Industrial revolution

Question 29

All of the following are renewable resources except _____.

Accepted Answer

minerals.

Question 30

An organism that others may depend on for survival is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

Keystone species

Question 31

Environmental Science is encompassed of 4 major fields of study.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 32

Hunter-gatherers societies still exist today.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

What things have humans put in the world that have never existed before?

Accepted Answer

Plastics and Plutonium

Question 34

Most plastics do not biodegrade.

Accepted Answer

true

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