Mr. Wilson's Environmental Science Final Review

A plastic beverage bottle can take _____ to break down

All of the following are consequences of Neoclassical economics, except:

The ancestral home of our species (human beings) is found in which biome?

All of the following are considered non-market values, except for:

Which "centrism" consists of having a human-centered view of our relationship with the environment?

Which would be more inclined to clear a forest to build a factory that will create more jobs?

Which of the following is a category of Mutualism?

We can simplify our attitudes toward the natural world by dividing them into the following perspectives, except for:

Pick the two driest biomes

What is a visual diagram that maps the many paths along which energy and matter flow as organisms consume one another?

Which equation best represents the IPAT model?

An immense swell, or wave, of ocean water that can travel long distances across oceans and inundate coasts

Process by which autotrophs produce their own food.

What is the high end of the estimated range for the world’s carrying capacity?

A reciprocal process of adaptation and counter-adaptation

Atoms bond with one another to form:

Which of these options are a correct way to describe sprawl

Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop?

Which stage of Demographic Transition is characterized by a closing of the gap between death rates and birth rates?

Which revolution led to expansion and opportunity through urbanization?

A majority of ethicists are:

In areas where surface currents converge, the process that takes place is:

The scientific study of Earth’s physical features, processes, and history

Cornucopians believe that we will run out of resources as the population continues to grow.

GDP as we've learned stands for:

Which type of niche is a species full niche, where they feel most comfortable?

The physical law stating that energy can change from one form to another, but cannot be created or lost

Which is furthest from the city center?

Which nation has a larger ecological footprint than the United States?

The study of different types of matter and how they interact.

Which of the following restricts some human activities but still allows fishing?

Conserving resources, maintaining functional ecological systems and developing long term solutions

Which process causes unusually cold water to rise to the surface and extend westward in the equatorial Pacific?

Individuals in low population densities benefit from more space and...

Which type of rock is not a part of the Rock Cycle

Which part of the ocean supports the greatest species diversity?

Which stage of Demographic Transition is characterized by high birth rates and high death rates?

Which ecosystem occurs between the ocean's surface and the ocean's floor?

Drives a system further toward an extreme

Environmental Science encompasses which of the following?

Sustainable solutions include:

Scientific study of how the natural world functions, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

External costs are an effect of an economic transaction experienced by:

Personal experience + Personal circumstance + Culture =

If the total fertility rate is higher than 2.1 the population will _______.

What is the world’s approximate population size currently?

Major cities are normally situated on/near _________

About what year did the human population reach 1 Billion?

GDP is a more thorough alternative to GPI

A species that spreads widely and rapidly becomes dominant in a community

Which group holds that we will find ways to make Earth's natural resources meet all our needs indefinitely?

The temperate rainforest is the biome that has more biodiversity than any other biome.

Most scientists agree that the overharvesting of fish is a bigger worry than pollution.

Aquaculture is raising fish for _______

What drives urbanization in less developed countries?