Environmental Science Unit 1 Review

When supply of a product decreases and demand remains the same prices increase. This is an example of:

Which of the following is ALWAYS a renewable resource?

Effective scientists are always __________, meaning that they do not simply accept what they hear from others.

The term that describes the productive area of Earth needed to support one person's lifestyle

Independent variable depend on experimental conditions.

A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question is the definition of a (an)

Scientists _______ experiments to make sure the results are meaningful

At the start of the Industrial Revolution about 10,000 years ago, humans began planting crops and domesticating animals

What was the main problem posed in the "Tragedy of the Commons" (use of common resources)?

Which of the following is not an example of a renewable resource?

Why is environmental science considered to be interdisciplinary?

An example of a biodegradable resources would be

Pollutants that are not broken down by natural processes are:

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

The thing most responsible for human population growth was

Which of the following is an example of a sustainable practice?

Which of the following phrases describes biodiversity?

Which of the following was a result of the Industrial revolution?

The environment contains

What would cause a hypothesis to be rejected?

What are the effects on the environment as human population has quadrupled in the 20^th century?

Scientists form _____ hypotheses to answer questions

The variable that responds to the conditions set up in the experiment is called the ____________ variable

Which procedure helps guard against faulty science contaminating the literature on which all scientists rely?

Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or slowly growing population?

Biodiversity in an ecosystem is important because it:

An estimate of how much land, water, and resources an individual uses is called

Which of the following was not a direct result of the agricultural revolution?

A(n) ________________ is an activity designed to test the validity of a prediction or a hypothesis.

What conditions lead to deforestation?