stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Environmental Science Unit 1 Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Environmental Science Unit 1
Environmental Science Unit 1
15 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
366 plays
Environmental Science Unit 1
Flashcards
15 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
15
Answers
1
Which of the following is
NOT
a Natural Service?
Air Purfication
Soil renewal
Food Production
Fossil Fuels
2
To fully understand a complex environmental issue, you may need to consider
cultural value
environmental value
all of the above
economic value
3
Most of today's environmental problems began during which period?
Technology Revolution
industrial revolution
agricultural revolution
hunter gather period
4
An undesired change in air, water, and soil.
pollution
Better quality
resource depletion
5
Procedure for testing a hypothesis under controlled conditions.
observation
experiment
data
value
6
A testable explanation for an observation.
probability
statistic
hypothesis
7
Which of the following is NOT a Natural Resource?
Food Production
Water
Nonrenewable Minerals
Life (biodiversity)
8
What essential characteristic does a good experiment have?
a control group is given the experimental treatment
Testing only once
a single variable is tested
testing multiple variables
9
Why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concern?
species extinctions have been rare throughout history
Humans depend on other organisms for natural resources & services
Humans depend on it for entertainment
loss of biodiversity is not a concern
10
Information gathered by using sight, hearing, smell, and touch.
statistics
data
observation
prediction
11
This is characterized by low population growth and extinction of large species and altered distribution of plants .
hunter-gatherer period
Technology Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
12
Information gathered during an experiment.
value
hypothesis
Data
13
Environmental science-study of which types of interactions between humans and the environment?
how humans uses natural resources
how human beings relate to the nonliving environment
ALL of these
how human actions alter the environment
14
What describes conflicts associated with sharing resources?
"The Tragedy of the Commons"
resource depletion
pollution
15
Collection and classification of data in the form of numbers
value
probability
Qualitative
Quantitative
